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SavageMountain OP t1_j0euxa4 wrote

I got it. Used a hacksaw to cut off the knob. Pliers to wrestle the innards around & pull the latch out of the jamb. Took awhile but managed not to damage the door too much.

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nakedpickle t1_j0f2yww wrote

At least you weren't trapped inside the room!

That happened to me when we were renting a house. Myself, my wife and my two kids ( age2 and 4) were in the babies room and the door closed. The knob just spun when I went to open it.

No keys, so going out the window wouldn't matter. No phones, couldn't call anyone. No tools, it was a child's room.

I ended up taking the curtain rod off it's bracket and punching a series of holes through the door in a semi circle around the knob. Eventually I got the knob to fall out.

My landlord laughed at the story and replaced all the interior knobs in the house after that.

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