[Shop-talk] locked out of my garage

[Wayne]

On 5/15/2010 10:26 AM, Rich White wrote:
> If I cut the knob off the access door, will I be able to unlock and open the
> door or should I just call a locksmith to unlock it.

In my experience, YES, probably. I had an attached garage.  Got locked 
out of the house.  Door from garage into kitchen was a cheap 
non-deadbolt lockset like you describe.  With garage tools ( a Dremel or 
some sort of cut-off wheel) I lopped off the knob and easily bypassed 
the lock.

-W