Removing a Padlock Without a Key?

[The Boy]

So I need to remove a padlock which is securing a garden shed, but I do not have a key for said padlock. The best/easiest/cheapest way of removing the lock would be...?

(Both shed and lock belong to me)

 

[Athos]

Depending on the type, possibly a shim from a coke can. Got pictures?

 

[Pickman's model]

batter the door down

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Depends on lock type.
Piccy please

You might get away with using a lighter

 

[Throbbing Angel]

YouTube is your friend

 

[Pickman's model]

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Too much?

 

[Idaho]

The basic options are - hit it, cut/clip it or prize/jemmy it.

You also have the option of destruction of the door/frame.

 

[DotCommunist]

bolt croppers. You can recoup the cost of the tool by robbing bikes.

 

[mrs quoad]

Ctrl+F chastity b...

Dammit.

 

[mrs quoad]

bolt croppers. You can recoup the cost of the tool by robbing bikes.

Or a burdizzo, and recoup the cost of the tool by castrating bulls.

NB: the burdizzo might not get through the padlock, but you would then be totally tooled up for large ungulate castration.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Hacksaw.

 

[dylanredefined]

Thermite

 

[maomao]

Tin can shim or lock picking kit off amazon. Most padlocks are a piece of piss.

 

[2hats]

 

[Puddy_Tat]

small explosive charge

i suggest you consult an expert

 

[19sixtysix]

Declare war on North Korea

 

[Cpatain Rbubish]

Insured = autumnal garden fire consumes nearby shed disaster?

 

[JimW]

Unscrew the hasps from the door?

 

[Sprocket.]

Two large screwdrivers or levers that fit inside the hook of the padlock and press together to force open the lock.
It should just pop open.
In most cases the lock will be reusable.

ETA: I have done this several times at work when people have lost locker keys.

 

[Chilli.s]

Break the lock/staple. Or hacksaw the lock. If too hard then leaver off the whole hasp, staple and lock.

 

[Sprocket.]

Helps if you have been to Yale!

 

[Chilli.s]

Oh yeah... goggles and gloves. Safety first after all.

 

[The Boy]

Yeah, so the shed belongs to my old flat and the buyers want it empty. So burning it down or removing the door aren't options.

I'll try the levering it off method mentioned above, and if that fails try a hacksaw.

 

[The Boy]

Actually, I like the sound of picking the lock

 

[spitfire]

Depending on the type, possibly a shim from a coke can. Got pictures?

In some weird cosmic coincidence my French mother in law sent me a video showing how to do this today. I have no idea why, I have no padlocks that need picking. But I have uploaded it to youtube for The Boy as it seemed wrong for me to do anything else.

 

[maomao]

Actually, I like the sound of picking the lock

You can probably do it with a paperclip unless it's some big bad bastard lock. There's tonnes of tutorials on youtube.

 

[trashpony]

In some weird cosmic coincidence my French mother in law sent me a video showing how to do this today. I have no idea why, I have no padlocks that need picking. But I have uploaded it to youtube for The Boy as it seemed wrong for me to do anything else.

She's on Urban

 

[spitfire]

She's on Urban

 

[trashpony]