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Step 2Practice
Keep your eyes peeled for one that opens towards you, with the curved side of the latch facing away from you, and a good amount of space between the faceplate and the strikeplate.
Slip the long side of your slide through the door.
Work the slide towards you.
Use your other hand to pull on the door so that when the latch is out of the hole in the doorjamb , the door pulls open - Voila!
Sometimes a door latch will be stiff - wriggling, shaking, or agitating your slide might help.
Occasionally, you can use the slide to ratchet open the door by wiggling it left-to-right.
Some doors have lock-out pins, just above the latch, to make the latch immobile if the lock-out pin is pressed in. So always come up from the bottom!
Some doors have slide guards - get to it later, once you understand the basic principles.
If these coaxings don't help, practice on a different door.
Slip the long side of your slide through the door.
Work the slide towards you.
Use your other hand to pull on the door so that when the latch is out of the hole in the doorjamb , the door pulls open - Voila!
Sometimes a door latch will be stiff - wriggling, shaking, or agitating your slide might help.
Occasionally, you can use the slide to ratchet open the door by wiggling it left-to-right.
Some doors have lock-out pins, just above the latch, to make the latch immobile if the lock-out pin is pressed in. So always come up from the bottom!
Some doors have slide guards - get to it later, once you understand the basic principles.
If these coaxings don't help, practice on a different door.
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