Lock Button Stuck On Door

Another common cause is that the screws on the door knob are loose.

Lock button stuck on door.

Push and hold the button in. Any suggestions for how to unlock and open a door with this type of lock. The most common is that the oil inside the door knob lock is old and has seized causing the lock to catch. These are all problems you can repair yourself.

You can do this by using the phillips head screw driver to unscrew both screws on the door handle. Once you have the door handle off you can now try to open the latch manually with either a large flathead screwdriver or pair of needle nose pliers. Lock and unlock the doorknob both with the key and by pushing the push button and rotating the. The lock on a push button knob is meant strictly for household privacy.

When a push button door knob begins to fail it either needs greasing or complete replacement to fix. Release the button quickly try sliding your finger off the button so the pressure is maintained up until the precise. Insert a small amount of graphite into the lock from the outside of the door and insert the key. Often they stick or break due to excessive pressure being placed on the door.

Push button door knobs are used throughout the home as a cheap way to lock interior doors. A video on youtube showed me how to remove the knobs since the push button lock would not release. Make sure the lock is unlocked before you do this. I got my door knob lock button stuck start by trying to push the lock button.