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Lockout Tips: key break

It may happen at the worst time. You’re unlocking the door to your home or car, and the lock sticks a bit. You wiggle the key to get the lock to turn. Instead, the key breaks off in the lock. Don’t panic. There are solutions to this problem. Take a deep breath, relax, and try […]

When your key breaks, it’s an unexpected burden. Once it happens, you could easily get locked out of the place you’re trying to get into for quite a while. While frustrating, there are some steps you can take to try and get your key out. We’ve outlined below some important information about your keys. Often, […]

When you return from a vacation, and you have lost your keys. We all misplace keys from time to time. Some of us keep spare keys in our pockets or vehicles, or we give a spare key to a loved one for safekeeping. Say that you’re coming back from a long trip, and you just […]

At some point, we’re all going to be in this situation: you’re locked out of your car or home without a pair of keys and no spare hiding under a rock at the front door. When this happens, panic can start to set in, and you might make decisions in trying to get into your […]

When your key breaks off inside the lock, you might panic. Stop to think before trying to open the door. You have several options to extract the broken key, but the best way will depend upon the situation. Where are you? Do you have any tools available? How deeply is the broken key inserted? Once […]

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