Composite Doors

[CDTL]

Morning everyone for many years now we all have been getting into Upvc doors without to much trouble, but yesterday went to my first Composite door that had jammed shut, only way i could do it in the end was cut the two hooks and free the latch. So my question is if any of you have any other ways of getting the door open, thanks in advance

[Ian platt]

Hi I’ve opened loads  as with  a lot of pvc doors  remove the handles then you can normally I’d the gearbox there’s normally a lot to see around the cylinder and spindle  if not you can drill a couple of holes  in as the handle area  to I’d the centre case  once you  recognise the case you cane normally move the relative parts either through the holes or break out the cylinder and work through cylinder hole  get to know all your gearboxes and how they work  not that many differs on composite does era    Gu   Lock master.  The most popular were I am  never had to cut cut hooks  

[Easipic Pro locksmiths]

I most cases on the multipoint that's why the hooks have jamed close as the problem is with a failed gearbox usely a broken cam. In the gearbox so get to it and you've got to the problem.. 

[CDTL]

Thank you for the replies i do understand that it is the gearbox that fails, are you saying that in most cases drilling though the gearbox underneath the spindle or below that again as a second hole would release the hooks ?

[Ian platt]

Here’s one I opened yesterday it’s on a pvc door, window company that fitted came out removed glass then said customer should contact a locksmith. door was jammed solid they had the wrong key and the handle would press down but not release the dead bolts.  I removed handles ID’d the gearbox, opened the cylinder drilled a hole and released the hooks and rollers replaced gearbox and cylinder and re aligned the door as in picture. get to know all your gearboxes then most can be opened like this or by removing cylinder and working through the cylinder hole. it’s not always fractured it’s sometimes the doors just dropped and is so tight the cylinder won’t throw with the key