How to change a Euro Lock Cylinder WITHOUT THE KEY - Snapping a lock and replacing the barrel
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- čas přidán 9. 03. 2022
- How to replace a Euro Cylinder Lock Barrel stuck in the locked position, with no key. Opening a UPVC or composite door with a locked Euro Lock Cylinder without the key using the lock snapping method. A step by step tutorial showing how to remove a locked Euro Cylinder and replace it with a new one if you have lost the key.
This guide takes you the the complete process, from start to finish, to enable you to change a Euro Lock Cylinder (which is found on most UPVC and composite doors) whether it is locked shut or open. It shows how to snap a lock. It's surprising (and worrying!) how cheap and simple this job can be.
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After 21 years in our house in France, I had almost given up on ever locking one of our principle doors - a saviour Charlie, thanks !!
Thanks, im glad it was helpful!
Thanks for clarity in full explanation - had lost keys or lock seized and could not use door. Managed to get new lock installed successfully. Thanks again and appreciate your instruction.
Brilliant news, glad to have helped!
Thank you very much . My dad wanted me to write this since you really explained everything so well . He has seen so many videos but none explained like you did did thanks !
Tell your Dad "Thanks!" It's nice to read the comments when a video has helped someone out!
A really excellent video, especially on how to measure the lock without having to break it first which allows me time to go to screwfix first and still leave the house secure. Thanks very much.
Thanks very much for leaving a comment. Glad it helped you out.
Lost my keys for the door and followed the instructions. it works a treat. Thank you 👍
I'm glad it helped you out! Thanks for commenting!
Thank you so much for this video, I'm working in Spain on a resort at the moment and have been left with lots of maintenance duties, there's 35 units so keys will undoubtedly get lost and I want to be prepared for the eventual lock replacement! Thanks again, much respect from Ireland.
An international comment. Spain and Ireland! Hope it is of some use...i think it might be by the sound of it!
Mate, your a legend. My garden door was locked and I'd lost my keys. Following the advice in this video saved me a lot of time and hassle. Thank you
Love reading comments like these! Glad it helped you out!
Brilliant Video! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I managed to throw the key away when clearing out a lifetimes collection of redundant keys, and thought I'd need to confess to needing a new door and not just a new eurolock...phew... Respect!!
Thanks for leaving a comment! Pleased to hear it helped you out....and depending how grateful you are, feel free to hit the "thanks" button on the video! 😉
I brought a second-hand uPVC door & frame with no handle, which was locked. This video was invaluable in helping me get the lock out, thank you! I did try the mole grips but ended up using a hammer, but same effect!
Brilliant! Glad it helped. Whatever works best! 👍🏼
You my friend are a top gent, I just did this as I lost the keys to my bi fold doors, it works, you're a diamond!!! 🙏👍🏽👌🏾
Love this!! Thanks for leaving a lovely comment! Pleased it worked for you! 👍🏼
Just watched your video, key snapped in lock in bag door, followed your tutorial and all sorted within half an hour and only cost me £14, brilliant thank you
Brilliant, pleased to hear it! 👍🏼
Helpful video. Just finish breaking a lock with the help of this video. No need spending some money to break the lock. Thanks a lot
No problem....glad I saved you some money! 👍🏼
This was so useful thank you mate. Bought an old pvc door for a shed and there was no key. Used the mole wrench and it came off first time. Huge help. 🙏🏻
Glad it helped you out mate! 👍🏼
thanks my friend , saved me cash. only bit i had problem with was the bit with the allen key pushing up to clear the lock cam . basically i was not forceful enough! my stepson walked in and 30secs later ,door open. lock now fitted and all good . cheers!
Excellent, pleased to hear it helped you out! Thanks for leaving a comment!
Cracking!! Thanks so much - great video. The fact it took you three attempts made me feel better 😂
Your video helped me change my lock - legend.
Thanks for leaving a comment! It was the first time I had done it myself so I never expected it to go first time!
Thankyou very much, after a day of drilling, breaking 12 drill bits and giving up hope and scrolling through about 100 websites...this video helped me get the lock out within about 3 minutes!
Thankyou very much!
So pleased it could help you out!
Thank god for this video 🙌🏽 I’ve never changed a lock in my life lol and this video helped me do it straight away 👌🏽
Glad to hear it! Thanks for commenting. 👍🏼
Thanks for the video, it was a great help. It great to be able to do a job like this yourself. Also it was a real eye opener as to how easy it is to get past a standard lock. The price of the anti snap ones start to look a lot cheaper once you realise how little protection a normal lock gives. Cheers again
You're welcome, and thanks for leaving a comment! 👍🏼
very helpful thanks.also loved the left the working out parts in in regards to technique
Thanks. Glad you found it useful!
Thanks mate, well explained, took no time to sort.
That's great to hear! Thanks for leaving a comment! 👍🏼
Very useful, this enabled me to reuse a set of uPVC doors I was given without any keys! Will replace with a more secure barrel.
Excellent....glad to hear it! 👍🏼
Great video , couldn't be bothered searching for my mold grips so one good clean smack with the old shuttering hammer did the job 😂
Perfect!! 😂
Thanks for taking the time to create this video. Saved me time and money. Cheers pal
No worries....glad it helped you out! 👍🏼
Big big thank you my son had lost his key we followed your instructions but we only replaced the barrel so didn’t need to measure anything. Daughter in law took the barrel we broke out to screwfix and the guy was helpful and gave us the barrel we needed for £12.. sure we saved my son a couple of hundred pounds THANK YOU!!!
I love reading these success stories from watching the video! Thanks for commenting to let me know.
Lost my keys , never ever done anything like this , however watching your video made it easy , and I’ve replaced the lock cylinder, thank you very much .
That's great to hear! Glad it helped you out!
Cheers Mate great video. Saved me a bundle.
Amazing video, that's what I needed right now !
Perfect....thanks for commenting!
Thank you for this valuable video.
Helped me to change my lock.
Brilliant, glad to hear it! 👍🏼
Brilliant video many thanks.
Hope it was a great help! Thanks for commenting! 👍🏼
Did exactly this and it worked like a treat only my catch to flick with Allen key was at top took me a bit to figure out but all good in the end thanks so much £14 for lock saved £100 on locksmith nice one ❤❤❤
Pleased to hear it helped you out, thanks for leaving a comment! 👍🏼
Thank you. Got so far, and you did the part I wasn't sure of.
Glad i was able to help! 👍🏼
🎉just sorted mine how you did it and it worked. Thank you 🙏
Perfect, I'm glad it helped you out. 👍🏼
Very helpful, and demonstrated in a very agreeable manner, thank you.
Thanks very much for leaving such a lovely comment! 👍🏼
At least I now know what anti snap means on my new front door. Thanks.
Works a treat, spent an hour drilling out the cylinder, snapped 4 carbide bits and couldn’t get the last snapped bit out of the cylinder, I was ready to call a locksmith until this.
So pleased it helped you out! 👍🏼
I lost a key ring with keys for both doors of my workshop and the French windows in my lounge and conservatory. You have saved me about half a grand.
So glad the video can help people out and save them some cash! Feel free to drop me a tip via "super thanks"! 😉
Amazing idea
Brilliant tutorial, you should be on tv.😀😀😀👍
Thanks very much....I'm not so sure I'm quite there yet, but thanks for the compliment!!
Thanks I been looking for months for this video glad I didn’t have to kick it off the hinges lol
I'm glad you found it too, and hopefully saved you some money!
Omg this video saved me £1600 that I got quoted for a new door! Thank you 🙏🏼
Excellent, pleased to hear it! There is actually a "thanks" button you can click if you wanted to leave a 'tip'! 🤷🏽♂️😃
A massive thank you for sharing your video, I'm in same situation lol. Going to give this a go, before buying a new door.
Good luck! 👍🏼
You're a saviour mate, thanks a lot!
No problem! Thanks for commenting!
Good job.
I think ideally you don’t want the cylinder sticking out the other side though as it makes it too easy to grab on to, to snap it (with mole grips or a short pipe I believe they use).
What some crook did to me though was insert a screw in to the cylinder a bit and then use a claw hammer to snap/rip it out. Luckily my neighbour disturbed them but they still knackered the lock.
Replaced it the next day with anti-snap/bump/pick 👍🏻
Thanks for leaving a comment. I think you're right about the bit of cylinder sticking out the other side though. I did try to turn it round but as the cylinder is symmetrical it still stuck out as much. Maybe a slightly shorter cylinder would have worked. Ideally though, yes, you want an anti-snap/bump cylinder in there to really be secure. Thanks for watching!
Tring to do my door and haveing problems with it thanks for video it's so grateful for video and time to help me x
I hope it helps you out! 👍🏼
Awesome!
Helped a lot and got the job done at no cost wow it’s that easy to open a door without a key
Glad it helped you out! 👍🏼
Thanks again
Very useful. I just managed to replace my lock with this method
Excellent....glad to hear it! 👍🏼
It worked for me! The lock snapped easily but it took a few minutes to unlock the door. I used a flat-end driver blade to force the cam and it took a bit of force.
Well done! Whatever it takes!
Great upload! Will be attempting this job tomorrow. Thank you for sharing this with CZcams. Take care. Thumbs up from me. 🫡
Thanks, I hope it helps you out! 👍🏼
@@charlieshooter I done it thanks to this upload. Thankyou again. Take care. 😊oh and saved me £180 for a call out and repair over the jubilee weekend. Well £150 as my lock was £30 so great saving lol.
I'm glad it saved you a bit of money and glad it helped you out! Take care!
Very helpful!
Cheers! 👍🏼
Hi thanks for you add on you tube it works very well thanks again
Glad it worked well for you! 👍🏼
Couldn't thank you enough....Thank you !
Brilliant! Glad it worked!
Legend! This saved me a lot of money.
Pleased to hear it! 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks ❤
Thank you so much, one go and it snapped
That's good going! Well done! 👍🏼
Just watched your video. Great help thanks
Thanks for leaving a comment! 👍🏼
@@charlieshooter just replaced front lock, we managed to loose both keys in a period of two weeks, what an achievement..haha. had some idea but video helped. Thanks again
Spot on mate this has helped me so much as tenant has lost keys ffs
Pleased to hear it! It's a good bit of info to have when keys have been lost!
Thanks you saved my life
That's good to know! Hope you're ok now! 👍🏼
Great video! I had a door that I'd salvaged and reused from a neighbour and it didn't come with the key. It was unlocked fortunately so used a very large adjustable spanner to snap it. Super clean and not that much effort!
That's good to hear! 👍🏼
If it was unlocked you didn't need to snap it, you should have been able to just push it out
@@anthonycahill1408 you have to turn the key/barrel slightly to be able to slide the cylinder out. I think it stops on the cylinder cam in the neutral position.
@@adamseward5922 Ah, o.k, I thought it would slide out without the key if it was unlocked. Good to know
Great little useful video 👍Think it's good you didn't edit out the unsuccessful lock snapping attempts as people would think doing something wrong if if didn't go on frst attempt.
Thanks! That's why I left them in, it makes it more real then! 👍🏼
Thanks mate top man 👍
Hope it helped!
Mate thank you so much, I couldn't figure out how to disengage the lock after snapping it and the alen key trick worked wonders! Saved me some monies on a lock smith. Keep up the good work 😊
Thanks for commenting! I'm glad it helped you out! 🙈
What size allen key do you normally need?
@@charlieshooter What size allen key do you normally need?
If I'm honest I can't remember what I used here, but at a guess, a 3mm or 4mm maybe!
Well done.
Thank you. Glad you liked it!
Thanks!
No probs!
Well presented
Cheers, thanks for commenting. 👍🏼
Thanks
Thank you! This saved my bacon and my sanity!
Happy to keep you on the right side of crazy!
Thankkkkk you absolut legend
Cheers! Glad it helped!
yeah it worked thanks
Brilliant....great news!
thank you!!!
No problem!
Brilliant, worked a treat, Many thanks mate
Great stuff! 👍🏼
@@charlieshooter me and my Dad,who's 87 watched your video mate and we did it on our own following your advice. I had the laptop on the table and talked him through it and after some fiddling, we got the job done. Really pleased you posted the video ad very grateful to you.
@@berger1510 I love hearing these little success stories! Thanks for leaving a comment! 👍🏼👍🏼
@@charlieshooter many thanks to you mate, you really helped us out. Had no idea what to do, but with your video ad a bit of father and son teamwork, we got it sorted,
great vid clear and concise, my only critism is why a leftie door? it like been under the car and remembering leftie loosey righty tighty
A leftie door? I didn't even know there was such a thing? 🤷🏽♂️
Helped me out 💪😁 🙏👍👍👍
Pleased to hear it! 👍🏼
Great vid! We found it better to snap the lock from side to side rather than up & down. That said, we did it with one either side of the door with mole grips and it snapped first time. We did try it up & down but the grips kept slipping off. Side to side worked first time!
I imagine it would work a lot easier with someone else the other side holding it solid, whichever way you snap it. 👍🏼
I used hammer, one smack did the job
Perfect!
Thank you! I got an oll upvc door for a shed. It was unlocked but no key. I want to be able to lock it. Mole grips one side, large adjustable spanner the other, wiggling it with force from side to side & it snapped easily. I'm a 60 year old woman and not very strong. I love the university of youtube 😁
Thank you! I got an old upvc door for a shed. It was unlocked but no key. I want to be able to lock it. Using mole grips one side and a large adjustable spanner on the other, I wiggled it with force from side to side & it snapped easily. I'm a 60 year old woman and not very strong. I love the university of youtube 😁
Thank you do much
No worries! Hope you found it handy!
Gd video. Thank you.
Thanks for leaving a comment! 👍🏼
Não sabia que poderia se partir ai dentro ajudo me muito obrigado pela dica
Great video thanks, and thanks for not cutting the attempts out of the video like many people do on these types of vids! If the lock had anti-snap, would drilling or picking be the only options?
Thank you, i like to show what it's really like! I've not had the misfortune of having to break an anti-snap lock, but i guess so, yes!
You would have to put the mole grips further down the lock barrel to actually break the middle
I owe you a pint mate! Excellent
You can always 'drop a tip in the jar' via the 'Thanks' button if you feel so inclined! Glad it helped you out! 👍🏼
You lad are a diamond !!!!
Cheers buddy! Glad it helped out! 👍🏼
Thanks. Our key had stopped working so we had to break the lock and fit a new one. This took a bit more effort but we got there in the end.
Pleased to hear it helped you out! Thanks for commenting!
What a guy 👍👍
Cheers!
Brilliant video!! My only issue is i have a cam in the housing that looks like it has cogs to turn having an absolute nightmare!
That does sound a little more complicated. Keep persevering, it should go eventually.
Nice 1 :)
Excellent this will definitely help me. Do you have a video on locked window handles? I've lost some keys
Thanks for commenting! I don't have any videos on windows though sorry!
Probably the best video on CZcams. Thank you so much for this.
Thanks very much! I imagine when you need it, it feels like it's the best!! 😂
Thanks for the video well explained did everything and it has gone the way it went for you my only problem it I cant feel any cams with my Alan key. can you help
That bit is fiddly to be fair. It can take a while but you should eventually get there.
Good helpful video. The only thing i would add is not all cylinders are equal distance ie meaure 100 mm 50 50 but can be 35 65 etc
Yes I have spotted this when shopping for a new one! 👍🏼
That new barrel is a lock snappers dream, especially with the amount protruding externally.
We weren't too concerned on this one because it was on a door that goes to a back garden with no other access. 👍🏼
Brilliant. F………g. Brilliant. Thank you.
I think that means you found it useful! Brilliant indeed! 👍🏼
You can also screw a thick self tapper into the key entry and use a crowbar
Thanks for video didn't want to near lock until knew for sure how it come out any idea if that will fix issues with lock getting stuck having to push back that square piece of lock which still seems to be attached to door after removing barrel the spring has Gon funny?
That would be the lock mechanism you're referring to I think. When you change the barrel, that won't sort out any problems with that. You would need to renew the lock mechanism.
@@charlieshooter thanks for replying 👍
Cheers buddy
Glad it helped!
Good video. I have a lock that had no key but is unlocked . Will the lock barrel just come out?
Probably not as you normally have to turn the key to line up the cam to make sure it slides out.
Hi Have changed a few barrels in the past with the key, but my cylinders at my current house will not just slide out have tried turning the key slightly in all postions but just doesn't pull out any ideas, great video
Have you taken the screw out fully? Sometimes you may need to give it a good wiggle whilst turning the key maybe?
With the non-snappable kind (centre snap) I went through a few options and ended up with a vice-grips/lockable plier on one side (the short side, which was inside the house) and whacking standard hammer with medium force end on the long side - more leverage (it was facing out, seemed to me it should be installed vice versa but anyway).
Glad you managed it in the end! 👍🏼
Tnx, this helped. I broke the cylinder and thought what next? Then I had to turn with the allen key multiple times the upper part, while pressing the other upper part.
Pleased it helped you out!! Thanks for commenting!
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Hi mate after some advice had my front door lock just start spinning while it was locked so I got the old barrle out replaced it with a new one fitted and the door locks but when u go to unlock it it just spins again like it was before any ideas?
Bit late in replying but I suspect the culprit as often is the case is / was the Gearbox unit - there is'nt much else left that it could be.
I've been given an old set of UPVC double patio doors. No key and remainder of the key snapped off in one side. I can open the doors to get access to both sides. Do you have a guid on how to remove the cylinder from that them please?
The fact you can open the doors means you'll be able to access the screw holding the barrel in place but without being able to turn the key you won't be able to slide the barrel out of the door. If you can get anything on the bit of key left in there (pliers or something) you may well be able to turn it enough....maybe a quarter turn if that.
If not you'll have to follow the video. It may be easier to snap with the screw out.