Frantically packing to go on holiday in 2 hrs.. Youngest (2) has locked herself in the bathroom.. I also can’t find my kneepads or hip flask… Waaaaaaa!

Get her to sit in the bath with a towel over her head.

Shoulder it.

My youngest once locked herself in the loo at Dover Castle. Now that was a heavy door.

What type of lock? Can it be disabled by removing the outer door handle?

Kind of door is it?

what ever you do don’t kick it, it hurts!

hammer directly behind the bolt with a n old block of wood between hammer and door.

Kick it open. Very satisfying, however quite destructive.

You could always just chop your way through gently with a hammer – most interior doors are pretty flimsy.

Do you have some sort of flat bit on the end of one of your legs, perhaps covered in leather or rubber? Take that and introduce it swiftly to the offending door approximately where you remember the lock to be on the other side. This will encourage the lock to disengage and the offending door to open in a brisk and enthusiastic manner, so it may be prudent to ascertain the locality of your small person before attempting the procedure.

as HtS but get your wife to abseil down from the roof and go in through the window sinmoultaneously – just to be sure

Was your plan to down the whiskey then knee the door in?

Most modern bathrooms have a slot on the outside you can stick a coin in to open it. Presume it’s not one of these?

I also can’t find my kneepads or hip flask…

Lucky guy. Enjoy Center Parcs.

Unless you live in Dover Castle just kick it open. It really doesn’t hurt unless it a composite door.

Get her to sit in the bath with a towel over her head.

Don’t Shoulder it. It WILL hurt and the door will flex and absorb a load of the force.

Talk the child into opening the door. It’ll take time but if the were able to lock they can usually open it again.

Failing that…….

If it’s a slip bolt on the inside… Kick it where the bolt is. Try and concentrate as much of the force of the blow into the edge of the door directly behind the bolt.

If it’s a turn button on the latch it should be operable from outside using a screwdriver. If not see above.

Butch Cassidy style?

If there is a window in the bathroom then get child to jump whilst you hold a sheet above a mattress on the ground, jobs a good’un.

But you only get one chance so make it count.

Try speaking in riddle

2 hours thats loads of time! On holiday in Crete with a mate who at the last minute whilst waiting for the bus to the airport to come home, got caught short, the bus was ready to go and still no sign of my mate so I go to the loo and call his name, he has the bolt part of the lock in his hand and asks if I can help, using my weight a shoulder to the door and it gave way, my mate was in front of the door when it gave way, we made the bus.

May be a daft question it’s not a lock you can put a screwdriver in from the outside and turn?

Can you access the hinges from the outside and unscrew?

Talk him through how to unlock it?

Shoulder to the lock end would be my choice if not a sledge hammer to the top and bottom corners as well as at the lock.

Get her to sit in the bath with a towel over her head.

Good advice, then (s)he’ll be safe if the noise generated when forcing the door attracts the attention of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.

I was thinking more of the frame splintering.

Good advice, then she’ll be safe if the noise generated when forcing the door attracts the attention of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal.

Hey, you sass that hoopy Harry the Spider?
There’s a frood who really knows where his towel is! 8)

Many lols

20 mins of not getting annoyed persuasion and we are back in the room..
now what else have i forgotten….. apart from knee pads?

How’s progress? Is any of this helping? Or have you gone for more dynamite?

Hoof the door in the slats, obvs 😉

Gonna need a bigger van…

Was your plan to down the whiskey then knee the door in?

Ho, ho!

At least someone got a Duffbag…

Don’t be silly,you could get another 10 2 yearolds in there

Mkae sure she goes for a wee before you set off

what else have i forgotten

Don’t worry about it. You’re sure to remember at about the time you are too far away from home to turn back.

Don’t be silly,you could get another 10 2 yearolds in there

Knee pads still missing.. there’s another childs bike, 6 more bags, 2 adults, 3 children and a Labrador to fit in yet

What about the hip flask?

Gonna need a bigger van…

You need packing lessons more like.

Re-packed leaving without something important??.. have a nice week everybodyeeee

Right lads, he’s gone. Anyone know how to break down a door?

Right lads, he’s gone. Anyone know how to break down a door?

Yeah, First of all , DON’T PANIC, now, do you know where your towel is? 😀

You were clearly no good at tetris. That’s a woeful example of van packing.

All I know is, if it’s one of those barratts scheme chipboard and cardboard deals, don’t kick it in the middle, you end up stuck with your leg through it up to the thigh and people taking photos of you, while the person on the other side steals your shoe and throws it out the bathroom window