How To Break Down a Door

Posted by Alex in Home & Garden on April 18, 2008 at 1:24 am


The Art of Manliness blog has a post about How to Break Down a Door … Here it is, just in case you need to (like a burning building or something like that):

Now, from my experience, it’s virtually impossible to kick open a properly installed exterior door with deadbolt locks and heavy duty hinges. If the door and frames are metal, it is impossible to kick open.

Link – via The Evangelical Outpost

Whatever you do, just don’t do it like this:


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12 comments to "How To Break Down a Door"

  1. Thespian24601
    April 18th, 2008 at 1:27 am

    To be fair, that guy did not look like the pinnacle of fitness. Also, was it unlocked or did they pop the handle?

  2. Ali S.
    April 18th, 2008 at 1:39 am

    I suggest a window. Smack the corner and it crumbles. The same idea can be used when you're stuck in a car and need to bust the window to free yourself. Corner.

  3. avraamov
    April 18th, 2008 at 4:30 am

    "aaah. hang on guys. just realised i've got the key here..."

  4. MrPumpernickel
    April 18th, 2008 at 5:44 am

    The date on that video is bogus, I saw that on the telly at least a couple of years ago.

  5. empty-minded
    April 18th, 2008 at 6:49 am

    You would think that someone would have thought to pull a Three Stooges and grab the guy and use him as the battering ram. My guess is that the cameraman was on the phone with the people in the house and, just the right moment, said, "okay, now unlock the door!"

  6. ted
    April 18th, 2008 at 8:12 am

    Ah, blissful tedium.

  7. Thomas
    April 18th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    These days any self respecting police department has a small, two-man battering ram for easy entry. One shot, and even the weakest users can open a locked door.

  8. * Miss UNIVERSE
    April 18th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    Breaking and entering thru the window might have gotten them numerous cuts and bruises

    Also it makes them an easy target while they are attempting to climb in

  9. * Miss UNIVERSE
    April 18th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    .
    Breaking and entering thru the window might have gotten them numerous cuts and bruises

    Also it makes them an easy target while they are attempting to climb in

  10. Sofar
    April 19th, 2008 at 1:26 am

    In my experience the mule kick just makes you look dumb. Metal frames can actually be a little easier to kick open, each jamb is pressed from one sheet of steel, it's not solid. All you have to do is bend the jamb enough for the bolt to slip out of the strike plate. If the frame is wood you actually have to force the bolt through the jamb. If you want to actually break down the door, it's not impossible for a full grown man with a good head of steam to take the entire door and frame out of the wall in one piece. My brother did that once.

  11. avraamov
    April 19th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    'head of steam' is about right.

  12. Alannah
    April 19th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    Where was this teams Lockaid lock release gun? How about the department battering ram. This jackass gave who ever was in there a nice two minute head start.


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