# Stuck in my apartment (need answer fast) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 2, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800 "2015-08-02T14:05:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800/21 "2015-08-03T03:25:59Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [Who are you and how did you get in here?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRva7z8pvwc) OP pain and suffering almost worth it for opportunity to watch this. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800/22 "2015-08-03T07:09:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > The locksmith had to enter through the window. That doesn’t bode well. ---
**Author:** ![AuntPam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AuntPam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntPam)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800/23 "2015-08-10T02:25:02Z")
And another note of appreciation for Thudlow Boink’s link post above. Check it out. Brief but worth the trip! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800/24 "2015-08-10T08:40:18Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > That doesn’t bode well. Well, she _was_ protected by a silver spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Seren359](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Seren359](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren359)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800/25 "2015-08-10T10:55:57Z")
What I would say is if the locksmith could cut the bolt with a reciprocating hacksaw, then the lock was cheap rubbish! Any quality lock will have hardened steel pins in the bolt to prevent criminals doing just the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800/26 "2015-08-10T11:32:47Z")
😕 Perhaps it’s worth pointing out that in order for the hacksaw blade to access the bolt (between the door and the jamb), the operator of the saw needed to be inside the apartment already. Which, in this instance, he was. And yes, the lockset was cheap enough and rubbishy enough to fail in such a way as to effectively trap us on one side of the door. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800/27 "2015-08-10T14:07:31Z")
I’m late to this thread but upon reading it I wondered why, when you were trapped in the apartment, you didn’t remove the hinges and just take the door out backwards. Bubbadog _Who has actually had to do that though less dramatically for an interior door._ ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800/28 "2015-08-10T14:41:52Z")
> [@Seren359](#): > > What I would say is if the locksmith could cut the bolt with a reciprocating hacksaw, then the lock was cheap rubbish! Any quality lock will have hardened steel pins in the bolt to prevent criminals doing just the same thing. The reciprocating saw will make one hell of a lot of noise, what prevents criminals from such activity are the windows … a much quieter access point into your homes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuck-in-my-apartment-need-answer-fast/726800.md?page=1)