I just broke my key in half in the key hole?

push it back in as far as it will go…the key might still work

try tweezers or a pin

a strong magnet should do it

You have to take the door knob off but we could not get the key out we had to buy a new door know Good luck

How did you get in to ask this?

Can you go to your local hardware store? Home Depot or such.
Buy yourself another lock it's just a couple of screws and a little common sense. Good Luck

If any part of the key is sticking out, get some needle nose pliers and grab it and pull it out. If not and you can get inside you will have to take the knob off to get it out.

Needle nose pliers can help get it out, unless there is no portion of the old key sticking out. Grab and pull, it should come out with a little effort. If not, you can replace a lock yourself, It is not difficult or expensive.

Chew a piece of gum thoroughly. Place the gum on the keyhole and push hard. Pull it off the hole and the key should come out.

If it is in a door that's in your house you can just replace the lock itself.It's really easy to do.Just take out the screws,take out the lock and put the new one in.Go to Home Depot they will answer any question you might have.A locksmith is going to be very expensive.Or you can take out the doorknob and try to shake the key out.It might work.

HI,

I would first go to pep boys and get the strongest magnet they have. I would also squirt some wd40 in the hole before hand to lube it up and allow the key to slide out.

try it and let me know what happens

Spencer

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There are two screws on the inside knob. When you unscrew it, that will separate the inside/outside halves of the door knob. Carefully pull the two halves apart. Then you can push out the broken key from the inside out on the outside half of the door knob.

I agree with big scary. I've broken a key into a lock and stuck the short broken half in it like i normally would and turned it and it worked. The other half fell out but i can't remember how, maybe snatching it back out fast kind've pulled it out a bit, enough for me to tweeze it out. But I do know whenever you do get it out, you can take the two halves to home depot (or any hardware store) and they can combine the ends and create a new key without you having to get a new lock.

Not too much please…..
place a small amount of glue
on the broken key, put it in
the key hole and wait for
about 2 minutes. It should
stick long enough to get
the key back out. If not,
take the door knob apart.

push another key from the other side or use a really strong hair pin

ok and calmshell 19 said to use glue whatever you do DON'T you will then have to replace the lock because the whole key wil be stuck inside.

Im assuming your inside your house because your using your PC to submit the question. Chances are if you broke your key off in the doorknob or deadbolt your really drunk. (Just kidding, maybe) Anyway, if you broke your key off in the lock its probably bent at the point of the break, and unfortunately thats bad. The easiest thing to do would be to replace the doorknob, or the deadbolt. If your inside and the deadbolt is in the locked position all you have to do is tap out the bolts on the hinges and take the door off long enough to remove the lock from the door.

*note – if you really are drunk (and inside for the night), leave the piece of key in the keyhole….brace the door with a chair…..and go to bed……it can wait until tomorrow.

Hope this helps.

Magnet should do the trick. Auto supply stores have fairly strong magnets mechanics use that extend to pickup dropped bolts or lugnuts inside an engine as they work on cars. I picked one up for just a few bucks and it picks up my pair of fairly heavy needle nose pliers with no problem. If you need to get into this spot right away, just unscrew the door knob and you will see the latch mechanism. Use a screw driver to push the latch inward and it will unlock. If no screws on the side you need to get into… well, a hammer always does the trick. ) Like duct tape… its practical for almost anything! ) Good luck!

Wow, that sucks:)

A magnet won't work. Keys are made of brass and magnets don't stick to brass.

First try grabbing the broken section with tweezers or pliers. If you can't, you'll need to take the lock apart. There two screws on the back. Take it apart until you are down to the cylinder / tumbler where the key is stuck.

If there's a hole in the back, you're in luck. Get a paper clip, straighten it out and push the broken section out from the back. If not, you'll need to take the tumbler to a locksmith. They can get it out and will only charge you a few bucks. This is much cheaper than the locksmith making a house call.

Take the tumbler home and put it all back together. It's a little tricky, but you'll figure it out. It's easier with a second person holding one side of the lock while you screw it together from the other side.

The lions share of the cost of a house call is in the drive out to your house. You're paying for their time driving.

I am sure you can do this. I have six exterior locks in my house. I took them all apart and took all the tumblers to the locksmith for re-keying.

If you can get your hands on a thin scrollsaw blade, you should be able to tease the key out by sliding the blade into the lock alongside the ridges of the broken key. Do this with the blade teeth facing up and toward you. I tried this on the trunk of my car about a year back, and the key came out in seconds.

Scrollsaw blades are sold in the tool section of big box hardware stores, if you don't know anyone who has some. Get the flat-looking, plain end type, not pin-end. They're about as thick as a bobby pin, and about 6" long.

I used an INSTANT SETTING EPOXY from Lowes and glued the half key right onto the other half in the lock when mine broke off. That epoxy of that type sets in minutes to a high strength.

Be sure to get that 'instand set' epoxy. My key was even at half turn and i turned it back and removed it. The whole thing took less than 5 minutes to get out.