Sitting here on the living room couch, I have given up. Tried the credit card thing, tried the paperclip thing. I guess I will have to pay the 75 dollars to get a new key and switch my lock as well as my room-mates'. This sucks. Any suggestions besides "yeah pay the 75 dollars blah blah blah Hank Hill crap"?

keep tryin' the credit card trick man! If the lock isn't anything special and the deadbolt isn't on it should work. Try a bunch of different angles. And go in as far as you can without losing it. I lock myself out of the garage all the time and I have mastered it LOL.

Pay the $75 and then carry an extra key with you on yor person, along with an extra car ignition key. 

Pay the $75 and then carry an extra key with you on yor person, along with an extra car ignition key.

He said he didn't want to hear the common sense approach.

keep tryin' the credit card trick man! If the lock isn't anything special and the deadbolt isn't on it should work. Try a bunch of different angles. And go in as far as you can without losing it. I lock myself out of the garage all the time and I have mastered it LOL.

Those, my friend, are words of wisdom.

Any suggestions besides "yeah pay the 75 dollars blah blah blah Hank Hill crap"?

Hmmmm, abandoning common sense in a must have situation. Can't wait to see how this turns out

You can always do the body vs. door trick just get a running head start......

where are your roommates?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_breaching

Most of these methods work quite well.

Sawzall.

Try a knife.

I rip out the metal hook from the folder and use that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_breaching

Most of these methods work quite well.

Just watched an episode of Lock n Load, with r. Lee Ermey.

They were demonstrating the use of Det Cord. It works very well for opening otherwise locked doors  ;D