How do I stop a door from being locked with out damaging/removing the lock or making it obvious?

I keep getting locked out of this room in my house. I want to know either how to stop it from being locked or how to open it with something i would have in my house.





Please don't put any stupid answers. Thanks.


How do I stop a door from being locked with out damaging/removing the lock or making it obvious?
The fastest thing that comes to mind is filling the hole in the strike plate on the door jamb with some paper and putting a piece of tape over it. This is, however, obvious. If your door knob has a hole in the center of the knob outside the door it can be unlocked anytime. It requires either a piece of wire coat hanger bent out straight and about three inches long or a small flat head screwdriver about three inches long. To find out which one you need, take the wire with the door locked and push straight into the hole firmly. This should unlock the knob. If not, then try the screwdriver. put it into the hole and turn it to unlock the knob. Good luck...How do I stop a door from being locked with out damaging/removing the lock or making it obvious?
A few ideas...if you're handy, you can replace the lockset with a simple closet knobset unit which has no lock. Home Depot or Lowe's should have them for around 10.00. Another trick is to use a putty knife and pry away the thin strip of wood in the area that the door closes against just enough (about an 1/8-1/4 inch or so) to gain access to the latch which you can pry open with the putty knife or a butter knife....then simply press the strip of wood back into place until the next? time. A third choice would be to stick some wood plug or dowel material (or a screw with a large, flat head that you can drill into the hole and leave it flush with the striker plate) into the latch hole of the striker so that the latch does not catch at all...the door won't catch but it won't lock you out either. Then remove it when you want it to function as normal.
Get a phillips screw driver...... unscrew the two screws behind the knob, the ones that hold the set to the door. The inside and outside knob will come of now...... all you have to do is put the inside knob on the outside and vise versa with other. it might take a little time to line up the holes for the screws to go back. Jiggle and Wiggle.....Tighten back up......Now you have the lock activator on the outside....Apparently you don't care about locking yourself in.
You can put tape over the strike so it doesn't latch. I hope that helps.
Do it like the rest of the homeless. Fill the strike hole with paper and then tape over it.