Every door is different so there isn t one fool proof way to coax them open.
Front door handle won t open from outside.
Lubricating the door latch is one of the ways in which doors that won t open from the inside or the outside can be fixed.
If so you could purchase another handle set with an offset spindle height.
This video is for when you can t open your door from either the inside or the outside not both if you can t open your door from both the inside and outside.
You can take a long screw driver of piece of drill rod and manipulate the lever that opens the latch to get the door open and make repairs as needed from there.
See if this retracts the handle.
To fix the door knob figure out where the connections have gone awry.
Door opens fine from the inside but i can t open from the outside.
Examine the door closely.
Take the handles knobs off of the door.
Use a tool a flathead screwdriver will work to twist within the gap the thru spindle inserts into.
Lubricate the assembly and move again.
Next open the door and try to adjust the lock assembly to see what is stuck.
There should be about the width of a nickel clearance from the door to the jamb.
Check the lock gearbox and see if there are two square spindle holes in it.
You will have to measure between spindle centres and cylinder centre.
Door handle doesn t feel loose or anything.
How to fix an exterior door that won t open identify the problem.
Could be as simple as loose screws in the hinges lack of the longer supplied when the door was new that are long enough to reach the framing.
This is usually easier to do from the inside especially if you ve got.
Begin by checking the keyway for blockage.
I ve already checked the child lock.
Getting the door to open.
If it is undo the handle set take out the cylinder remove the full length lock from edge of door.
Open the door and close slowly to see if it s dragging some place.