If the doorknob has a slit on the outside handle a butter knife should do the trick.
How to force a door handle.
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The handle doorknob you rely on a force at a distance.
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Large double door wrap for deadbolt lever the best way to handle this is to install some sort of a door wrap.
In fact the paragraph relative to door opening force different from operable force stated that interior non fire rated doors must have a maximum opening force of 5 pounds but clarified the requirement by stating these forces do not apply to the force required to retract latch bolts or disengage other devices that may hold the door in a.
Specific details will vary for different door handles.
Most of the time all you need to do is jab a paperclip in the hole and push on the locking mechanism.
The objective of a door wrap is to create more surface area to distribute the force over.
If the locking mechanism is a latchbolt the kind of bolt that is spring loaded and has one angled edge and the angled edge is facing away from you you can hook it with a wire hanger.
You should feel some resistance similar to a spring being depressed.
This video goes over the inside of a door handle that you would use in your house.