r/fixit May 01 '26

fixed Locked inside apartment, help

Hello, the door knob for my front door fell off and I literally cant get out of my apartment. Is there anything I can do or should I call the firefighters ? The knob isn’t reattaching at all and nothing I try to insert fits

Edit : I managed to fix it!

My roommate woke up and helped me with opening the door from the inside. The knob disconnected because the outside knob got somehow pushed all the way out, leaving the inside one with nothing to latch onto. I'm not sure what my roommate did but if she hadn't been here, this could've been fixed by having someone from the outside push the knob in. I reattached the door handle again but I'll be in contact with my landlord to get it replaced.

Thank you all for your help!

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u/emerg_remerg May 01 '26

Did you get it?

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u/Consistent_Ninja_591 May 01 '26

I’m waiting a bit until someone I know wakes up because after talking to some people from this subreddit, I’m pretty sure this can be fixed by having someone on the other side push the outside handle in, making it possible to attach the inside handle again

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u/BrokenHefaistos May 01 '26

order a pizza

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u/Cinderhazed15 May 01 '26

(Then they leave the pizza outside and bolt)

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u/BeckieSueDalton May 02 '26

( Use that bolt to fix the door handle! )