Key locked in garage

[Machbuster]

Has anybody got a good idea what to do when the keys have been locked in the garage. That is all the keys, to start engine to operate the doors etc. Know it is my fault, am stuck in Salamance in Spain, and tomorrow Monday will try to contact whoever is available. Staying at Hotel Regio camp site, and reception has a handy man, who will come in tomorrow, also they gave me an address for a Hymer dealer. Can anybody lighten my soul please.

 

[Riverbankannie]

It’s a shame you are too far away from Northernraider and Jackie, they are in Murcia and did similar today
“Managed to lock myself out the van this morning had to send Jackie through the smallest hatch on the van( that I fortunately hadnt locked )

 

[Two on Tour]

So are you just locked out of your garage or the whole van?

 

[Northernraider]

Has anybody got a good idea what to do when the keys have been locked in the garage. That is all the keys, to start engine to operate the doors etc. Know it is my fault, am stuck in Salamance in Spain, and tomorrow Monday will try to contact whoever is available. Staying at Hotel Regio camp site, and reception has a handy man, who will come in tomorrow, also they gave me an address for a Hymer dealer. Can anybody lighten my soul please.

If its a hymer and you can get on the roof , remove the 4 starred washers that hold the large skylight dome on and drop down through that.

I've had to do that twice in the past. But it's the best way to get in without doing any damage. You can then refitt the dome

 

[nicholsong]

I know this does not help the OP, but can anyone explain how one can lock the keys in the garage without doing it with a key. Are some garage doors slam-shut? Ours needs a key.

If slam-shut, do converters not know about Murphy's Law.

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[Lenny HB]

I know this does not help the OP, but can anyone explain how one can lock the keys in the garage without doing it with a key. Are some garage doors slam-shut? Ours needs a key.

If slam-shut, do converters not know about Murphy's Law.

With Hymer locks you can unlock & leave them unlocked or unlock and after swiveling the catch you can lock them so you can push the lock in and it locks without a key.

 

[rb62]

I know this does not help the OP, but can anyone explain how one can lock the keys in the garage without doing it with a key. Are some garage doors slam-shut? Ours needs a key.

If slam-shut, do converters not know about Murphy's Law.

You certainly can with these Zadi locks,turn key to open,lock pops out to turn,open locker,if you then turn the key and remove it will then lock when pushed back in,and no it wasn't me who did it

 

[Lenny HB]

Has anybody got a good idea what to do when the keys have been locked in the garage. That is all the keys, to start engine to operate the doors etc. Know it is my fault, am stuck in Salamance in Spain, and tomorrow Monday will try to contact whoever is available. Staying at Hotel Regio camp site, and reception has a handy man, who will come in tomorrow, also they gave me an address for a Hymer dealer. Can anybody lighten my soul please.

Is it possible to unscrew the bed base from inside?
Do you have a record of the hab key number it probably begins with FW then 3 digits if so you should be able o get a replacement.
Knowing how Hymer garage doors lock the only way I can think of from getting in from outside would be to muller the lock.

 

[Alan]

When I got locked out of my auto trail I was able to drill a very tiny hole at the top of the door sliding plastic window and open it
by pushing the window catch with a thin nail.

 

[GeoffnDee]

Have you got breakdown cover as they will probably have mobile locksmith contacts they use when people lock themselves out of their cars.

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[Lenny HB]

If its a hymer and you can get on the roof , remove the 4 starred washers that hold the large skylight dome on and drop down through that.

I've had to do that twice in the past. But it's the best way to get in without doing any damage. You can then refitt the dome

When I got locked out of my auto trail I was able to drill a very tiny hole at the top of the door sliding plastic window and open it
by pushing the window catch with a thin nail.

He has just locked his keys in the garage.

 

[nicholsong]

With Hymer locks you can unlock & leave them unlocked or unlock and after swiveling the catch you can lock them so you can push the lock in and it locks without a key.

I think I could do the same with our locks on the N&B Arto, but I would not do it that way.

 

[Northernraider]

He has just locked his keys in the garage.

Yeah but he can't get In the van .

 

[Lenny HB]

Yeah but he can't get In the van .

I got the impression he could.

 

[suavecarve]

Yeah but he can't get In the van .

I m with Lenny, had to re read it but think he has locked his keys in the garage but has access to the rest of the van (I think)

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[Northernraider]

I got the impression he could.

I m with Lenny, had to re read it but think he has locked his keys in the garage but has access to the rest of the van (I think)

OK I thought he had said it was the keys for everything and assumed he couldn't get in the van . Is the garage inaccessible from the van then? I've always been able to access garage areas from inside the van

 

[Peter and Julie]

Hotel Reggio nice place to be locked out of van though.

 

[Lenny HB]

OK I thought he had said it was the keys for everything and assumed he couldn't get in the van . Is the garage inaccessible from the van then? I've always been able to access garage areas from inside the van

Only if you can remove the bed base from inside.

 

[Northernraider]

Only if you can remove the bed base from inside.

That's a bit pants

 

[Machbuster]

Thanks for your ideas, but very unexpectedly I managed to split the bed and without breaking too much I could get a magnetic telescope down in the garage and fish up the keys. Happy holidays!!

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[CazPaul]

I know this does not help the OP, but can anyone explain how one can lock the keys in the garage without doing it with a key. Are some garage doors slam-shut? Ours needs a key.

If slam-shut, do converters not know about Murphy's Law.

Yes same as us Geoff that’s old school technology we have, didn’t you know things have improved and got much better

We could get locked in the garage with the keys if one of us climbed in and the other locked the door from the outside. What if the person outside who has locked you in threw the keys away? worth thinking about.
How would you get out?

 

[Lenny HB]

Thanks for your ideas, but very unexpectedly I managed to split the bed and without breaking too much I could get a magnetic telescope down in the garage and fish up the keys. Happy holidays!!

When you rebuild it maybe an emergency hatch.

I've done it as well, 'er indoors handbag with her keys was in the van and I locked the hab door then locked my keys in the garage. And I still shut the garage door like that.
We were at' er indoors bothers so slept on the sofa and got daughter to go to our house for the 3rd hab key and post it to us.

 

[Manic]

Thanks for your ideas, but very unexpectedly I managed to split the bed and without breaking too much I could get a magnetic telescope down in the garage and fish up the keys. Happy holidays!!

That’s good, best get a lanyard to fit on your belt for your keys

 

[Toady]

I have forced a few garage doors for people who have locked keys in garage. Big screwdriver and slowly forced door near lock. The locking mechanism inside the door bends as the door is forced. Once the door forced, I have then straightened the mechanism on each of the two locks and the door was useable again. Not all locks are the same.

 

[Lenny HB]

I have forced a few garage doors for people who have locked keys in garage. Big screwdriver and slowly forced door near lock. The locking mechanism inside the door bends as the door is forced. Once the door forced, I have then straightened the mechanism on each of the two locks and the door was useable again. Not all locks are the same.

I see you have a Hymer so you know what the lock is like. I don't think your method would work on a Hymer.

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[Roger20]

I locked my keys in the garage (Hymer) the day before expensive tickets to the Goodwood Festival of Speed - 200 miles from home. Visions of my wife driving from home to bring the spare keys! Fortunately she managed to get them delivered to the campsite by Royal Mail special delivery and they were there next morning before 9:00am.

There are probably other courier options which might have been possible from abroad. I once had a motorcycle exhaust replaced under warranty where it set off from Italy mid-afternoon and arrived mid-morning the next day.

Now always carry a spare hab key in the van - won't do that again.

 

[Reallyretired]

Yes same as us Geoff that’s old school technology we have, didn’t you know things have improved and got much better

We could get locked in the garage with the keys if one of us climbed in and the other locked the door from the outside. What if the person outside who has locked you in threw the keys away? worth thinking about.
How would you get out?

My garage door has a ring you pull to open from the inside.

 

[funflair]

This just reminds us all how important it is to have a spare key secreted some place outside the van, ours is so well secreted that when I wanted it yesterday it took me 10 minutes to find, our garage and habitation doors have emergency release from both inside and out but they are touchpad/button operated doors so don't normally carry keys at all.

 

[haganap]

clearly you lot haven't lived life like me.

When I locked myself out of my Rapido a few years back, I borrowed a screwdriver and was in within about 30 seconds. No damage done, just pure and simple lock picking. A motorhome is the most easy of vehicles to break in to.

One could always hide a key somewhere on the outside? maybe a keylock with a combination on it, drilled in to the floor and holding a spare key... not any use now, but I bet you are on the internet ordering one very soon.

 

[Lenny HB]

My garage door has a ring you pull to open from the inside.

I've never seen that on a Hymer, do you have central locking on the garage doors?