Well over the last week my front door lock borked.
On Saturday I went to see Akira at The Electric Cinema courtesy of my brilliant Fiancée. I had great time and we were really decadent as we booked a sofa.
But.
When we got home I locked the door and felt softer then usual. The next I tried unlock the door to go to work the next day I found I could not. This left me in strange position of having call my work to tell them I was locked into my flat. Not out.
I managed to break the lock.1 I ordered a new cylinder lock from Amazon2. Fitted without issue. But I found the issue was with the sashlock case and not with the cylinder.
I took the sashlock out the door and apart only to find out that a thin piece of metal had broken off. These tiny piece of metal functioned as spring on the lock mechanism and made sure the lock fully engaged and disengaged. Now it was free the lock had greater range and had come out sync with the key cylinder. I managed to jury rig it so we could use the door but someone had to be on the inside if it came out of sync again. My lovely Fiancée took this job whilst I went to work but on Friday I had to go to work and Steff was going to home to visit her parent. After much research late at night I ordered a new lock from Safe.co.uk but the delivery company they used completely messed up. They failed to deliver it the wrong address and then cancelled the delivery on the next day. The guys at Safe.co.uk were really helpful3. I was able to use the jury-rigged lock and use it without too much issue.
But first time I used to it without Steff being inside the lock got stuck again.
At this point I gave up and got the professional out. A nice man name ‘Dan’ came out from Timpson Locksmiths and fixed the door within about 30 minutes. He was a lot more professional than the last locksmith I had call out.4.
Now that I can get inside my flat without any issue and my anxiety level have dropped I am acutely aware of how my background level of anxiety is actually quite high. I can only attribute this to my wedding with is only 11 days way.
Oh god.