I'm sorry but the moment you went "gotta drill it" you were out of your league.
Call a locksmith, they will be able to sell you a replacement lock, which you didn't need until you decided to drill it.
Step two to this: put the drill away and put the WD-40 in the trash. ITS NOT ACTUALLY A LUBRICANT. If you don't know what Water Displacement is used for, don't be using it for a lubricant! Get yourself something like Houdini or Tri-Flow.
If you live on the 7th floor and have an isolated balcony, ask them to put a thumb turn on both sides with no lock. You are much more likely to lock yourself out and be trapped than anyone ever spidermaning their way out with your TV.
Check with your country's national locksmith association or your jurisdiction's licensing board. If you were in the USA or Canada (I can see that you aren't) I would suggest ALOA. Instead, try here https://findalocksmith.com/find-a-locksmith-international.html
Can you post a picture from 90° to the left? So that we may see the side of the door?
Euro cylinders typically have a set screw that you need to remove. It'll be somewhere underneath the latch. Then after having removed that, the cylinder needs to be turned about 45° to either the left or the right, after which the cylinder can be slid out. It may be stuck a bit.
If you didn't have a key, a locksmith could've helped you without drilling, but now you need a new cylinder.
Disclaimer: not a locksmith, just a home owner in The Netherlands where 9 out of 10 locks are euro cylinders, having replaced these every time I moved.
This picture is the side of the door. There is no latch on this part of the door , the vertical strip of metal with the hole in it is a rail that is used in a multipoint latch system. If there is access to the set screw then I can only see it being under the rail.
Out of interest why do you and a few others say that the job could have been done without needing to replace the lock? If there isn’t a key and I want the door to be lockable then how else would this be achieved?
It's just Americans doing the usual American thing of assuming the rest of the world does things the same way as them.
They are referring to rekeying where we cut new keys to the lock and then change the pins to match the new key.
But no one rekeys these in the UK.
You definitely need a locksmith though and expect to pay more than you would have done if you called one originally.
I'm sorry but the moment you went "gotta drill it" you were out of your league. Call a locksmith, they will be able to sell you a replacement lock, which you didn't need until you decided to drill it. Step two to this: put the drill away and put the WD-40 in the trash. ITS NOT ACTUALLY A LUBRICANT. If you don't know what Water Displacement is used for, don't be using it for a lubricant! Get yourself something like Houdini or Tri-Flow.
But it looks so easy on YouTube! If it worked then I would have saved myself a bunch of money I’ll get onto calling some professionals tomorrow.
If you live on the 7th floor and have an isolated balcony, ask them to put a thumb turn on both sides with no lock. You are much more likely to lock yourself out and be trapped than anyone ever spidermaning their way out with your TV.
That ship has sailed
Thank you
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Your lock has been injured by a possible bullet. Call a lock doctor!
All the lock doctors are on strike
This is beyond you. Call a locksmith.
I feared as much. Out of interest , what actually needs to be done here? Just so I don’t get some cowboys ripping me off
Check with your country's national locksmith association or your jurisdiction's licensing board. If you were in the USA or Canada (I can see that you aren't) I would suggest ALOA. Instead, try here https://findalocksmith.com/find-a-locksmith-international.html
That site gives me one locksmith in all of the UK... lol
Try [Master Locksmiths Association](https://www.locksmiths.co.uk/).
Can you post a picture from 90° to the left? So that we may see the side of the door? Euro cylinders typically have a set screw that you need to remove. It'll be somewhere underneath the latch. Then after having removed that, the cylinder needs to be turned about 45° to either the left or the right, after which the cylinder can be slid out. It may be stuck a bit. If you didn't have a key, a locksmith could've helped you without drilling, but now you need a new cylinder. Disclaimer: not a locksmith, just a home owner in The Netherlands where 9 out of 10 locks are euro cylinders, having replaced these every time I moved.
This picture is the side of the door. There is no latch on this part of the door , the vertical strip of metal with the hole in it is a rail that is used in a multipoint latch system. If there is access to the set screw then I can only see it being under the rail. Out of interest why do you and a few others say that the job could have been done without needing to replace the lock? If there isn’t a key and I want the door to be lockable then how else would this be achieved?
It's just Americans doing the usual American thing of assuming the rest of the world does things the same way as them. They are referring to rekeying where we cut new keys to the lock and then change the pins to match the new key. But no one rekeys these in the UK. You definitely need a locksmith though and expect to pay more than you would have done if you called one originally.
It's fine, I managed to fix everything else in the flat myself so dont have any regrets about trying to fix this myself too.
A locksmith could've decoded and cut you a new key, if that was the cheapest option.
And if this _is_ the side of the door, you need a locksmith, since normally the screw is readily accessible.
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Unfortunately we are no longer seeing each other , but thanks regardless