Locked draw! :(

jenniewb

I have a small draw in my kitchen which will not open- its jammed shut!

I have tried everything I can think of: pulling on the handle very very hard, unscrewing the underneath of the draw (did nothing) poking about with a knit in the 0.5 inch space I can open the draw to...

Anyone have any other ideas?

I cannot think exactly what is stopping the draw open but know inside the draw there are lots of various sized cardboard boxes such as boxes of sweets, tin foil, pill boxes...

I am going slightly mad trying to open the draw, I need whats inside it!

Anyone have a plan I could try?

Thanks for reading.

caveat_emptor

Didn't the contents of the drawer fall out when you removed the bottom?

wallbash

Fish slice / spatula you need to push obstruction to the back of the draw , then you can get your hand

keystone

wallbash wrote: »

Fish slice / spatula you need to push obstruction to the back of the draw , then you can get your hand

stuck?

Cheers

[Deleted User]

Hi,

jenniewb wrote: »

I have a small draw in my kitchen which will not open

caveat_emptor wrote: »

Didn't the contents of the drawer fall out when you removed the bottom?

why do English folk call it a draw, and Scottish call it a drawer?

McKneff

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,





why do English folk call it a draw, and Scottish call it a drawer?

They don't, english people call it a drawer also.

Its just the OP who is call int a draw.

wallbash

Less of the language discussion, lets have some bright ideas

lucylucky

Is it locked or stuck?

andy69_2

It will be because their is something inside at an angle upwards jamming against the top it happens to me all the time, I dont know what i can suggest sorry, i always had an inch gap to play with just to push the object down

loracan1

I keep a straightened wire coat hanger with hook intact in my kitchen for this express purpose. I too, have that drawer(/draw).

McKneff

Do you have a bendy palette knife that you can put through the gap and push the offending object backwards.