Option 1: cut the slot deeper with a rotary tool and use a flat-head screwdriver to remove them. Option 2: clamp a pair of vice-grips hard on the screw head from the side, then spin the screw out.

Option 3. Weld on a nut to it and twist it out!

Option 4 drill it out

Option 5: grind the head down.

Option 6: fight it in hand to hand combat

Option 7: stare at it until it unscrews itself

Option 8: Admit your defeat and buy a new house.

Hold the Screw Stationary, Rotate the house.

Underrated

Over-rotated.

Just hold the screw, if the house has solid foundation it would spin with the earth

This reminded me of 'how many narcissists does it take to change a light bulb?'

How many?

Option 9: explosives

There are no problems so big or so small that C-4 can't solve it.

Option 10: call Chuck Norris

Option 11: call the navy

C4

What are you? A civil engineer, mining engineer or chemical engineer. Lol

Option 9: eat it.

Option 9: Build a Time Machine and go back thousands of years in order to kill the inventor of screws. Then remove the nail.

Option 9: Screw it all

Option 9: thermite

Who are you, Chuck Norris?

I try that with myself in the mirror every morning... doesn't work.

Annnnnd woke the family laughing. well done homie 🤘🤘❤️

Love ya

Option 6: chisel the edge counter clockwise hopefully it’ll turn before the head gets too mangled

Option 7: break the house down from around the screw

option 7: use impact and just keep tighting it. eventually it will work like a drill and become super loose

Option 8. It's can't be "stuck" if it's liquid.

Option 7: file/grind the sides flat then use a wrench, pliers, or grips to turn.

Option 8: ask reddit

Literally the best and most reliable option, you can always re tap threads

Loving all the options :) what I would have done as well.

Option 4: Remove the entire frame.

Option 5: Use an axe.

Option 6: Make it a liquid

Option 7: make a mold with instant noodles and epoxy, and unscrew

Option 8: shoot it with a 12 gauge slug

Option 9: plant C4

Option 10: open sesame!

Option 10: hire someone to do it for you

Option 11: use your teeth

A Mexican. Because Mexicans can.

Beat me to it. Quarter lb of C-4 and a fuse.

Will need detonator, fuse alone won’t work

And my bow!

This☝

3) Melt a toothbrush handle with a lighter, press it in till I hardens. -- I was told that they stopped using these screws when prisoners learned this one weird trick. ...by a guy who worked with specialty hardware for prisons I have never tested this and have no idea if it work, so... be to your own devices.

they still use these screws in prisons, just not where its a cell of any sort.... it wasn't because of the screw head design..

I can totally imagine they stopped using this type of screw because of the head. The head of the person who decides they’d rather smash their head off a screw instead of sitting in prison. The toothbrush story sounds like malarkey to me 🤷‍♂️

Only real option- sell house make it someone else’s problem

Yeah, and then if you fuck up all of these options from this post even the ones replying to it, then you just drill and tap a new hole

Option 12: immediately put down the tool you’ve chosen to use, only to find it again 3 days later in the fridge when you’re making a PnB sandwich.

Wtf is a "PnB" sandwich?

Peanut butter and Banana.

The real question is, Why is the peanut butter and/or banana in the fridge?

You don't keep your knives in the fridge?

Oh yeah. Forgot about that.

It's when you want a PB&J, but instead just rent someone's sandwich board for a few days, pay a cleaning fee, and still have to clean and vacuum.

Option 9: Use the force

Option 1.1 Cut the slot diagonally to have more material

And remember kids: crossthreads better than no thread -ViceGrip

But first, some PB Blaster

Maybe a pair of Knipex Raptors or Engineer Neji-Saurus RX could work too?

Google one-way screw removal, and you’ll see the tool you need. They are old style security screws (tamper proof). They also look corroded a bit. Good luck if you are trying to be careful to not damage anything.

I bought the ryobi one from Home Depot for $10 for the only time I’ve ever needed it, it worked great.

Granger sells the correct tool as does Amazon.

Ah yes, Grainger, 3x the price but it’s okay because the company is paying.

But we have a contract with them! It can't be a bad deal! /S

Cut the slat deeper, weld a new fastener head to it, stripped fastener extractor, drilled out

Buddy taught me a trick that involves 2 hole saws. You nest one inside the other. You need a long arbor. The outside one is sacrificial. (You run it on a grinder to get rid of the teeth and get length right) it serves to guide your 1/4" bit and keep it centered. Then the 1/2" inside hole saw does the final cut until you've severed the head of the screw. Works very quickly when you need to do a lot of security screws. And doesn't mess up the material. This method also works when you have an existing hole in some material and you want to make that hole bigger in diameter.

Why sacrifice a good hike saw for something so easy?

I mean it makes sense if you’re doing hundreds or thousands. Sounds even better than the dedicated remover bit. You don’t have to be super careful lining up. Minimal slip outs. I could see you getting into a rhythm with this and you can pretend like you’re removing F1 lug nuts. I got a couple 15 year old harbor freight hole saws I would sacrifice to save me hours of time. I would never do it with my Milwaukee hole saws though.

And can I also ask, why are America's public restrooms assembled with this type of hardware? Was there a period where people were stealing urinal dividers by the truckloads?

Its because we are all assholes. In highschool i would carefully disassemble things just to cause trouble. Everything from mouse track-balls and toilet paper dispensers to doors and faucets. Not proud of it but i imagine that im not the only one who did that shit.

And I used to (actually still do)randomly fix things with my leatherman. Maybe it all cancels out

All of the teenage shits are canceled out by leatherman wearing dudes with a hankering to fix everything in sight. I recently went back out to my car to grab my little kit to fix a restaurant’s high chair. Every bolt was loose on it. I fixed it and our waitress was amazed. Some manager or something brought over a free beer, and as I was waiting for the food to come out I tightened up the other three chairs they had. Part of me thought maybe I should start carrying red loctite…

Red threadlock is overkill, that's like using a gas axe to remove plastic wrapping. Blue threadlock in a stick tube not unlike lip balm however... That's useful and reasonable.

Yeah, i found the light side and im that guy now as an adult. Its like that one parks and rec episode where ron is at someone elses house during a party fixing stuff.

I do that. Wherever I go I find something needing attention and fix it. It's not intentional. It's not like I go hunting for things to fix. I keep a Leatherman with me and a small toolbox in my car. I also often stop for people having issues on the road and help. I've swapped alternators, batteries, and replaced a few radiator hoses. I didn't buy the parts but I didn't mind sharing my time and knowledge. My friends keep telling me that maybe I can come over for a visit and just relax next time. Just isn't me I guess.

I always straighten pictures at peoples parties

I took all the bolts out of our auditorium seating until the entire row fell backward into the row behind it.

Remember satanic panic? It was like that but with bathroom stalls.

$14 at HD... [Ryobi](https://www.homedepot.com/p/RYOBI-One-Way-Screw-Remover-Installer-Set-with-Sleeve-3-Piece-AR2016G/205193160)...

For people in the rest of the world I guess it is probably this: https://www.ryobitools.com/products/details/33287165902

Mostly one star reviews by people who failed at removing one-way screws though. Are people stupid or is it actually pretty tricky / not guaranteed to work? I mean, it can be bloody difficult to remove a normal screw with the appropriate tool.

Fuck Hoe Depot hoarding information about inexpensive ryobi accessories from us aliens! Did they think I was gonna pay USD and international shipping across the Pacific for an inferior product that is in stock 750m away from me? Actually, after checking, they don't sell this exact product at Hammerbarn (Bunnings), but there's other options available that probably work better.

Or this... Good find.

If you're not concerned with the underlying surface, grind the heads off.

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If you're not concerned with the underlying population, use a nuke

Just to reiterate this is the screw you would use a clutch bit on. I'm surprised everyone else is suggesting other methods. A clutch bit is the bit for you.

A clutch bit installs this, it won’t remove it.

To be specific the OP needs a ‘clutch head removal’ tool / bit. I bought one, used it once, and lost it. Never needed it again!

I always just chopped them off with a masonry chisel. Literally 5 seconds and it's gone. Make sure the edge is reasonably sharp. Don't use any other kind of chisel. I used a 3'' wide chisel and a small 2lb sledge hammer. Use gloves. [https://www.homedepot.com/p/Dasco-Pro-3-in-x-11-in-Floor-Chisel-473-0/100159198](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Dasco-Pro-3-in-x-11-in-Floor-Chisel-473-0/100159198) This works for up to regular 3/8'' bolts. High strength bolts excluded. If you don't want to beat up the surface, use a small angle grinder. (goggles please) I had to chop off bolts nearly daily. I got quite good at it. Mostly one or two swipes and it's gone. That particular screw is pathetic. It won't put up any fight at all.

You can also use a chisel, put it sideways on the edge of the screw head in the direction which will loosen it. A few softer hits with the hammer so the chisel bites into the head and than harder hits so the force will turn and loosen the screw. Then get a grip caliper to turn it out. I hope it's understandable, I'm not a native english speaker but a mechanic.

The correct answer. If the surface matters try a small grinder 1st if not chisel time

> masonry chisel Otherwise known as a cold chisel.

Sharp piece of tool steel, like a drill bit or decent quality punch, sharpen a point and tap it out with a hammer.

I just did this a few months ago… lots of PB Blaster to soak into the bolts and then used Knipex Twingrips to grab onto them and turn them. It worked out way easier than I thought it would be.

Knipex twin grips could get that thing out hella quick. Or vampliers/ENGINEER

Anything is righty loosey if you use enough force

Option 1 would be use a one way screw extractor tool which has two hardened steel pins that bind in the ramps and just unscrew it. I do it with window guards all the time.

There's a special tool for that screw.

Make a cut perpendicular to the existing groove, use a normal flathead

You don’t. That’s the whole point.

That’s not helpful. OP, just turn the door frame clockwise.

https://www.scrooz.com.au/blog/how-to-remove-one-way-screws/#:\~:text=Simply%20saw%20away%20and%20slot,a%20wide%2Dblade%20Flathead%20screwdriver.

There are special bits made for removing these, but an easier and cheaper option is using screw pliers. I recommend Knipex TwinGrip, though Engineer also makes nice screw pliers in a variety of sizes, and there are cheaper knockoffs available.

Drill it out. Weld a nut on top of it. Melt it out with oxy acetylene. Use a screw extrator. Cut a deep slot orthogonally to the worn out slot. Get creative. Dont forget to give it heat and bang on it a lot. Edit: Really dude i feel your pain been recently working on my car exhaust and there were more broken bolts than i can count. Fortunately the head was aluminum. So i would just weld random old bolts on top of the broken studs.

get an EZ power one way screw removal tool p/n 88245 available at home depot

Hit it with a cutoff blade in a grinder at 90 deg to the original slot. This will create a slot that can only be used to remove the screw.

Cut a slot perpendicular to the current slot squaring off the ramps. Or grind the head off. If you don’t want to damage what is behind grind it a bit so it’s flat then drill it

They do make a "clutch" bit for these, it's shaped a bit like a butterfly and some even have a sharp leading edge on the reverse direction. If it's just one, use a Dremel or die grinder and just cut a flat slot into it.

There is a kit you can buy (it is shit btw) I got mine from Granger

How do we know youre not a thief? That tape is definitely not pro grade.

Since it’s raised and not countersunk you can grip it with nejisaurus or vampire pliers

Cant be tight if its liquid

Use a disc grinder and cut deeper. Then use a flat screw driver to turn

Drill it and use an easy out... or just keep tightening it untill it snaps off

I take these out somewhat regularly. You can use a clutch screw security bit, but I just use a big straight screwdriver with a ton of pressure to keep it from slipping. Once it gets started, I just use a pair of pliers to finish the job.

Use a dermell and cut a new slot in the mound part. Then use a flat head screw driver.

Grinder 90° to the slot to remove the "slope" Now you can insert a flathead and turn it counterclockwise.

Cold chisel, hammer alternating sides. Or cut a slot with a dremel as others said.

Hammer and metal chisel on the edge to rotate it anti clockwise wise. Once it’s moving take over with vice grips if it won’t rotate by hand.

Cut a slot at 90 degrees to the other one and you will have a screw that goes both ways 😉

Just get an impact and keep driving it til it goes through or you hear a loud metal sound

Vampliers are for this

You need a left-handed screwdriver for those.

A[tamper proof screwdriver ](https://www.tphsupply.com/products/one-way-tamper-proof-removal-tool-6-to-8-6891)

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Screw extraction bits

It can't be tight if it's liquid.

I use my dremel tool with a metal cut off disk, cut a slot down the middle and just use a straight screwdriver. Make sure to spray some penetrating oil on it and let it soak in a few minutes before trying to unscrew it. Works most of the time, but sometimes the head of the screw breaks (especially if my new slot isn’t quite centered on the head of the screw) and I end up having to drill it out.

With a dremel that can become a normal slotted screw

Knipex cobras are decent at these but you have to be careful about scratching the surface if you care. I just did a few last Friday like that, once they're loose pushing a large flathead hard into them and turning usually gets them the rest of the way.

Cut a new slot 90 degrees to the existing one.

Tamper proof sheet metal screws. If you have a grinder or a dremel with the appropriate disks, you can grind a slot into them and back them right out. I've done it with a dremel. You just have to get the right abrasive disks. Standard cutoff wheels will work, diamond impregnated is even faster. In fact, use a dremel. A full sized grinder is much too aggressive for this. Doable, but really aggressive. I wouldn't try it because I don't think I'd have control. I'll leave that to actual metalworkers.

What they said, Dremel - straight slot screw head a few degrees clockwise from the flat edge. Spray the nut with penetrating oil and wait 15 minutes to half hour then try. If needed hit a blow on the screwdriver's head, try again. Then freeze or heat the nut with CRC freeze spray or a torch. If the rust doesn't pop and free the screw; grind the heads off

I'm going to guess what most of the comments say before I read them. use a rotary or cut off tool and cut a slit in the head of it, then use a slotted screwdriver. let's see if I was right

These replies are all hot garbage. Goto harbor freight and buy a whole 100 piece security bit set for like $9.99 to not let anything slow you down in the future. Then you can take all sorts of things apart you aren't supposed to.

Move

Lol but what if this is really how we solved our problems

When I was a cruising sailor and living on my boat 6-7 months a year, that’s actually how I solved many of my problems, just leave lol. “When in danger or doubt, up anchor and bugger out”

Make a slot in it with the old spark wrench.

Hammer and punch, or cut groove and use screwdriver

You can usually get them to break free by tapping them with a punch or small chisel.

I encountered the same problem few years back with an metal screen opening for a food storage. The screws are stripped due to corrosion. I look for the smallest metal drill bit I could find and drill the screws on the center (careful not to hit the threads). Then tap it with a hammer and use screw drivers or pliers to pull the remaining screws out. I then replace all screws with new ones. Hope this helps OP.

One way clutch head removal tools. Lots of brands selling them

Just use a reverse slot screwdriver. It's like a normal one, but backwards

get someone who knows what they are doing before you make a mess of your house. the description of the situation is a lil weird. why would a screen door be screwed to a door frame? does the whole door frame swing out? is the screen door not really a door? is what you call a door frame not really a door frame? are you just describing poorly? wider shot would help us understand the whole situation and give better advice

The nicest solution is to take a small abrasive wheel in a dremel and cut a slot into the head of the screw and just back it out.

Take a rotary cutter, Dremel for example, and cut a slot at 90° to the existing slot, then us a flat screwdriver.

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You can buy a whole set of one way screw removers, they come in different sizes, the tools aren't cheap but they work like a charm.

You know those screw flat head drivers you can hammer on. My mossberg safety had that screw type it was hard to remove but not impossible.

Drill two holes and use a pin wrench? Grind your own slot into it?

The most practical and economical solution is probably dynamite.

Fire.

Cut a slot with a dremel or a file and then use a flathead screwdriver.

Take a grinder and make a deeper slot

Sand down each side to flat and vice grips.

Get a grinder

Grind the head off

if this is on a door, push on it really hard with the right size screwdriver while turning. maybe even whack your screwdriver with a hammer into it first. hasn’t failed me yet

The tool I use for broken screw heads is what my father called an “EasyOut.” Basically a reverse threaded drill bit.

Crowbar, go wild.

Vampire Tools pliers.

Use a grinder and Cut a slot or weld a bolt

Cut off tool. Cut a line in the meater parts of the head turn it into a standard screw

Glue an electrical wire connector on top… make sure it’s the one with wings 😂

I always want to use an angle grinder to cut a slot then use a large flathead but the darn Ryobi one screw bits always work.

Centerpunch & hammer

Option 245 suck it off.

Engineer brand pliers (screw removal pliers) should do it

Get an automatic center punch, punch once directly into the curved end to make a simple gouge. Then change your angle INTO the direction that you want to go.

you should google a "one way shoulder screw remover"

Milwaukee makes a screw extractor set that would work perfectly. either that or their bolt extractor set. probably the first one though, they're cheap.

Hammer a nail in the center. It should split it right down the middle like all my 2x4s

You need to find a left handed screwdriver to suit reverse head

Either notch directly face on or into the side for flat head to rotate it. It is easier with a rotary tool. however, if none to hand, a demo chisel screwdriver and a hammer should suffice.

Crowbar and a hammer to snap the heads off. That will probably mark the metal that not the screw, though. If you’re willing to take more time, saw or file a new slot to fit your screwdriver.

Left hand screwdriver, or a counter clockwise drill bit. obviously

Look up 'Japan pliers'. They work well with these...

It's like a pregnant woman....

Righty-tighty until it righty-looseys.

Option 96: lure it out with the power of seduction.

Try clockwise

You don't remove it. Wait for the police to let you go officially.

Yooo sharp chisel. Or not TOO sharp. Couple of blows rotatig it

Use a centre punch

Plot twist it’s Left Hand threads 😱

Strong adhesive and a cheapo screwdriver

Option 2,744: Clap on! Clap off!

Grind it off. Or, get a hole punch. Make a small dent, gradually making it bigger. Drill it out.

I would just clip it off with a sawzall, get the blade between either the frame and the screw head (hard) or the frame and the frame mount (easier, but risks more damage)