Garage security
Discussion
I was talking to a chap in the builders merchants a few weeks ago... He was buying three double up and over garage doors and I commented that it must be a big garage...
He said he fitted loads as he worked for an insurance company and he was fitting these as a result of three break-ins on a row of houses. He said that some scroats had broke into the garden shed, got a spade and then used it to lever the garage doors open. He said that the catches on the sides were very flimsy and its easy to just silently lever the door open. this of course distorts the door, hence the replacement.
This got me thinking, I looked at my own garage door and the side catches are indeed very weak, I could see it would be very easy to break in. So yesterday I fitted some drop bolts onto the bottom of the doors on the inside, going into some deep holes drilled in the concrete garage floor. that should make it a bit harder to get in.
just thought I would share this as some of us keep our cars and tools in the garage....
He said he fitted loads as he worked for an insurance company and he was fitting these as a result of three break-ins on a row of houses. He said that some scroats had broke into the garden shed, got a spade and then used it to lever the garage doors open. He said that the catches on the sides were very flimsy and its easy to just silently lever the door open. this of course distorts the door, hence the replacement.
This got me thinking, I looked at my own garage door and the side catches are indeed very weak, I could see it would be very easy to break in. So yesterday I fitted some drop bolts onto the bottom of the doors on the inside, going into some deep holes drilled in the concrete garage floor. that should make it a bit harder to get in.
just thought I would share this as some of us keep our cars and tools in the garage....
I've left my side door unlocked for time on end. I understand it's a little silly as I do own some expensive tools and my car is special to me, but we normally have 2 cars in the way and right now the people here might be getting worse but theft and what not here has pretty much gone right down, suppose you cant steal from the same kind of scum.
If you have an integral garage with adjoining door the theiving scum often use the garage as a means of getting in to the house, as up and over doors aren't tricky to break in to (as mentioned above) and people often don't properly secure the adjoining door from the garage in to the house.
Benmac said:
Need to do something with mine (two bog standard up and overs).
Those who,ve put extra bolts on them or padlocks how have you done it?
I like the idea of the garage defender but as it's on the outside it sort of advertises there is stuff in there worth having.
At its simplest you can use a couple of Monkey Tail bolts (do an Ebay search) on the inside. Bolt them to the inside of the door with some dome headed bolts on the outside and nylock nuts inside. they should go at least a couple of inches into the floor. Those who,ve put extra bolts on them or padlocks how have you done it?
I like the idea of the garage defender but as it's on the outside it sort of advertises there is stuff in there worth having.
This assumes you have another door to go out of...
Of course you can always use a gamekeepers mine... When I had a lockup I had one of these fastened in the roof halfway up the garage. It was fastened to the door in a way that you had to open it just enough to put your hand around to take the trip wire off a hook...
My brother has a few of these placed strategically in his back garden, linked to trip wires a couple of feet off the ground. Last year he was in bed watching TV when he heard a loud bang. he got to the window just in time to see a bloke running like mad down the garden and as he got close to the bottom, he set another one off! Loud bang, big flash, que bloke now in real panic as he threw himself over the fence!
heres the type of thing, they are only £15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_3nAfmcqY
my brother mounts them high up out of harms way... He also extends the blanks to include some powder which gives off a large flash and louder bang.
My brother has a few of these placed strategically in his back garden, linked to trip wires a couple of feet off the ground. Last year he was in bed watching TV when he heard a loud bang. he got to the window just in time to see a bloke running like mad down the garden and as he got close to the bottom, he set another one off! Loud bang, big flash, que bloke now in real panic as he threw himself over the fence!
heres the type of thing, they are only £15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_3nAfmcqY
my brother mounts them high up out of harms way... He also extends the blanks to include some powder which gives off a large flash and louder bang.
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