Shed burglars

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PrinceRupert

Original Poster:

11,574 posts

84 months

Thursday 4th March 2021
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Cops told me they have him as wanted and are going to attempt an arrest. How exciting. Anyone know if they'll keep me updated?

otolith

55,794 posts

203 months

Thursday 4th March 2021
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My OH doesn’t seem to understand my refusal to put thousands of pounds worth of fishing gear in her shed - so it’s staying at my house.

Flooble

5,565 posts

99 months

Thursday 4th March 2021
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otolith said:
My OH doesn’t seem to understand my refusal to put thousands of pounds worth of fishing gear in her shed - so it’s staying at my house.
I can't quite parse that sentence. I guess don't live together?

NMNeil

5,860 posts

49 months

Thursday 4th March 2021
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Plymo said:
These might fit the bill, with a ring pull to set them off https://www.airsoftworld.net/enola-gaye-wp40-ring-...
Designed for Airsoft games so they should be safe enough...
Looks like a cracking idea, I had never thought of using smoke!


Or the nuclear option, I've set one of these off before and the amount of smoke was amazing. Dyes stuff orange too... Just whatever you do don't set it off yourself laugh
https://www.gaelforcemarine.co.uk/Mobile/en/Hansso...
Airsoft Claymore mine loaded with indelible dye.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmlCxZiM-8s
The real things are noisy and involves the police bringing forceps and plastic bags to collect the f**ksticks remains. biggrin

otolith

55,794 posts

203 months

Thursday 4th March 2021
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Flooble said:
otolith said:
My OH doesn’t seem to understand my refusal to put thousands of pounds worth of fishing gear in her shed - so it’s staying at my house.
I can't quite parse that sentence. I guess don't live together?
We both own houses, yeah, but I’m at her house a lot of the time.

Flooble

5,565 posts

99 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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otolith said:
Flooble said:
otolith said:
My OH doesn’t seem to understand my refusal to put thousands of pounds worth of fishing gear in her shed - so it’s staying at my house.
I can't quite parse that sentence. I guess don't live together?
We both own houses, yeah, but I’m at her house a lot of the time.
Ah cool - I initially had a picture of you lived in the house and made her live in a shed in the garden!

Which is one way of ensuring the shed is secure I suppose. Hold on lads, I've got an idea ...

otolith

55,794 posts

203 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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hehe

Drive it fix it repeat

1,046 posts

50 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Flooble said:
Ah cool - I initially had a picture of you lived in the house and made her live in a shed in the garden!

Which is one way of ensuring the shed is secure I suppose. Hold on lads, I've got an idea ...
‘While your in there can you sort out and organise those ice cream tubs full of nuts, bolts, washers and fk knows what else’ hehe

paintman

7,665 posts

189 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Plymo said:
These might fit the bill, with a ring pull to set them off https://www.airsoftworld.net/enola-gaye-wp40-ring-...
Designed for Airsoft games so they should be safe enough...
Looks like a cracking idea, I had never thought of using smoke!


Or the nuclear option, I've set one of these off before and the amount of smoke was amazing. Dyes stuff orange too... Just whatever you do don't set it off yourself laugh
https://www.gaelforcemarine.co.uk/Mobile/en/Hansso...
Be careful with pyrotechnic flares.
Whilst they will fill the shed with dense smoke there is also a risk that they might burn the shed down!
Probably not with the villain still inside.

Lonely

1,099 posts

167 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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PrinceRupert said:
Cops told me they have him as wanted and are going to attempt an arrest. How exciting. Anyone know if they'll keep me updated?
You should be updated at every significant stage of the investigation as per Victims Code of Practice - arrest being pretty well up there!

Hol

8,328 posts

199 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Maybe build a steel cage, with a secondary door inside the actual shed out of this sheet steel stuff and angle iron/box section..

Anyone with a hobby welder could cut and fit something to the exact internal dimensions of the shed walls and roof..


https://tzursteel.co.uk/products/a142-reinforcemen...

Agreeably not the cheapest option, but probably cheaper than a new shed and a lot more secure than wood and screws and would need a lot more noise to defeat.

littlebasher

3,764 posts

170 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Hol said:
Maybe build a steel cage, with a secondary door inside the actual shed out of this sheet steel stuff and angle iron/box section..

Anyone with a hobby welder could cut and fit something to the exact internal dimensions of the shed walls and roof..


https://tzursteel.co.uk/products/a142-reinforcemen...

Agreeably not the cheapest option, but probably cheaper than a new shed and a lot more secure than wood and screws and would need a lot more noise to defeat.
Exactly what the dad of a friend did with his large shed, basically built a steel cage inside to keep his motorbikes.

His shed never got broken into though, so has yet to be tested!

Evanivitch

19,697 posts

121 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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littlebasher said:
Hol said:
Maybe build a steel cage, with a secondary door inside the actual shed out of this sheet steel stuff and angle iron/box section..

Anyone with a hobby welder could cut and fit something to the exact internal dimensions of the shed walls and roof..


https://tzursteel.co.uk/products/a142-reinforcemen...

Agreeably not the cheapest option, but probably cheaper than a new shed and a lot more secure than wood and screws and would need a lot more noise to defeat.
Exactly what the dad of a friend did with his large shed, basically built a steel cage inside to keep his motorbikes.

His shed never got broken into though, so has yet to be tested!
That's a lot of effort for a little hand-pumped hydraulic cutter to make short, silent work of...

littlebasher

3,764 posts

170 months

Friday 5th March 2021
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Evanivitch said:
That's a lot of effort for a little hand-pumped hydraulic cutter to make short, silent work of...
It was made of inch box, i doubt it would have been a quick job!

Doubt there's too many casual shed burglars carry one of those around with them

Evanivitch

19,697 posts

121 months

Saturday 6th March 2021
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littlebasher said:
Evanivitch said:
That's a lot of effort for a little hand-pumped hydraulic cutter to make short, silent work of...
It was made of inch box, i doubt it would have been a quick job!

Doubt there's too many casual shed burglars carry one of those around with them
Hardly a casual burglar when you're going after motorcycles and eBikes. Especially the latter, Strava stalking and targeted thefts are big business.

liner33

10,623 posts

201 months

Sunday 7th March 2021
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My dad had his shed broken into and a load of stuff taken so he took a 4"x1" plank and tied treble hooks with 20lb fishing line at varying heights and would hang it above the door when he left

Didnt take long for the local scrote to find it , hell of a racket at 2am one morning and he found the plank a few hundred metres down the road, shed was never touched again

GR_WILL

778 posts

77 months

Sunday 7th March 2021
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liner33 said:
My dad had his shed broken into and a load of stuff taken so he took a 4"x1" plank and tied treble hooks with 20lb fishing line at varying heights and would hang it above the door when he left

Didnt take long for the local scrote to find it , hell of a racket at 2am one morning and he found the plank a few hundred metres down the road, shed was never touched again
I’m trying to picture how that worked but can’t!

Sounds funny though biglaugh

Evanivitch

19,697 posts

121 months

Sunday 7th March 2021
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GR_WILL said:
I’m trying to picture how that worked but can’t!

Sounds funny though biglaugh
I'm guessing like a fly screen inside the doorway, but with barbs and hooks...

liner33

10,623 posts

201 months

Sunday 7th March 2021
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Evanivitch said:
GR_WILL said:
I’m trying to picture how that worked but can’t!

Sounds funny though biglaugh
I'm guessing like a fly screen inside the doorway, but with barbs and hooks...
Yep fishing hooks hanging down in front of the doorway , walk into shed in dark and you are “hooked” so to speak

Hol

8,328 posts

199 months

Sunday 7th March 2021
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littlebasher said:
Evanivitch said:
That's a lot of effort for a little hand-pumped hydraulic cutter to make short, silent work of...
It was made of inch box, i doubt it would have been a quick job!

Doubt there's too many casual shed burglars carry one of those around with them
I’d agree, very unlikely an opportunist shed burgular would car a specialist tool.