Garage security?

How about a cheap and cheerful method. 4 padlocks situated inside the garage
at all four corners of the door. High up and awkward to access and low down
and also awkward to access (with tools like crowbars, AG's etc).

Then there's the Steve Robinson method

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, steve auvache

A twelve-bore levelled at head height with a string attached to the
garage door ought to acquire quite a bit of DNA, IWHT...

 

As an easy to source minimum...

Baby monitor.
Wireless alarm mounted somewhere they can't easily reach.
Sold secure ground anchors and lots of good quality chains and padlocks.
Consider a lockable post in front of the door.

Always use the above.

Make it as difficult as possible for them and they'll go find someone else
to rob.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, steve auvache

Heh. Early in my career I was a programmer at Modern Alarms. We had some
printed signs that said "I've just spent £500 on an alarm system to
protect a £50 stereo. The guy across the road has spent £50 on an alarm
to protect a £500 stereo..."

 

I forgot. You could always buy a bike that's so shite nobody would even nick
it for spares, get third party only insurance, park it in the street so they
don't damage your garage door and save even more money. Money can't buy
smugness.

 

I was going to suggest he bought a CG125 and painted it red and wrote
Ducati on the side, then put the real Ducati under a cover.

 

http://www.solwayfeeders.com/ProductsDetail1.asp?STOCK_CODE=1636&froogle=true

 

Probably not much need to worry about the contents later.

 

Mmmmm, want. I could play games with one of these...

 

A CID Officer rang me up early yesterday morning, saying he had seen the
reports of the burglaries in the area ( a 'mini-crimewave' where 9
properties/cars had been broken into, he said if there are 4 in one
night it would be very unusual, to have 9 is totally unknown [1] )

Anyway, he said he was a little concerned about them stealing the bike
keys, and expected them to be back at some time to try to take it.
He suggested extra bolts etc, also getting an alarm, I said I was
getting one now, he said dont buy one, come down here this afternoon and
we'll have one ready for you.
Got there, and it was waiting for me, (the same as linked to earlier in
the thread), free of charge, along with a mini alarm for putting on the
handlebars which goes off when it is moved.

Full marks for that. Fitted last night, and I can definitely hear it in
the bedroom when it goes off. Hopefully it is loud enough to firstly
deter anyone who has got in, as well as loud enough to wake me.

[1] And by sheer coincidence, the local pub car park was full of pikey
vans and caravans yesterday for a wedding. Surely there is no relation
to this crimewave in the area? :-(

Ta
Alan.

 

Had some pikeys move into the area recently?

Ah... There's your answer then. Make sure you don't accidentally drop a
box of nails in the entrance to their parking spot.

 

These dead locks are pretty good (see ebay item 260559778353) they give
a 70mm long 'bolt' that you can shoot into the door frame.

A bit of wood (4x2) in the bottom of the garage door also stops it being
bent.

I had the piece of wood (as above) and a bolt (ebay item 300422011715)
going into the ground by about 50mm.

Thieving bastards tried to break in, couldn't bend the door massively
but used a jemmy to try to lift the door out. Fortunately this pushed
the door in and then the fuckers drove at the door... but it was old and
heavy so it didn't give way.

 

Ooh. Modern Alarms eh? I was one of your installers!

I hope you weren't responsible for that 2000 series crap?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Steve Fitzgerald

Heh no. I was responsible for the stock control and accounts systems. On
a TI990/10, running DX-10. Happy days, jumpers for goalposts...