Shed break in!

[Viney]

Some low life decided to help thierselves to the contecnts of our shed yesterday/The night before!

So this means a grands worth of mountain bikes and accessories, lawnmower, garden vac, my secondary tool box with about £250 of tools , my favourite drill (Although the battery needed replacing), and some garden tools!

So blast and death to the thieving scumbags that took it.

So then, what can i do to make my shed more secure? Its a standard 6x4 single hasp external hinges.

[Shellywoozle]

Wire it up to the electrics !!

Take it you have phoned the local rozzers, some of that stuff sounds pretty identifiable if stumbled across in a search !

[Scoobs]

****er.

Trouble is V, if the little shítz want it, they'll have it. All you can do is make is a bloody awkward as possible.

Originally Posted by Viney

Some low life decided to help thierselves to the contecnts of our shed yesterday/The night before!

So this means a grands worth of mountain bikes and accessories, lawnmower, garden vac, my secondary tool box with about £250 of tools , my favourite drill (Although the battery needed replacing), and some garden tools!

So blast and death to the thieving scumbags that took it.

So then, what can i do to make my shed more secure? Its a standard 6x4 single hasp external hinges.

Replace the hinge screws with bolts straight away. I have also covered the nuts on the inside in no more nails so they won't turn and rounded the outside off so you can't get a spanner on it. Any screw heads have also been filled with no more nails.

Mine was broken into a few years back and I only realised when I went to get the bike out after a weekend away to find the door was just propped up, not attached. Thankfully, the little scrotes only took a cheap toolkit and didn't even touch the bike.

Might also be worth fixing a wire mesh over the window.

[Stu]

The more visible security you put on the outside, the more they will want to get in.
PIR alarm inside?

My shed is connected to the house alarm (wireless). I have a door sensor and a movement sensor. It may not stop an attempted theft but is quite likely to stop the theft actually taking place. The door only needs to be opened a fraction before the alarm sets.

Sorry to hear this It's such an invasion of your privacy. You can buy battery power PIR alarms. Maybe not the best but for the sake of £15 why not?!

Yale do quite an economic alarm package - you can buy it in sections depending on what you want to set up or there are a couple of ready made packages. I think you can get them through B&Q.

May not stop/deter an attempt - but will make it obvious once someone has broken in like the overly large simian says.

Edit: Just checked B&Q's website, seems they don't do the Yale one anymore but have a similar setup by a company called Friedland.

little scrotums! they will steal anything these days, keep an eye on ebay and in the ads for free papers for any of your stuff, dont forget how stupid these people are so its always a posibility they will slip up.

best not to over reinforce the shed though, it makes it look like it might be worth breaking into, so keep it simple, cover the window up and fit a good lock, if they think its full of crap they wont bother.

i take it your house insurance covers the contents?

ps. who has a "favorite" drill! lol