Picking a lock

[yorkie_chris]

It's a wooden door, easier to unscrew the hinges.

If you want secure then put some strap iron on the back with some propa' hinges, have a mahoosive padlock outside with a box around it made of welded 1/4" plate.
If in doubt weld more steel to it.

Then they will break part of the wall down instead, or go in through the up-and-over door which are as secure as a soggy cardboard box.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

It's a wooden door, easier to unscrew the hinges.

If you want secure then put some strap iron on the back with some propa' hinges, have a mahoosive padlock outside with a box around it made of welded 1/4" plate.
If in doubt weld more steel to it.

Then they will break part of the wall down instead, or go in through the up-and-over door which are as secure as a soggy cardboard box.

Might as well leave the bike outside with keys in the ignition then...

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

Get a local chav to do it for a fiver?

*ducks*

i dont think they have chavs where ed lives

[yorkie_chris]

Yeah we did that with my mates bike once just for a laugh in a very scratty area.

Paintball guns are really good fun.

Originally Posted by hovis

i dont think they have chavs where ed lives

We do but they live on the other side of the Rea Brook. When the area was being developed in the 1950s the council wanted to build a road bridge across the brook but there was such a local uproar at the time (NB - before I was born!!) that the council backed down. So as a result there is only a footbridge and we don't get Novas driven at high speed

Lockie came this morning. I was shocked at how quickly he got the old lock out, and inside it was rusted badly. I've had to replace a lot of stuff and this would have failed soon. Bill not bad, £35 plus the cost of the new lock. Unlikely that many on here would want a locksmith in Shrewsbury but I can definitely recommend one now!!

[flymo]

do you have an up and over door also? if so then enter that way and remove the lock from teh inside

[Drew Carey]

Originally Posted by flymo

do you have an up and over door also? if so then enter that way and remove the lock from teh inside

+1, thats what we did when the cable snapped. Got a claw hammer and wrenched the piece of wood off the top beem. Which then made me realise how damn easy it is to get into those types of garages!!!! We then put in as many deep screws as possible when re-fixing and ground the heads down, should stop someone doing what we were doing next time!!!!!

could have saved u £35 Ed, my missus can shout them open lol

Find the weakest point, whether the hinges or the lock, and blow them off. Always works.....