white90 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 For up and over doors any suggestions? seen the Garage "defender" aptly named but at £80ish a bit steep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
python Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 A BIG SCARY DOG. DONT FEED IT MUCH, NO-ONE WILL BREAK IN THEN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 x2 Yorkshire Terriers don't do really cut it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WALFY Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 For up and over doorsany suggestions? seen the Garage "defender" aptly named but at £80ish a bit steep 80ish steep? It's all relative to what you have in the garage. If it's odds and sods then yes but if your tools are in there then no. Your choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 I need to install some more telephone lines to poor army types then I could employ a security guard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
python Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 SERIOUSLY MATE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT A CAR ALARM MODIFIED FOR THE GARAGE. USING BOOT SWITCHES AND THINGS. AS SAID ABOVE IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU HAVE IN THERE AND HOW MUCH YOU THINK IT NEEDS PROTECING FROM THE THEIVING SCUM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav- Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 i have used these on my door, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PACRI-GARAGE-DOOR-LO...1QQcmdZViewItem mine are black and were cheaper. they are very good, and a number of my friends use them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WALFY Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Tony . Again after a small think about it you have to look at the security triad. Threat/ability/countermeasures. In laymans terms are you sure you need extra security and what you have in place is insufficient. Also take into account the amount of through traffic you get past your property and if they can see the contents when the door is open. Also if they did try to break in would they be visible from your house or that of a neighbour. I know it's a bit soon to be part of neighbour hood watch but I'm sure I've seen signs up around where you are. As for threat are you guarding against the oppotunist burglar or a determined 1. A few thoughts to get you going. If you require any more info feel free to shout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas90 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 For up and over doorsany suggestions? seen the Garage "defender" aptly named but at £80ish a bit steep Tony, a good quality Ingersol padlock will set you back £60, I would suggest a Bulldog post(s) set in concrete outside of the garage door so that the door will not open http://www.saundersonsecurity.co.uk/acatal...Hitch_Post.html or one of these http://www.saundersonsecurity.co.uk/acatal..._Door_Lock.html or save your pennies for this http://www.saundersonsecurity.co.uk/acatal...id_Barrier.html Saunderson are a very reputable family business and I have bought security bits from without hassle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I would argue that external security devices prove there's something worth nicking. All my garage security measures are on the inside of the door, and i'm not posting about them on a public forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks some stuff to look at there Mark a thief would at least help clear some of the mess at the moment I can just look in there from outside and see things I: can't reach want need am desperate for choose from the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landmannnn Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I've got a big hasp and staple with an equally oversized padlock. I have also bought one of those cheapo shed/garage alarms from a diy store. All in around £40. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 SERIOUSLY MATE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT A CAR ALARM MODIFIED FOR THE GARAGE. USING BOOT SWITCHES AND THINGS. AS SAID ABOVE IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU HAVE IN THERE AND HOW MUCH YOU THINK IT NEEDS PROTECING FROM THE THEIVING SCUM. No need to SHOUT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WALFY Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Thanks some stuff to look at thereMark a thief would at least help clear some of the mess at the moment I can just look in there from outside and see things I: can't reach want need am desperate for choose from the list I get it now. Offer all this stuff for sale so when they turn up to collect it's convieniently at the back " and would you mind helping to move a few boxes" is what they get. That way you get your garage tieded up for free or a cup of tea and a hobnob. You're cleverer than you look Mr C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I would argue that external security devices prove there's something worth nicking.All my garage security measures are on the inside of the door, and i'm not posting about them on a public forum. They're the same as mine - a pile of junk against the door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Luckily for you(not me) I lifted the generator onto the bench at the front just the other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Do you have to access the garage through the up and over ? If you have a back entrance , Make up a bar that spans wider than the door , Mount some fabricated hook brackets onto the lower frame and drop the bar into the hooks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roverdrive Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I use ( amongst other things) a hasp and staple inside the garage, as mine is built in to the house. Perhaps a locking bolt into the side frame if you have to have the security outside? All depends on the amount of security you feel you need against the perceived threat as said above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike4444244 Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I'm with luke on this one... A garage defender is the best advert you can get for telling theives it will be worth their while breaking in, the best thing to do is fix nice big bolts on each side of the door that will take a padlock and put them on the inside, make sure you paint the bolt head/nut on the outside so its not obvious, and get a cheap battery alarm and put it somewhere its a bu@@er to get to! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 Of course, I can get to the inside of my garage from the house, It's a bit of a different story if you've only one door to your garage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JST Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 i used to go for the small lock and not make out you have anything in there and they cleared the lot out!! for an up and over door if you have access from another door i would just use two std bolts (below) one in each top corner or do a bar as Jase suggests. or you can go for the outside option of bolting the bottom of the door to the ground. or just chain everything inside together so its too big/difficult to move. it depends on what force you want to stop them getting in! if they are determined they will get in and nick Walfy generator what ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumps Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 i used to go for the small lock and not make out you have anything in there and they cleared the lot out!!for an up and over door if you have access from another door i would just use two std bolts (below) one in each top corner or do a bar as Jase suggests. or you can go for the outside option of bolting the bottom of the door to the ground. or just chain everything inside together so its too big/difficult to move. it depends on what force you want to stop them getting in! if they are determined they will get in and nick Walfy generator what ever. Tony, You have a PM. Scrumps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiWhite Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 I've seen the Defender types defeated - if the dor is dented (by a nudge from a car in the case I saw) they bend and can be pulled open from the outside. As others have said, don't have anything on display outside demonstrating there might be something inside. If they want to get in, they will - some of our persistant agricultual equipment thieves (I'm sure you know the type ) will cut through solid steel doors with petrol disc cutters to get stuff out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 An example I've seen recently is a business where the main door looks flimsy as anything - you could open it with a good push. On one side of the enterance are a pair of really heavy steel doors made from 1" plate with RSJ welded frame and hinge pins as thick as your arm. It's covered in BIG locks, bolts etc and looks as if it's protecting something really really expensive! In fact, the doors are just a welded together 'sculpture' welded to the back end of an empty shipping container. The owners have had people spend whole nights trying to get in with petrol grinders etc - and failing. They could just walk to the other end of the container and see it's empty - but that doesn't seem to be the mindset. The company concerns sells copper cable - so an instant target! OK, you probably don't have room for a shipping container - however - you could persuade your neighbour that he lives in a 'garage crime' hot spot and offer to help him turn his door into a HMP standard fortress. I suspect that our mobile friends will then figure that his garage must be filled with desirable caravan parts - and have a go at his instead of yours! Fit yours with hidden internal locks and the 'mobile' will be none the wiser! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean f Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 One thing to consider is now strong the rest of the garage is, not a lot of point in having a solid door it the garage is so thin they can just kick a hole through the side or pull and old wooden window out. Saw a boat a few years ago which had had the outboard stolen off of it, the owner had bolted it on then welder the bolts in place, locked the boat to the trailer and fitted locked brackets in place of wheels on the trailer (saves the tyres as well). How had they got round that lot? They used a chainsaw and cut the entire back end of the boat off!. Not much you can do if they are prepared to go that far!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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