marky_g

whats good whats not what have people got?

cosevo

a padlock, been ok so far, touch wood

phil_focus

50,000 Volt electrified door. occasionally find a fried pikey

marky_g

ive got the standard lock but look at this aswell

http://www.bulldogsecure.com/product...rage-door-lock

RS500/364

CCTV
4 24/7 recording and network
blocked in cars 3 cars to move before the RS500
and one entry to the road with some extras

cossie.con

This seems like a good solution to me

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showpost.php...7&postcount=35

SteveB

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Trouble with those is they are prime for getting twatted with a sledge hammer or similar....

Psycho Warren

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you need them top and bottom if you use something like that.

problem is you just move the weakpoint from the door to the frame. most frames for garage doors just arent fitted robustly from a security perspective not forgetting often 20 years of wear will have taken its toll on the wood.

remember you will never STOP a thief if they are determined. (well not legally )

BUT you buy yourself time by adding security features.

and you have to make sure the bits you add dont make things worse. Those locks on that black doored garage dont look the best. Youve got no reinforcing plates behind the door so in effect its all reliant on those 2 bolts and very thin garage door steel!!! Also he needs to ensure his garage door frame is properly tied into the brickwork. Think about it, the wood frame would have had some flexibility which to an extent would stop things breaking. now you have taken out the flexibilty putting extra strain on the probably few bolts into the brick! Much better to ensure its properly tied into the brick.

marky_g

thats why i was thining a door stop or post

Psycho Warren

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sunk properly into the concrete they are good!

remember you need to back things up with an alarm, preferably one that tells you when your away from home so a gsm module or linked to a security company.

If youve got good security all round then they wont get your car away in under 5 minutes and longer they take, more chance of them getting caught.

dojj

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it all depends on what the construction of the garage is

no point in putting all the security on the door if you can just bash it off it's hinges with a sledgehammer

we've got double thick pillars around the garage door, that and you can't open it from the outside sort of helps

plus there is another car in front so that you can't open the door without moving the car first

plus there are steel gates to stop prying eyes

and there are stops in the driveway to stop if all that fails

plus it's alarmed separately

9 inch concrete blocks is where it's at though

marky_g

well im not so worrieed about the car goin anywhere just brake in's its quite far away for where i live any only rely has my spares in that arent worth a grate deal to anyone but me

at home whee i store my cars i have CCTV and sucurity post thats set 3ft deep

Dangerous Malcolm..

Something like this?

Psycho Warren

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like what mal?

Psycho Warren

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ahh quick edit

yeah as long as they are well made and sunk into the ground securely. Some use padlocks and the padlock becomes the weak spot.

Dangerous Malcolm..

I forgot to add the linky!

mr_joe0606

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I use this. i no a grinder will get throw it but by then the neighbours will suspect somet if my van is not there as i will be at work. Easy to do and inside the garage door so oppertuneist wont suspect much just beeing a garage door.

https://passionford.com/forum/genera...ting-this.html

Brian

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Both my garage doors are connected to our house alarm and also have padlocks on the doors there is also always a car in front of the main garage door and so have security light


Brian

dojj

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bought some security posts from machine mart a few years back, retractable with decent padlocks and it's a days work to get them in and set, but it's a virtual lifetime worth of peice of mind

Cragrat

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alarm linked to garage,cctv and baby monitor are a good start

along with decent doors and locks etc

steves24V's

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security light, security camera, ground anchor, chain and padlock, 2x 2.5" x 10 screws fixing the main door shut in the winter when its not getting used.

orionmojo

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find the biggest lock and catch you can, fit it to the garge next to yours and then sleep soundly, knowing that your ordinary looking garage wont be touched as long as it looks like theres something worth protecting in the one next door!

packman

Padlocks on each corners plus the door comes alive via the mains sometime during the night and goes of via a timer sometime in the morning , the pikey theifing barstewards arnt getting anything ive worked hard to get !!!

mr_joe0606

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+1 thats why my post is inside the garage

cosevo

mine is in a row of other rented garages that all have just the standard lock and the bottom padlocked, if I was to put anything more on mine on the outisde anyway, think it would invite a lot more attention, poeple wondering what you got to keep secure, sometimes just not drawing attention to the garage can do wonders

marky_g

i have a post at home this is for my rented garage, i'll give one of the garage saver things ago

Lee1972

Use one of these alarms...
http://www.tad-electronics.co.uk/VX-402R-GSM.shtml

Texts your phone when activated, says battery last 3 years but mines only lasted 1 year!

marky_g

yer something like that could be good

R4N SS

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how much was that ?

just what i need

marky_g

there £335

there are the same sort of thing on ebay for £99.99