Protecting Your Garage

[Wedg1e]

I like the idea of an electric cattle fence shock generator attached to metal door handle / lock hasp etc.

At D&K bikes, Newcastle we were talking to one of the staff about security and I said there was an article in the paper about a bike being taken from a locked garage. He said "hold on" and came back with another chap - the one who have suffered the theft. Turned out he had gone on holiday so parked his bikes (Harley and another I didn't note what type) in the garage and chained them to the floor. Garage was locked and wife's car parked firm against the garage door. Thieves simply removed the rear panels of his concrete garage and even took down fence between neighbours so they could wheel the bikes down their drive. Neither bike was ever recovered.


Paul H

My brother had a bike stolen from under his bedroom window a day after he'd let one of the so-called mechanics at a Westgate Road bike shop take it for a spin.
Bike was rare, rider was gone long enough to have the keys copied... - GPz400R never seen again.
A mate used a Westgate Road breakers for parts for his GPz900R after another mate binned it (killed in the process) - a week after he'd refitted all the second-hand parts, the bike was stolen and never recovered. The breakers had his address as they'd posted the parts...

 

[Rocketman]

I'm safe in the knowledge they won't be taking my car out the garage anytime soon. I thought I would have it fixed in a couple of weeks, roll on 4 months after and I still have shed load to do on it.

Though mentioning this does bring up the conversation I had with my contents insurer at renewal this year. I was checking the amount of insurance my kit has in the garage. It turns out because the garage is attached to the house everything is fully covered - tools, bikes, the lot - as long as the garage door is locked when it is broken into.

 

[Jester]

Carefull what traps you mention ............. my sister owns a scuba shop, along with a brewery bottle filling service (CO2). Similar topic being discussed with customers and she said that she would fit an intruder sensor, set to discharge her CO2 tank (very large!!!!).
Two days later she had a visit from police, cautioning her that her intended action would be illegal - took her a long time to explain the concept of humour and that she was only joking
If i discovered someone in my house, I would be really annoyed, as I'd have to go outside for a smoke - my living room would now be the robbers place of work

 

[CompoSimmonite]

My brother had a bike stolen from under his bedroom window a day after he'd let one of the so-called mechanics at a Westgate Road bike shop take it for a spin.
Bike was rare, rider was gone long enough to have the keys copied... - GPz400R never seen again.
A mate used a Westgate Road breakers for parts for his GPz900R after another mate binned it (killed in the process) - a week after he'd refitted all the second-hand parts, the bike was stolen and never recovered. The breakers had his address as they'd posted the parts...

Mate was Police Sergeant until retirement. He told me a story about a raid on a bike breakers that was well known for handling stolen bikes / parts. Police took everything away but had to return most of it as no way of confirming their origins were legal or not. Other than number on frame and engine casing very few other identifying marks on bike bits.

 

[Robotstar5]

Mate was Police Sergeant until retirement. He told me a story about a raid on a bike breakers that was well known for handling stolen bikes / parts. Police took everything away but had to return most of it as no way of confirming their origins were legal or not. Other than number on frame and engine casing very few other identifying marks on bike bits.

That's why I like to have my bikes Datatag or Alphadot security systems on, both types mark a majority of the bike parts with a unique traceable number, Datatag has RFID chips in the major components.

 

[garethp]

Smoke/strobe/alarm systems seem quite a good idea, imagine been a garage full of thick smoke, with a flashing strobe and a piercing siren, or delayed action alarm guns.

Should be nice and confusing

 

[rtbcomp]

Put an alarm on the door handle. The first thing they'll do is see if the door is unlocked, it would be better if an alarm goes off before they cause any damage.

 

[ronan]

Here in ireland the law was changed after a couple of really nasty cases of old people being beaten or tortured in their own homes in rural areas. I am sure you can guess who the suspects were . There has been a few cases of scumbags being shot and the shooters not being prosecuted. So in the long run thats your answer, when the next elections come up and you have these gits at the door looking for your vote, ask them would they change the law so your home (and property) is your castle, and defendable as such. Its all gone too touchy feely , hug a hoodie.

 

[brightspark]

Here in ireland the law was changed after a couple of really nasty cases of old people being beaten or tortured in their own homes in rural areas. I am sure you can guess who the suspects were . There has been a few cases of scumbags being shot and the shooters not being prosecuted. So in the long run thats your answer, when the next elections come up and you have these gits at the door looking for your vote, ask them would they change the law so your home (and property) is your castle, and defendable as such. Its all gone too touchy feely , hug a hoodie.

far to many do gooders who are far removed from reality protecting criminals rights , they should relinquish them if caught

 

[squazy84]

about 10 years ago,I was living in a rented house in a nice area but close to a not nice area,me and my now wife were asleep upstairs when we heard a fairly loud bang in the kitchen down stairs,I knew there was nobody else supposed to be in the house,I grabbed a fairly large knife(Buck 110) and opened it an got ready to put it in some scummer,crept slowly heart pumping angry and scared ****less at the same time(,angry because some ******* put me in this situation and scared because I believed I was about to find out the answer to the question which all men ask themselves from time to time) only to be met in the kitchen lit only by the moon by the biggest fattest ginger cat,I was so glad! the cat freaked out trying to get back out the small window he got in by

 

[plantlife]

baby monitor idea sounds good. ;-)

 

[Buter]

Man, I love Texas. It's your right to protect your property. End of.

 

[brightspark]

Man, I love Texas. It's your right to protect your property. End of.

it makes a nasty mess on the carpets and u need pollyfilla and paint

 

[ronan]

Man, I love Texas. It's your right to protect your property. End of.

I knew a lad in texas who like myself was into old british bikes, he was telling me his next door neighbour's van was being broken into by two mexicans, the van was full of tools as he used it for work. He walked out and nailed the two would be thieves with a .38 revolver. A while later an ambulance and the police turned up and took a statement , carted the two boys off, the neighbour wasn't arrested and didn't have his gun confiscated or anything, in fact the police thanked him for being vigilant ! To be honest thats the way it should be, if someone is thieving from you something that you've worked hard to aquire, then they should expect to get hurt.

 

[Buter]

Yup.

Obviously not to be confused with vigilantism, and, as with any right or privilege, it is not to be abused.

B

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Many years ago I had a worthless car but it was useful so decided to fit a basic alarm. The siren was fitted under the dash pointing up through the speaker grill. If the alarm went off with you in the car then you couldn't stand being in there for more than a few seconds without the worry your ear drums would burst.
With that in mind what about a massive siren (air raid item ?) in a tamper proof position, linked to an alarm, in the garage and also ability to be remote triggered from the house / bedroom ?

Paul H

 

[ronan]

The council would probably do you for noise pollution

 

[BrokenBiker]

i found a lad that had come over the garden fence and put the window through in the shed. He couldn't have heard me coming as he had his head in the window. He heard my dog bark though. If he was armed he didn't have time to get it out, i hit him hard and then again for good measure. He didn't waste time in going back over the fence. Haven't had any trouble since. I suppose it was in my favour that i am an experienced fighter. Kick boxing, kung fu and a bit of judo, i knew where to hit him so he knew not to fight back.

i still maintain though that if you go crazy they will **** themselves if they are just petty theives, which most of them are if they are making enough noise to be heard.

i also had a bike nicked in broad daylight but the theives legged it and dumped the bike when someone else confronted them because they recognised it as my bike

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Somebody I know, a serving Police officer, caught a youth breaking into his shed. He did the proper thing, detained the thief, rang it in and gave evidence in court where all the youth got wrap on the knuckles. He says next time any thief will have a accident with the house wall (several times) as he was could see from the other side how frustrating it is for the victims.
Paul H

 

[brightspark]

Somebody I know, a serving Police officer, caught a youth breaking into his shed. He did the proper thing, detained the thief, rang it in and gave evidence in court where all the youth got wrap on the knuckles. He says next time any thief will have a accident with the house wall (several times) as he was could see from the other side how frustrating it is for the victims.
Paul H

magistrates and judges deal with these burglars day in and day out .there instructed not to dish out hefty fines or prison sentences for so called petty thefts trouble is they have never been burgled themselves or had there car s and property damaged so are unaware of the stress and anger it causes as well as financial loss