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[Closed] Best way to secure an up and over garage door?

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What are the best solutions out there?
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Richard


 
Posted : 14/09/2012 9:19 pm
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drill holes through the door and into the surrounding brick work then use metal pegs to secure. simple and works.


 
Posted : 14/09/2012 9:21 pm
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I put a padlock through a hole in the door runner / rail so that the door only opens a small distance.

You obviously need to be to lock the door from the inside though.


 
Posted : 14/09/2012 9:21 pm
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Yep that's what I was advised to do by the polis after my garage was done.
They said the scrotes expect to be able to peel the door up with a crow bar so you do the drilling quite low down so they can't crawl under any space they can make


 
Posted : 14/09/2012 9:24 pm
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the problem is that the doors are actually pretty weak - a crowbar is enough to bend them enough to get in (though maybe not enough to easily get a bike out) so locking the runner doesn't really help.


 
Posted : 14/09/2012 9:25 pm
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I put a padlock through a hole in the door runner / rail so that the door only opens a small distance.
me too - and I've got metal shelf-rails jammed in each side at the botom stopping the swingarms from moving outwards


 
Posted : 14/09/2012 9:26 pm
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Park the car in front of it.


 
Posted : 14/09/2012 9:26 pm
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Brick it up and put something in there that's fit for purpose..


 
Posted : 14/09/2012 9:30 pm
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Posted : 14/09/2012 9:39 pm
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Posted : 14/09/2012 9:53 pm
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Aristotle has the answer.
Access from both sides of the door rather than a padlock on the inside or a steel rod put into a hole, again, from the inside. The OP might not have any other door to the inside of the garage.

Jamie's reply is a bit weak, does he really think if some scrote thats prepared to damage a door and steal a bike is going to worry about smashing a car window and letting the handbrake off. 🙄


 
Posted : 14/09/2012 9:59 pm

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