[Closed] Shed security

big steel plate with hardened steel loop attached that's big and cumbersome dude about the only way without putting in a proper ground anchor

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Also worth thinking about is how secure is the door lock attached to the shed as Scroats easily pry it of ripping the screws clean out.

I put 10" square steel plates 2.5mm thick with coach bolts nylock nuts then the hardend hasp & lock on to the steel plate, bolts went right through 2x2 timbers inside as the scroats will try & rip the door of & smash timbers.

Scroats 😀

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Garden trough filled with postcrete with a ground anchor in it? That's what I've gone with at the moment. The trough must weigh 100kgs at least and would take some serious manhandling to get out with a bike chained to it.

Was going to say a bucket filled with post mix and an old D lock then chain through that.

Yeah, i was thinking today that a big block would be easier than getting something under the shed/slabs. im going to toughen the doors and locks up as well.

recommend securing the roof too. I used that steel banding and screwed it down the roof to floor..bit extreme but works.

recommend securing the roof too. I used that steel banding and screwed it down the roof to floor..bit extreme but works.

How did you cut the steel banding?

with a band saw?

I've got a calor gas cylinder that I chain the bikes to. It's big, cumbersome, and would take an awful lot of hacksawing as it has 2 handle holes and another hole in the top that the chain loops through.

afrothunder88 the banding snaps like a coke can with bending...obviously once its screwed in from the roof down to the floor it's a lot more secure. You can get in rolls from screwfix/b&q.

1st answer is check what your insurance wants.

Does the shed have a wooden floor ?

What I did was, screw half a dozen long screws into the floor in a circular pattern leaving about three inches standing proud of the shed floor. Then got an old bucket and cut the bottom out so leaving just a plastic cylinder.
Bought big strong post-type ground anchor with a big eyelet on the top, put the bucket on the floor over the screws, positioned the anchor inside the bucket and filled the whole lot up with wet
concrete. Left the eyelet on top of the anchor standing proud obviously.
Then when dry you can remove the bucket leaving the concrete lump in place, I actually left the bucket in place though to protect the bikes a bit from the rough old concrete. Then big fat chain and lock through the ground anchor eye.

The advantage of this method is that the heavy weight, bucket of concrete in this case, is fixed to the floor of the shed and not 'loose'. The scrotes have a habit of lifting the heavy weight plus everything else on to a small wheeled trolley and rolling the whole lot out of the shed/garage. At least this way that wouldn't be quite so easy.
Not foolproof I know, but it makes me feel a bit more comfortable.

Isn't it prolonging the inevitable? Ultimately they would chop through the bike frame surely?
But as long as what you do is harder than next doors security then you should be OK.
I never ever felt happy with mine in the shed or garage. They are in the house now.

Eventually after several attempts at the shed I built Fort Knox, brick & Inner blocks with 10 inch thick insulated concrete floor, Roof was reinforced 20mm marine ply if they tried to get in that way, the door came from Bradbury security, the kind of thing the police use for cells & Ok cost a fortune.

Then I had the man cave alarmed with a Master blaster siren, not a good way of keeping the neighbours happy ! but I've never heard owt like it.
The Scroats came tried & left, I sleep sound now.

Shed cage with industrial pipe turned into ground anchor, 16mm chain, 4 padlocks and an alarm.

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Any shed/out building could be breached in time .. I've put 3 locks(shutter type) big cylinder type seen on van doors) and closed shackle padlock ..

Also pins on hinges so door won't open if hinges breached ..

Builders band round locks on inside

Hinges coach bolted

Pir alarm

Ground anchor sunk in foot of concrete below floor

Pragmasis chain and lock

Baby monitor in shed(one next to bed)

Oh and my bikes are insured

They could get in but would take time and be very very noisy 🙂

I've been thinking about this a lot lately and think a good idea would be to have a false wall so that upon entering the shed it looks empty. They will always get in but good old misdirection might be a better idea.

You can get (on ebay) a bar that goes right across the shed door: 30mm thick walled galvanized tube with an enclosed housing for a padlock.