Hephaestus29
Well-known member
A couple weeks ago there were several break-ins near here, & all the talk on the forum got me thinking I need to start a security thread. There may already be one but I can't remember seeing it.
About 7 years ago some turd broke into my garage & tried to break into the house, I came home early that night so I think I surprised them & just got here before they had a chance to kick in the door on the house.
The funny thing about it was that I couldn't find anything they got away with except a red case that once held a drill or something, but I had it full of "stick air nails" because the box that the nails come in are so flimsy & I didn't have many left anyway but it was full & heavy so they probably thought they really had something. I would have like to seen their faces when they opened the case LOL.
So I took 3 days off to beef up the security in the garage.
I have one window & made bars out of angle & attached them to the wall with 24 Lag Bolts and they're all sunk deep in wood ! I think you'd have to knock the whole wall down to get in that way.
I have one entry door & I barred the door with 2x6's & other scrap I had laying around. I bought 1/4 inch L brackets & bent them one more time to make a U & dropped the wood down into them. These brackets are mounted with lag bolts also. If you look close you can see there is not a gap between the door & the wood, & it's barred all the way across the frame of the door & mounted to the framework of the wall. If they try to kick this door in they might break their ankle.
The only way in is via a remote door opener.
Your probably not going to believe it but I actually locked both my remotes in the truck & left the keys in the truck one time so I couldn't get in the house & didn't have a remote to open the door with.
So how did I get in ? well thats an ancient chinese secret.
Regardless of whether or not your system is monitored, if they can get in they can be gone before the cops get there so the point is to keep them out !
About 7 years ago some turd broke into my garage & tried to break into the house, I came home early that night so I think I surprised them & just got here before they had a chance to kick in the door on the house.
The funny thing about it was that I couldn't find anything they got away with except a red case that once held a drill or something, but I had it full of "stick air nails" because the box that the nails come in are so flimsy & I didn't have many left anyway but it was full & heavy so they probably thought they really had something. I would have like to seen their faces when they opened the case LOL.
So I took 3 days off to beef up the security in the garage.
I have one window & made bars out of angle & attached them to the wall with 24 Lag Bolts and they're all sunk deep in wood ! I think you'd have to knock the whole wall down to get in that way.
I have one entry door & I barred the door with 2x6's & other scrap I had laying around. I bought 1/4 inch L brackets & bent them one more time to make a U & dropped the wood down into them. These brackets are mounted with lag bolts also. If you look close you can see there is not a gap between the door & the wood, & it's barred all the way across the frame of the door & mounted to the framework of the wall. If they try to kick this door in they might break their ankle.
The only way in is via a remote door opener.
Your probably not going to believe it but I actually locked both my remotes in the truck & left the keys in the truck one time so I couldn't get in the house & didn't have a remote to open the door with.
So how did I get in ? well thats an ancient chinese secret.
Regardless of whether or not your system is monitored, if they can get in they can be gone before the cops get there so the point is to keep them out !
helps me keep the wife away from my tools as a side benefit 
