Water hose lock?

[Number21]

I lease a small industrial building for shop space. Crime has been bad lately in the industrial neighborhood, lots of meth heads looking for quick cash. I have a nice industrial Goodyear 3/4" water hose that I'd like to leave hooked up outside, but I don't want anyone walking off with it.

I've seen hose bibs with locks to prevent them from being used, but what about a lock to keep the hose attached to the bib? Obviously they could just cut it, but then it's not worth nuthin'.

The meth addict that used to occupy my building ironically got robbed by another one late at night while I watched from my old shop across the parking lot...

 

[nissan_crawler]

Don't kid yourself, they broke into my truck to steal the passenger floor mat. They'll cut the hose for shits and giggles just as quick as they'll steal it.

Take the hose off, it's the only sure method. Perhaps you could put a banjo coupling on it, if you dislike the trouble of screwing it on/off all the time. I've seriously considered swapping my garden hoses over to it.

Banjo couplings

 

[scooby074]

Id just take it in.

Those banjo camlocks look interesting, but i use Gilmour's brass QC's http://www.gilmour.com/Watering/Hose-End/Quick-Connects/Brass-Quick-Connects.aspx

 

[nissan_crawler]

Id just take it in.

Those banjo camlocks look interesting, but i use Gilmour's brass QC's http://www.gilmour.com/Watering/Hose-End/Quick-Connects/Brass-Quick-Connects.aspx

those look like a better deal for garden hose size stuff.

 

[Mark-in-NH]

Id just take it in.

Those banjo camlocks look interesting, but i use Gilmour's brass QC's http://www.gilmour.com/Watering/Hose-End/Quick-Connects/Brass-Quick-Connects.aspx

I have never had much luck with the garden hose type QC (hardware store brands) they always seem to want to drip no mater how much I tighten them.
Maybe a better commercial brand would work better.

How difficult would it be to replumb the hose bib so that everything stays inside next to an overhead door ?

 

[scooby074]

I have never had much luck with the garden hose type QC (hardware store brands) they always seem to want to drip no mater how much I tighten them.
Maybe a better commercial brand would work better.

How difficult would it be to replumb the hose bib so that everything stays inside next to an overhead door ?

Replumbing it shouldnt be that hard if your familiar with plumbing at all and can access the pipe. It will be a little more work if you have to remove the intereior walls. This might be the best solution for year around use too.

The Gilmour ones are pretty well made, I havent had any luck with the chinese clones of them. Gilmour provides a lifetime warranty on them as well. And the special rubber washers for them are also available.

 

[dankeenan]

Get a .40 caliber "hose protection unit" with lead core and steel jackets, you can get them in packs of 15. I like the hollow point version myself , it leaves more of a mess to clean up, but the hose will stay put.

 

[boiler7904]

Another vote for the Gilmour brass quick connects. I've had them on my hoses, nozzles, and hosebibs for 3+ years with no problems. They do require tightening every so often to eliminate drips but I can live with that.

 

[jonny o]

An Ohio thief would likely just yank on it that much harder, splitting the pipe 1/2 way in the wall and flooding your place.
But if you really want to leave it out, what about some thin cable and a couple crimps around the end to an eye bolt in the wall (so they don't try to yank the pipe out).
Maybe a small 3/4 inch plywood box over the whole thing with a lock?

 

[Costner]

I'd just build a box out of angle iron and expanded wire mesh that could cover it permanently. Bolt it to the structure and then install a combination lock on a door that can swing open when you need it.

Sure they could cut the lock, but since they can see through the mesh and know it is just a hose, they aren't about to waste much time on it.

 

[logical]

Could you tap a hole in side of the fitting and put an allen set screw into it so it can't easily be removed? That at least forces them to bring tools and at that point I doubt it's worth it.

 

[Steevo]

I like Costner's cage idea best.
And I don't know where dankeenan lives, but in most states the use of deadly force to protect property from theft is frowned upon. Now if they forced their way into your home to steal you hose from your bedroom, that would be different.

 

[Number21]

I'd just build a box out of angle iron and expanded wire mesh that could cover it permanently. Bolt it to the structure and then install a combination lock on a door that can swing open when you need it.

Sure they could cut the lock, but since they can see through the mesh and know it is just a hose, they aren't about to waste much time on it.

I like this idea, I can put the whole hose in there coiled up. I could mount it inside, but I'm always going to have to be dragging the hose back and fourth and I'm tired of it.

 

[wrigh003]

Hose bib inside by the roll up door is the best idea, IMHO. If it's not there, it can't be stolen or damaged.

 

[gc427]

The best security system is an angry, underfed large dog on a very long chain.

These criminals will steal anything. They might even steal your hose bib or water pipe!

 

[gc427]

Get a .40 caliber "hose protection unit" with lead core and steel jackets, you can get them in packs of 15. I like the hollow point version myself , it leaves more of a mess to clean up, but the hose will stay put.

That works too! You just have to be there in order to use the "hose protection unit!"

I guess you could use the .40 caliber during business hours and let the rottweiler cover the night and graveyard shift.