Wickes Security : How Safe is Your Shed?
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Wickes Security : How Safe is Your Shed?
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How safe is your shed? We enlisted the help of Beat the Burglar's Michael Fraser to offer some advice on how to securely lock up your valuables! Find out more here: bit.ly/1HPGJKN
Securing your home
As the nights draw in and the clocks go back, it’s worth checking you’ve done everything you can to secure your home. Not only will this help protect you from burglaries but it may also reduce your home insurance premium. The key to securing your home is to understand the areas at risk and take measures to make them less attractive to intruders. The average burglar will spend up to 3 minutes trying to break in before giving up, so don’t make it easy for them! We’ve got loads of handy tips and advice to help you keep your home secure. So before you consider locks, security lighting, security alarms and any other home security items there a few simple steps you can take to help keep burglars at bay.
Wickes tips
Tip 1 - 60% of burglaries are opportunist so don’t leave anything of value like laptops, cameras and car keys in view. This will only encourage a burglar.
Tip 2 - 20% of burglaries happen without forced entry so as obvious as it sounds be extra vigilant and make sure you lock windows and doors when you leave the house.
Tip 3 - Burglars generally prefer empty properties so they will look for things like an empty drive or bins left out. If you are going away for an extended period of time, ask a trusted neighbour if they can check your property every few days, put the bins away and remove any visible unopened post. It’s also worth investing in some timer plugs to plug any lamps into - nothing says an empty house quite like no lights on in the evening.
Tip 4 - Don’t leave a spare set of keys under a flowerpot or doormat. It’s surprising how many people do and burglars are aware of this too.
Tip 5 - Don’t leave keys in or near your door at night as they could be reachable through the letterbox.
Tip 6 - If you’ve just bought yourself a new TV or computer don’t leave the packaging outside in view. Obviously this suggests that there i s an expensive item inside worth stealing.
Tip 7 - Make sure any sheds or outhouses are secure not only to protect their contents but burglars will often use tools found in sheds to gain access to properties.
Tip 8 - Think about securing the perimeter of your home, make sure that garden fences and access gates are secure and in good repair.
Tip 9 - Sometimes burglars will attempt to access your house whilst you’re there by posing as anything from a council employee to a meter reader. Do not let anyone you’re not expecting into your house until you have fully checked their identification.
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All that.... then builds a a cheap thin shed with a large plastic window that can be put through in seconds.
Rather than add all that junk "security" just build the shed to a higher quality in the first place.
Buy sturdy materials, get them cut to size in the shop and assembly is no different to a flat pack shed.
The difference, 6x4 inch frame work and 18mm siding instead of the 2x2 batons and 5mm junk most sheds are built from.
Not saying mine is secure as brick built, but you wont get in without some time and power tools, its built solidly.
More than enough to keep the average thief out.
Weird! No practical shed related security tips. Basically, buy a house alarm and cctv system for your house!?
No mention of a decent lock and door bar?
That shed windows looks dodgy
Nice shed - even comes with an easy access -cat- man flap in the side.
Are sheds with hinges inside and also a proper chubb style lock with the heart symbol better, also how about connecting to the house alarm?
He can sleep safe knowing he has a Master Lock on there!!!
Wickes need to fix rude customer service before advertising any product
Im doing my homeless chicken coop ill leave alarm a hidden nokia ring it before i leave and ill hear alarm ..it will cost like 2 pound in aa battery phone charge aday out..only issue is i leave radio on when not here
mask and emf jammer and a small heavy hammer you in in that sed quick mask rf jammer bolt vutters or lock picks in the shed quickly and out quit
What lock do you place on the door. A lot of padlocks you could unscrew from the outside. Any suggestions please?
I bought a Federal security hasp and staple lock and disc padlock off eBay. Also changed some of the hinge screws to security screws. You can then bend/glue the end off the bolts. They will waste time turning a screw that will never undo. You are only buying time though as it's still made of wood panels
just had my shed with hasp and staple boken into they cut straight through the hasp with some bolt croppers overnight.Padlock was on the floor in the morning over £1000 of battery power tools and power toolll gone !! fitted a new master lock which comes complete with coach head bolts.
Well these days by the time you wake up or our lazy cops decide to show-up, the theif will be doing his job on another shed down the street. It just waste of money. Is better to keep your valuables in the house.
Woodglut has a very large project base.
been cheaper getting everything pinched
UK needs a few less security experts and a few more dentists.