Gate security advice please

What about a bell like you get in shops when the door opens

 

exactly! they're definitely looking for easiest options as the one that was done last night was an end yard. just need to make sure mine is a problem and get some locks on sheds etc

 

...or a squeaky dog toy hidden under the mat

 

the gate squeaks... my dad is always threatening to oil it but i won't let him as it alerts me mostly. A bell is a good idea!

i have old shop bells but really need something less nice and more rugged for outdoors.... I have a stack of galvanised buckets and a length of timber i use at nights or when i'm away but i can't use them when i've gone out via the back way; bus, bike etc

 

Yes

 

A fake company sign along the lines of “professional shotgun repairs & servicing - by appointment only” the threat of buckshot in the derrière should keep them away

 

When I had my rotties I had a sign on the gate with a rottie on saying “ I can reach the gate in 5 secs. Can you?”

I lived in a Marmite area and never had any issues. Lol.
Halloween was priceless. I had a group of the local hooded teenage lowlifes knock about ten o’clock. “Trick or treat mate”. I opened the door just enough to let both rotty heads poke out. “What do you think?” Was my reply. They decided to bother someone else.

 

think that'd make me more vulnerable to burglars!

though i do have a good aim and track record shooting clays

 

Don't bother spending a fortune, security is only as good as the weakest link, in your case the gate itself. Don't leave the bin out either, they are ideal the ideal height for climbing over fences. Don't leave stuff out that can be seen easily, most burglars would go for a place they know there is something worth nicking.

 

Knock the gate so it just hangs on one hinge, put old washing machine, axle from a vauxhaul viva & a few dirty nappies dotted about the yard....... Problem solved!

 

Oh go on, coupled with the gamekeeper alarm that @matty posted it could be a winner. We would require you to setup a security camera pointing at the gate though, purely for research purposes of course and not in any way for amusement...

 

@timmo has summed it up I think.

my neighbour was burgled and the culprit climbed over his wooden gate, broke into his shed and used a crowbar to break into one of his double glazed windows to enter the house, but he set off the alarm and fled empty handed.

 

He didn’t even take the crowbar? That seems like a missed opportunity to me.

 

A big red cross daubed on the door used to keep the undesirable away, may work as a temporary measure?

 

When we go backpacking we always padlock the zips on our backpacks & hang carabiners from them to make them super awkward to get into. Then we keep my dirty pants and socks nearest the zips. That usually does the trick.

 

A sign to put them off?



























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