Your garage stores some of your most expensive possessions including your car and white goods. For many, the garage has ended up as a secondary storage place for sports equipment, bikes, Christmas Trees, power tools, and more.
As well as storing valuables, it may even have an entry point into your home. You may not give too much thought to your garage or the ultimate security of it, but it is important to understand that thieves see your garage as a prime opportunity.
Keep your garage door closed
Think leaving your
garage door open is fine as long as it’s during the daylight hours? Think
again. Thieves scope out the homes they hit well before they attempt a
break-in, and an open garage door gives them all the information they need to
determine if they need to come back to your place.
With the door open,
they can tell exactly what you have to offer. That includes a wide range of
things, including:
Your vehicle(s)
Lawnmowers and yard equipment
Power tools and hand tools
Bikes
Motorcycles
Sure, your
homeowner’s insurance will cover at least some of the loss, but let’s face it –
it won’t really cover the replacement costs. You will get fair value only,
which means you will not be able to replace everything that was stolen.
Don’t show your stuff to the neighbourhood, keeping your garage door closed helps hide what you have.
2. Don’t leave the garage door remote in your car
People tend to
leave their garage door remote controls in the centre console of their cars in
full view of others.
This makes it easy for the thieves in our community to enter and exit our homes with relative ease. Police have noticed a trend recently whereby garage remote controls are being used to unlawfully enter homes. These remotes are also being used to exit homes when stealing a vehicle from the location.
3. Lock the door between the garage and your home
Once a burglar has access to your garage, it should not mean they have access to the rest of your home. Install a deadlock on the door between your garage and the rest of your home.
4. Ensure your garage windows are secure
Don’t neglect to protect your garage windows. Consider frosted windows, security bars/security screens, and window locks to improve your security.
Contact Us
Book your free on-site consultation with Assured Locksmiths and Security Solutions so we can provide the best solution to protect your home and contents. Call us today on (02) 4423 6680. Alternatively, drop into our showroom at 20 Browns Road, South Nowra. We look forward to showing you our fantastic range of products and helping you with all your security needs.
Break In Protection Products for your Garage or Shed
Available from Assured Locksmith and Security Solutions
Anchors
XTRA LOK Roller Door Anchor
XTRA-LOK Roller Door Security Latch Dead Lock can be fitted to Roller doors, Tilt a doors, Panel Lift and even sliding shed style doors. XTRA-LOK’s are excellent security for that flimsy domestic roller door, behind which is your pride and joy, or as in most cases these days an access door into your house. Even if your door is electric, an XTRA-LOK is piece of mind at night or when away on holiday.
XTRA-LOK’s are the best security for stopping intruders breaking in thru the roller door. If someone does get in other than thru the roller door, once in, opening your roller door is the easiest way for them to empty your premises. Once again XTRA-LOK’s will stop or at least slow them, and use up that limited window of opportunity the thief has by making them leave the way they came in. Double installation recommended for doors over 2.4m wide.
XTRA-LOK’s secure the door to the concrete with a simple latching technique taking seconds. When unlocked they lay flat to the floor. XTRA-LOK’s help prevent break-ins via the door being jimmied up, or as in a ram-raid situation they are also of great assistance in strong wind areas.
XTRA-LOK’s are constructed form steel treated with zinc for corrosion resistance. The hinge pin is 304 grade stainless steel for strength and durability. They are supplied with four hardened tamperproof concrete fasteners and four cup head bolts.
Many companies put security screens or bars on windows and doors and totally forget about their roller doors, leaving the roller door as the weakest easiest entry point for a thief. Another advantage of XTRA-LOK security is that if you secure your building and make it difficult for would be thieves, they will go elsewhere, which may be unfortunate for someone else but good for you.
The product comes complete with hardened tamper resistant concrete fixings and 4 cup head bolts.
Protect your valuable Sports Cars, Classic Cars and Hot Rods. Protect your Motorcycles , Harleys, Dirt Bikes, Road Bikes, Bicycles. Protect your Tools, Boats, Fishing gear, Hobby gear, Beer Fridge. Fitting an XTRA-LOK or two is a small price for peace of mind.
2. Security Anchor ANKA LOOP
The “ANKA-LOOP” is a tamper resistant security anchor that lays down flat when not in use. It is designed to chain up motorcycles, quad bikes, jet skis, trailers, camp trailers, boats, and more portable items such as welders, generators, compressors, and ride on lawn mowers. As bicycles now can be worth in the high hundreds or even several thousand, the ANKA-LOOP has been specifically designed with them in mind.
The “ANKA-LOOP” security anchor is a new concept in floor anchors, which is designed to be used in conjunction with a hardened chain. The ANKA-LOOP is made from a 4mm steel base plate, a 10mm hinge, with a Stainless Steel hinge pin for strength and durability. The hinged lug is 6mm steel with a 36mm aperture for a chain or cable lock. The fixing pins are 50mm long, hardened and tamper resistant. Each fastener has superior pull out strength to a 10mm sleeve anchor.
3. Security Anchor LOK-LOOP
The “LOK-LOOP” is a tamper resistant security anchor specifically designed for chaining up motorcycles, quad bikes, jet skis, trailers, boats and your more portable items such as welders, generators, compressors and ride on lawn mowers.
The “LOK-LOOP” security anchor is a new concept in floor anchors, which is designed to be used in conjunction with a hardened padlock and chain or cable.
The loop is made from 8mm x 50mm hardened & tempered steel. The fixings are hardened drill resistant 10mm x 75mm Anka Screws, made tamper resistant by hammering in a ball bearing to the hex drive of the head, & also by the counter-sunk tapered design of the washers, making grabbing the head impossible
BOLT LOCKS
Acorn Multi-Function Lock
Roller door security locking mechanism fitted to door track that when locked has no exposed bolts and no exposed shackle for attack. This locking unit is portable and can be used on both sides of the door.
2. ADI Roller Door Bolt
The ADI Roller door bolt can be mounted on both the internal or external side of the roller door and provides protection using a positive rack and pinion key drive for the standard 45mm bolt throw with the option for an extended bolt throw also available. These roller door bolts are a must and can be confidently used for commercial applications for roller doors, roller shutters, warehouses and pan-tech shutters.
Contact Us
Book your free on-site consultation with Assured Locksmiths and Security Solutions so we can provide the best solution to protect your home and contents. Call us today on (02) 4423 6680. Alternatively, drop into our showroom at 20 Browns Road, South Nowra. We look forward to showing you our fantastic range of products and helping you with all your security needs.
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IT Basecamp Master Key System
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