Quiet Break-In at My Home Last Night
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odysseus
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Just mentioning it because it exists, doubt it happened here - but most common garage openers that have been installed over the years respond to a basic set of codes and frequencies that can be tricked open with the right gear. There have been times when neighbors find this out.
I would definitely not keep valuables inside a garage area that is not as equally secure as the interior. These are common areas for opprotunistic thieves.
If you know your neighborhood and it's characters, it might have been someone you have seen around before.
I would definitely not keep valuables inside a garage area that is not as equally secure as the interior. These are common areas for opprotunistic thieves.
If you know your neighborhood and it's characters, it might have been someone you have seen around before.
TonkinTwentyMil
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"Criminals must be taught to fear their victims."
-- Jeff Cooper, "Principles Of Personal Defense"
They will be back.
Are your prepared to teach them?
-- Jeff Cooper, "Principles Of Personal Defense"
They will be back.
Are your prepared to teach them?
Mauserguy
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The same thing happenned to my cousin. They stole all of his tools, and he is a contractor. The police theorized that it was a two man team. One pulled on the corner of the garage door, where it would have the maximum flex, and the other, probably a kid or a skinny crook, slipped in underneath. They then fed the tools out underneath the door. Watch out, now that they know that you have a safe, no doubt filled with valuables, they will come back, armed with cutting tools.
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gunner03
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Check your down pressure settings,as the temps.change they can get out of wack.You hit the switch to close the door and walk away,it reaches the bottem strains and goes back up!Happened to me this year,left the door open three times before I figgered it out!!!
CAPTAIN MIKE
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All the Above are GREAT Suggestions
Thank you everybody for your input.
1. Now have a lock on the track.
2. German Shephard sleeping in the garage @ night w/no rations.
3. Remington 870 w/Weapon Light now sleeping next to the bed upstairs.
4. Police asked to make more frequent patrols between 2400 & 0600.
5. Safe bolted down.
6. Updated the safe combination.
7. Keeping a closer eye on the 17 year old next door.
THANKS for your Input !!!
Thank you everybody for your input.
1. Now have a lock on the track.
2. German Shephard sleeping in the garage @ night w/no rations.
3. Remington 870 w/Weapon Light now sleeping next to the bed upstairs.
4. Police asked to make more frequent patrols between 2400 & 0600.
5. Safe bolted down.
6. Updated the safe combination.
7. Keeping a closer eye on the 17 year old next door.
THANKS for your Input !!!
Tropical Z
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Agreed,if your garage door (anyones) is old enough to not have rolling codes,it needs to be replaced if you care about who has access to your home and garage.
beaucoup ammo
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Captain Mike
Don't know your age, but as one grows older the memory escapes once in a while! Speaking only for myself, there was a time not long ago when a simular thing happened here at "Rancho Relaxo".
I always make my rounds..always. This one time, however, I'd placed the garage door opener in my chair along with my ball cap and some other items. The opener code is programmed into the Jeep, so we only use the actual opener in the pick up. Well, one of our indoor "watch cats" got up on my chair and pressed the right button...and bingo! Up goes the door.
Perfect case of human error..my screw up.
The point is..I have to watch things closer than I use to. Pay more attention to detail.
As someone pointed out earlier, that weapon should be with you every night. Plus, I pack ALL the time.
Take Care
Don't know your age, but as one grows older the memory escapes once in a while! Speaking only for myself, there was a time not long ago when a simular thing happened here at "Rancho Relaxo".
I always make my rounds..always. This one time, however, I'd placed the garage door opener in my chair along with my ball cap and some other items. The opener code is programmed into the Jeep, so we only use the actual opener in the pick up. Well, one of our indoor "watch cats" got up on my chair and pressed the right button...and bingo! Up goes the door.
Perfect case of human error..my screw up.
The point is..I have to watch things closer than I use to. Pay more attention to detail.
As someone pointed out earlier, that weapon should be with you every night. Plus, I pack ALL the time.
Take Care
KnightHawk67
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My garage was broken into a few years ago, it is a detached garage so we never heard a thing. The thieves took a wrench to the regular standard door latch & spung it open. They took everything that wasn't bolted down. They also hit 9 other garages in the area. Our local PD had the wits to tell us it "looked like professionals" DUH!
Now I have a bike lock through the track, and a motion sensor alarm inside the garage man-door, with a motion sensor light outside the man-door. (Man-door faces my bedroom window, I see it come on easily.) I think its a pretty sound set-up, I doubt anyone would want to stay there long with lights on & siren blasting.
Now I have a bike lock through the track, and a motion sensor alarm inside the garage man-door, with a motion sensor light outside the man-door. (Man-door faces my bedroom window, I see it come on easily.) I think its a pretty sound set-up, I doubt anyone would want to stay there long with lights on & siren blasting.
TexasRifleman
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I added another sensor for the alarm to the garage door, as well as the attic pull down out in the garage. When it opens during the day, I get the usual beep beep beep as when any other door opens, and at night it's included in the alarm system.
Easy enough.....I didnt even add another zone, just included it in the back door loop.
Has a great side benefit in that the alarm won't arm if I accidentally leave the garage door up.
That has saved me a couple of times from going to bed with the thing open.
Easy enough.....I didnt even add another zone, just included it in the back door loop.
Has a great side benefit in that the alarm won't arm if I accidentally leave the garage door up.
That has saved me a couple of times from going to bed with the thing open.
TooTaxed
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After perusing the above comments, I can only add two new ones:
(1.) If you haven't done so already, if your safe is free-standing, work out a way to secure it to the wall studs with bolts.
(2.) Don't place complete reliance on the dog...if I were a burglar, the first thing I'd do is toss a piece of hamburger, with a couple of sleeping pills embedded, in the yard where the dog can get it, and come back in an hour.
(1.) If you haven't done so already, if your safe is free-standing, work out a way to secure it to the wall studs with bolts.
(2.) Don't place complete reliance on the dog...if I were a burglar, the first thing I'd do is toss a piece of hamburger, with a couple of sleeping pills embedded, in the yard where the dog can get it, and come back in an hour.
MNgoldenbear
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lance22 - No, sorry. I dun bint kawlidj edjamacated at UC Berkeley (Berserk-ley ). An it maid me sew smart, I moovd two wear itz 30 beelow in da winner-time!
Yeah, I hadn't thought about the return visit potential, as the guy who broke into my place was so high on meth, he apparently had no idea of where he was -- it really was random (attracted by activitiy in front of the neighbor's apartment). Definitely reinstall the safe in a better location. (I've always kept the guns in the house.) Try not to keep anything of real value in the garage that would be convenient to take, and advertise that fact -- perhaps having the garage open and empty while you are there working on the yard or something. Make the house uninviting to thieves -- alarms, lights, etc. You can't stop someone who's really determined from trying, but you can make it less likely that casual thieves will try, then be prepared to defend yourself if someone 'hardcore' makes an attempt. Looks like your preparations are going in the right direction. (Is the safe still in the garage? Is it bolted with REALLY HEAVY long bolts to the slab, and set so that the height and weight of the safe itself can't be used to help pry the bolts loose? etc.) Remember that if you and your family go out of town, locals will probably know it and know the stuff is still out there. Very tempting for low-lifes.
). An it maid me sew smart, I moovd two wear itz 30 beelow in da winner-time! Yeah, I hadn't thought about the return visit potential, as the guy who broke into my place was so high on meth, he apparently had no idea of where he was -- it really was random (attracted by activitiy in front of the neighbor's apartment). Definitely reinstall the safe in a better location. (I've always kept the guns in the house.) Try not to keep anything of real value in the garage that would be convenient to take, and advertise that fact -- perhaps having the garage open and empty while you are there working on the yard or something. Make the house uninviting to thieves -- alarms, lights, etc. You can't stop someone who's really determined from trying, but you can make it less likely that casual thieves will try, then be prepared to defend yourself if someone 'hardcore' makes an attempt. Looks like your preparations are going in the right direction. (Is the safe still in the garage? Is it bolted with REALLY HEAVY long bolts to the slab, and set so that the height and weight of the safe itself can't be used to help pry the bolts loose? etc.) Remember that if you and your family go out of town, locals will probably know it and know the stuff is still out there. Very tempting for low-lifes.
Selfdfenz
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Having the suspecion they may come back is almost worse than if they had actually stolen something.
My suggestion:
Relocate firearms from the garage to a safe location inside the house
Leave safe in present location
Fill with bricks 100% to capacity
If they return, next morning sweep broken truck parts and displaced testicles out of garage and resume normal ops.
S-
I hope I can say broken truck parts on THR
My suggestion:
Relocate firearms from the garage to a safe location inside the house
Leave safe in present location
Fill with bricks 100% to capacity
If they return, next morning sweep broken truck parts and displaced testicles out of garage and resume normal ops.
S-
I hope I can say broken truck parts on THR
teknical
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I'd add:
8. Lube hinges/opener/rollers.
Most if not all openers have reversing mechanisms if they encounter resistance. If your door is sticking somewhere, enough, it may be reversing back up, like someone else already said.
8. Lube hinges/opener/rollers.
Most if not all openers have reversing mechanisms if they encounter resistance. If your door is sticking somewhere, enough, it may be reversing back up, like someone else already said.
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