Tips on breaking and entering?

[Flummery]

I wonder if there will be any treasures inside? (Why else leave it locked?)

[Seahorse]

I live in hope Flum I've shone a torch between the slats though and can't see anything except what looks like an old picnic table. Still, you never know, eh?!

Claire

[mandyballantyne]

I don't really like being a weedy girlie but I think probably one of the chaps onsite could get it open with brute force if I really can't do it myself.

Claire

Time to flutter those eye lashes I think Claire

Mandy

[seasprout]

Erm...

I wonder if there will be any treasures inside? (Why else leave it locked?)

Perhaps the previous owners wife/husband or both are still in there.

[Nicos]

Probably guarding their Victorian Heritage seed collection!

[Seahorse]

Time to flutter those eye lashes I think Claire

Mandy

Well, when I really looked at the scale of what I'd taken on the other day, I did consider showing up in a pink frilly dress with a pair of nailscissors and gently weeping until I was rescued. Lol!

Perhaps the previous owners wife/husband or both are still in there.

Yeah, see, now I don't know that I'm all that bothered about getting in...

Claire

[jacob marley]

I wonder if there will be any treasures inside? (Why else leave it locked?)

You may be lucky a mate of mine was clearing a allotment site up in this part of the midlands and came across a shed covered with ivy when he got to the door and ripped it of it's hinges lo and be hold in side was two rotorvater's 1 merry tiller and a small howerd so go in gently good luckjacob

[NOG]

2" of Det cord would sort that.

Hire a pair of BIG bolt cutters and buy a 4 pack of beer, and wear a short skirt.
Find strong is looking man on site flutter the eye lids. Give him the beer and get him to do it.
Works for me all the time........but there are strange men on my site.

[Seahorse]

Steady on there! Give beer away? Wouldn't I be better off drinking it myself then going for it with the bolt cutters without really caring whether I can't use my arms for a week afterwards?

Claire

[Snadger]

Are we in yet then Seahorse???? If not ...why not?? These things are 5% thinking about it and 95% brute force and ignorance! Get stuck in and go for it!

[Seahorse]

Well, it occured to me it would be a bit daft to break in before buying a new padlock and bolt, so it's off to B&Q tomorrow then probably try and do it on monday, when I can get 3 out of 4 kids safely off at school and only have to panic about keeping an eye on the littlest one! Depending what's it like inside, I'm hoping it might serve as an occasional place to keep him when I'm doing anything potentially hazardous as well! (Stable door, so I wouldn't be shutting him in the dark or anything!!!).

Claire

[rustylady]

OK, I'm a girlie (or was several years ago). Have you tried contacting your site rep to find out who the last tenants were? He/she may be able to get the keys for the padlocks from them. This would save a lot of work!!

[Snadger]

Well, it occured to me it would be a bit daft to break in before buying a new padlock and bolt, so it's off to B&Q tomorrow then probably try and do it on monday, when I can get 3 out of 4 kids safely off at school and only have to panic about keeping an eye on the littlest one! Depending what's it like inside, I'm hoping it might serve as an occasional place to keep him when I'm doing anything potentially hazardous as well! (Stable door, so I wouldn't be shutting him in the dark or anything!!!).

Claire

Sometimes it's best not to lock doors. Vandals who attack allotments invariably target any sheds with locked doors on the assumption there's something of value locked away! They do more damage to property that way. I have two sheds and three greenhouses which are all left open. Any tools or implememnts I have payed a bob or two for, I either take home or stash somewhere out of site within!
Touch wood I've had no problems up til now!

[Seahorse]

rustylady, it's been abandoned several years so I'll me amazed if there are any keys. You're right though, no harm in asking.

Snadger, I've heard that about not locking doors because it can result in worse than if you do. It's a (relatively) problem free site, plus my plot is right at the end of a long track that can't be accessed easily any other way (the allotments are surrounded by drainage ditches) so I'd probably be ok not locking up anyway. I still kind of think I'd rather though.

I guess this sort of thing is always 'six of one...'. I do know not to keep anything I couldn't stand to lose there though

Claire

[Seahorse]

Lol... tracked down the secretary of the assoc. and asked him about keys. He was polite enough to smother the sniggering but his advice was "take an 'ammer to it, duck"!

Anyway, I now have a selection of hammers, a hacksaw, a crowbar and two new locks. Might not have the patience to wait till monday now!

Claire