Tips on breaking and entering?

[ugly gourd]

Silly question but you have had a good rumage in all the nokes and crannies for the key we had the same situation on our plot and the key was in a brylcream pot under the door

[Snadger]

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

By the amount of banging I keep hearing from fireworks there must be plenty knocking about! You could always Dynamite the lock of with half a dozen bangers strapped to it! But there again.................,maybe not!

[Seahorse]

ugly gourd, that's really funny! I hadn't thought of looking but shall definitely have a root around now, just on the offchance!

Lol Snadger. Poor old shed, so many ways to menace it!

Claire

[NOG]

Looking at the lock again the Harsps and Staples are good qualit but the locks are tat.

Cold Chilse and club hammer.

Spray the shackel and Key hole with WD40.
Then Hold the lock so that the shackel is against the wall of the shed then smart tap with the club hammer
Let go of lock and hammer and shout "bloody Nog I 've busted my thumb" This will get the agression up.
Put the cold chisel on the lock between the to parts of the shackel and belt it Hard. It may take a few wacks but it shoud pop the lock.

[Seahorse]

Let go of lock and hammer and shout "bloody Nog I 've busted my thumb"

You realise this may come back to haunt you!

::: adding chisel and WD40 to huge armoury :::

I'm really hoping I'm not caught up in some random 'stop and search' on my way there now - cos I'm gonna look like I'm equipped to take on Fort Knox... ROTFL!

Claire

[Peter]

... ROTFL!
Claire

Claire, that should be ROTCFL!

Roll On The Cell Floor Laughing.

[Seahorse]

Claire, that should be ROTCFL!

Roll On The Cell Floor Laughing.

Or even ROTPCFL... as in Padded Cell!!!

[terrier]

I've just looked at my shed and the door hinges are on the outside. To break in, just take out hinge screws, maybe yours is the same?

[Sue]

Come on Seahorse, are you in yet, we're all dying to know what you found (besides spiders)
Sue

[SarzWix]

I've just looked at your photos of your plot, and on the one of the shed it does seem like the hinges are on the outside of the door... You'll still need to get the lock off to be able to use the door properly though, so I'd only take the hinges off if the hammer & chisel don't work?!

[Seahorse]

Ooh, I know, very poor, keeping you all in suspenders!

terrier - I mentioned way back in post #15 about the possibility of unscrewing the hinges on the other side but as no-one directly responded, I still don't know whether it was a divvy question!?

I was almost in today but unfortunately my autistic son decided he couldn't quite cope with things Monday at the latest though - promise! (And likely I'll find nothing more than rotten and/or rusty old rubbish! )

Claire

[Flummery]

Have your allotment documentation ready when you do it. Chances are that the only person actually caught breaking into a shed - will be the owner!

[rustylady]

Please let us know when you get in and what you find. It was easy getting into my shed - it was just difficult hacking my way through the brambles and docks to get to it!! When we got there the door was falling off and half the roof is missing, the shed itself was full of stuff. An old pushbike, some cloches in reasonable condition, loads and loads of glass (some greenhouse and some assorted bits and bobs. I'm still trying to clear it out, takes forever especially as I don't have a car to take stuff to the dump. Managed to Freecycle quite a bit of the glass, but the broken bits are still there. I think there's an old lawnmower at the back, but I haven't managed to get that far yet.

[Seahorse]

Good point Flum! I'd hate to be led away in handcuffs, lol!

Sounds like your shed was a bit of a mixed bag rustylady In my other shed (and I use the term very loosely!) I found a wheelbarrow that looks useable(ish), a chair, a long dead lawnmower, some kind of heater (also deceased) and loads of bits of wood and glass.

Claire

[NOG]

When you put the hindges and Hasps back on Use coach bolts with BIG washers on the back and two Nuts to lock it on/