Garage security

[xX-Alex-Xx]

As my new house will be coming with a garage, just wondering what others do to help keep their kit secure?

Already planning on putting a camera at the back of the garage on the inside, probably with motion sensor lights (more for convenience than security but hey). Will be putting a ground anchor in the floor for the chain. Any good tips on security for the door itself? Was thinking something along the lines of a Garage Defender...

https://www.screwfix.com/p/squire-ga4-garage-defender/79478

Anything else worth considering?
____________________
DILLIGAF

[rpsmith79]

Does the garage have windows, if so i bought a pack of "glass beak sensors" for my garage windows, battery powered, but makes a right old racket when you bang on the glass

Garage door defender is a good plan, i had one at my old house that had a detached garage, but my current house has a integrated garage, and i could find any that could be undone from the inside, and i don't like the added faff of having to go outside just to open my garage door
____________________
Current Bike: Honda CG125 ES4 // Honda CB600FS Hornet // Triumph Street Triple R

[Ste]

Standard cheap up and over garage doors are flimsy and weak so upgrading the door will make your garage slightly more Fort Knox.

IMO garage defenders are solid enough to mean that there are easier motorbikes to steal than yours.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

My old garage originally had just a single point locking mechanism at the top that could be popped with a screwdriver, so I replaced it with what I was told was a much more secure 4 point locking door. The bastards just folded the door at the bottom, popped it of its rails and took both bikes anyway.

I replaced that with the same type, but with a garage defender after that. Much more secure, but it was a pain in the arse to have to sod about with every time I wanted to get something from the garage, let alone take the bike out.

The area in front of the garage was just compacted earth, so dug part of that out to extend the concrete base enough to fit the base plate to. the surrounding earth meant that whenever it rained the bottom of the garage door would get splattered with mud, right where the padlock was, so you'd be fighting against gritty sludge when trying to unlock it.

Glad I've moved
____________________
Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[xX-Alex-Xx]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

When I get a garage, I am only going to put one of these behind the door:

https://image4security.com/collections/guardsman-garage-security-barrier

and have a RoadLok on the front wheel as my next big bike is going to have radial calipers:

https://roadlok.com/will-it-fit

Done. Anything more will only be an extra hinderance to myself.

RoadLok:

1. Cut through the bolts (2 cuts), then,
2. Cut through the brake disc (2 cuts).

Guardsman Barrier:

3. Cut through the tube (2 cuts if only 1 thief, 1 cut if there is two with enough strength to produce enough bending moment to yield the tube to the side enough to drag the bike through).

If they don't want to cut anything then good luck to the team of guys having to lift the bike over the barrier.
____________________
PRESENT: 2018 BMW S1000XR SE Sport.
PAST: 2009 Kawasaki ER-6F. 2021 Zontes ZT-125U.

[xX-Alex-Xx]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[ThunderGuts]

The idea of a physical barrier across I like if the garage had that purpose only, but I use mine as a workshop, it has a (beer) fridge in it, washing machine etc.. but is still detached so trying to get past a literal barrier like that would be a pain.

Defenders are good - they hardly make it impossible, but they make it harder. Ground anchor - check the floor is genuinely solid concrete. Sometimes it's a thin skim. Don't skimp on the garage anchor - once it's there, it's there - worth getting a heavy duty one. Just check exactly where you want it and try (as best you can) to envisage how other future bikes may sit in relation to it (e.g. current bike you might get a chain through the frame, next bike it might have to be the rear wheel etc..).

Nice powerful PIR floodlight out front. Try to reduce "peep holes" around the garage, so shim/fill any gaps as much as possible so people can't peer in to see what's inside.

Ideally connect up to a house alarm, or an alarm of some sort.

Whatever the measures, any garage is infinitely better than being outside.
____________________
TG.

[pepperami]

[ThunderGuts]

[Robby]

Up and over garage doors are a bit shit for security by design. They can only have two points of contact at the side - the rollers.

My next major garage change is going to be an electric roller shutter door. This will have some security benefit (once I swap out the radio controller for something using proper security*) because it will sit in rails all the way down to the floor. Main benefit is getting some wall space back for yet more shelving and hanging stuff.


* The radio controllers are easily spoofed, and worth changing if you're the paranoid type or a security geek. I'm a lazy geek, so I'll be doing something involving an internet connection and an IFTT command to operate it through google home.

[rpsmith79]

[Robby]

The problem is that I'm lazy, so anything involving more keys, more locks and bolts to get sticky, just isn't going to happen. I always aim to improve security and laziness.