Prevent Someone Climbing Over a Fence - Burglary

BargainJunky

My mum had an attempted burglary yesterday and I'm trying to find what we can legally put on the top of her fence to try to secure the rear of the property. The fence backs onto a road which unfortunately is closed at the moment as they are removing a bridge so its very vulnerable.

Was thinking of carpet gripper nailed to the top of the fence, barbed wire (but looks very obvious), anti climb paint or additional trellising. Any advice would be appreciated.

dacouch

The best deterent is a trellis on the top of the fence and then ideally grow thorny plants over the trellis

broonbear

i've got gripper on my fence and painted it the same colour as the fence, you could get into trouble for trying to injury somebody ( they deserve it imo ) but if anybody asks just say it's to stop birds landing on your fence and leaving droppings in your garden.

tsstss7

Anti Vandal paint is popular we have it on our alloment gate (they still get in other ways though).

Some info here

http://www.protectingyourself.co.uk/using-anti-vandal-paint-other-methods.html

Tr1pp

As i gardener i prefer natural deterants

Colletia paradoxa would be ideal on a boundary or at the base of a fence. - Its interesting to look at, tough and sharp as hell



No amount of anti-climb paint can top that!!

diable

Check with the council if you are allowed razor wire, I miss the good old days of broken milk bottles cemented to the top of walls.

Tr1pp

'Under the Occupier's Liability Act 1984 householders owe a duty of care to anyone on their property, whether they are entitled to be there or not. The duty is to protect people from an injury as a result of a foreseen hazard. If anti-vandal paint has been applied to a wall and an intruder slips and injures himself as a result, this is something that the householder could have predicted.' - Quoted from http://www.protectingyourself.co.uk

...makes my head explode!!!

diable

Tr1pp wrote: »

'Under the Occupier's Liability Act 1984 householders owe a duty of care to anyone on their property, whether they are entitled to be there or not. The duty is to protect people from an injury as a result of a foreseen hazard. If anti-vandal paint has been applied to a wall and an intruder slips and injures himself as a result, this is something that the householder could have predicted.' - Quoted from http://www.protectingyourself.co.uk

...makes my head explode!!!

I know its a fcuking joke, a burglar tries to enter your property and you can be sued as the appropriate warning signs are not in place.

iamcornholio

Bizarrely, our stupid law allows anyone who injures themselves trying to break-in to property or hop over the garden fence, to sue the owner.

A visible deterrent such as barbed wire or an invisible strip of gripper will not matter. Warning signage may help, but it depends on the circumstances.

Another issue is that an impulsive child may climb the fence say, to retrieve a ball from the garden, and if they get injured, then in todays climate, their chav parents will have no hesitation in texting "claim" to one of the no-win, no-fee vultures.

Trellis or a thorny bush would be OK and justifiable. Anything else will depend on the circumstances

Personally, I'd use grippers with extra nails, but I'd hate to think that some chav would then get a few grand off me (well my insurer) for their cut fingers

An alarm box (real or otherwise) may be a better deterent

ukbill69

Put up a sign "Angry dog in this garden Will bite, do not enter"

jim22

Buy your mam an illegal shotgun, get a couple of sessions how to use it. The do gooders won't be there when the toe rag comes her way. I've got one, and a sword stick.