Conservatories are unsafe

greenface

sazz1006 wrote: »

I have a conservatory with secure doors and locked windows. However, someone broke into mine by standing on the decking rail and forcing off the corner roof panel and dropping down through the roof like Milk Tray man! They couldn't get through the kitchen door into the house but I have a few friends whose conservatory is an open plan extension from the kitchen where access via the roof would give easy access into the house.

Knowing how Conserv are constructed this is a little worry for the way the rooves/roofs attached and a very difficult way to enter a house. If a skagg head lowlife can get through a roof CORNER ! the wind could have blown it off and killed someone (just thought unless they took the stop ends off and slide the polycarb roof out.) If someones wants to enter they will regardless I have been to more back door and flat roof entries than any other. Your house is only as safe as the weakest Point of entry. Stand outside and think if you had locked your keys inside and needed to get in how would you do it .

Davesnave

greenface wrote: »

Stand outside and think, if you had locked your keys inside and needed to get in how would you do it .

By the key cunningly hidden under that empty flowerpot by the front door?

Salster278

greenface wrote: »

Knowing how Conserv are constructed this is a little worry for the way the rooves/roofs attached and a very difficult way to enter a house. If a skagg head lowlife can get through a roof CORNER ! the wind could have blown it off and killed someone (just thought unless they took the stop ends off and slide the polycarb roof out.) If someones wants to enter they will regardless I have been to more back door and flat roof entries than any other. Your house is only as safe as the weakest Point of entry. Stand outside and think if you had locked your keys inside and needed to get in how would you do it .

Hi, yes, that's just what they did - they took the ends off, removed the white fillet things and slid the polycarbonate roof out and threw it on to the lawn. I saw the bits on the lawn before i saw the hole in the roof!

ILW

Davesnave wrote: »

By the key cunningly hidden under that empty flowerpot by the front door?

Who told you?

Wait till I find out.

I will have to put the key under the gnome now.

jjlandlord

ILW wrote: »

By the key cunningly hidden under that empty flowerpot by the front door?

Who told you?

People having pots next to their entrance door should seriously consider linking them to their burglar alarm because I'm sure that anyone wanting to get into the house will move the pots to look for a key...
E.g. making the pots stand on a switch, or something similar.

ado

spunko2010 wrote: »

Very few burglars smash through glass - too much noise, not as easy as it looks, and risks leaving evidence. Particularly not reinforced or double glazed glass on conservatories! The usual method of entry is through unlocked windows or doors.

I would say if anything it's safer at least from the back where the conservatory is, as there's an additional door.

Of all the burglaries I've been to an almost equal number have involved someone forcing a wooden back door open in some way, or climbing through an open or insecure window. The next most popular options are to force open a window, or to break a window pane.

Most burglars want the easiest and least risky option when gaining entry so they look for secluded back gardens, open windows, wooden doors etc. They don't want to make noise so they generally avoid breaking window panes.

Sensible security measures home owners can take include having security lights, cutting down hedges, locking side gates, keeping windows closed and locked and replacing wooden doors and windows with UPVc or composite.

Two groups who seem to be particularly attractive to burglars are students and Asian families. Students tend to have lots of the latest electronic kit laying around whilst they tend to live in older and more insecure properties where landlords make little or no effort to enhance security. Asian families are being targeted because they often have a lot of gold in their houses making a burglary very lucrative.

Maybe I should add that I'm a police officer who works on response in a big city so I get to see a fair few burglaries during the course of my duties.

Davesnave

jjlandlord wrote: »

People having pots next to their entrance door should seriously consider linking them to their burglar alarm because I'm sure that anyone wanting to get into the house will move the pots to look for a key...
E.g. making the pots stand on a switch, or something similar.

I don't really have my key under a pot, though we used to keep one in with the ferrets, which was pretty safe. DD had a combination alarm fitted to their run, but IMO the teeth were probably enough! :rotfl:

C_Mababejive

Why is it that the Brits have such a penchant for plastic sheds anyway? If you go to any other country,they have proper construction..i,e brick/stone/tile/glass...not this kind of tat.