How to stop people getting into garden

hobo123

Hi I am looking for some help, does anyone have any ideas on how to stop people climbing into your garden? shed has been broken into on a number of occasions over past couple of weeks luckily nothing there for them to steal but wondering if anyone has any ideas what (legally) I can put on fence to deter them

Thanks

olly300

The first thing I can thing of is when they climb over what is on the ground near the fence?

If they climb over and are likely to have a painful landing then this would be a deterent. So I would plant prickly plants i.e. holly, rose bushes around the fence (in pots or in the ground) and with enough depth they couldn't easy land anywhere else.(Go to the gardening forum and ask people for plants suitable for your soil and location.)

You can also use anti-climb paint on the fence itself. However:
http://www.seton.co.uk/setoneurope/catalog/0/20/100015-1%20200253-2%20302099-3.html
-you need to put a sign on the fence stating anti-climb paint has been applied
-it has to be applied 2 metres above ground level.

globalds

get a big dog

never_enough

Pyracantha & mahonia are both good spikey anti-people plants.

Pink.

Hi hobo,

If it's a high fence that they need to climb over perhaps anti-climb paint might help.

Pink

Edit: sorry olly, I didn't see your post before I replied.

hobo123

Hi thanks for replies, we were thinking of something like an anti climb paint however the fencing we have up is 6ft so don't know if this would be possible may have to look into getting some jaggy bushes or something although I'm not sure how happy my dog will be with that!

mrcow

Get a shed alarm.

You can pick them up for about £4 and they are LOUD!

ianeverton

Not sure about the legality of it but how about strips of carpet rail at the top of the fence.

It is very sharp but wouldnt do any real damage as the spikes are only a few millimetres long.

Put it just on the inside so when they put their hans over to get a grip they will get a nasty suprise.

I would be suprised if any one complained to the police over a few little punctures in their fingers. Its not like the old times when people were putting glass on walls etc.

computerwoman

ianeverton wrote: »

Not sure about the legality of it but how about strips of carpet rail at the top of the fence.

It is very sharp but wouldnt do any real damage as the spikes are only a few millimetres long.

Put it just on the inside so when they put their hans over to get a grip they will get a nasty suprise.

I would be suprised if any one complained to the police over a few little punctures in their fingers. Its not like the old times when people were putting glass on walls etc.

if anyone did complain I would be asking myself how they knew it was there in the first place...put a sener lamp up so that when they appear it come's on like the blackpool illuminations get a shed alarm...or just a normal window door alarm put on the inside so they can't see it and watch them run when it goes off...plants holly is very prickly but takes an age to grow...berreris is very very prickly but can be very harmful as your suppose to get it treated properly at A & E if you get cut by it or a thorn off it...rose's are prickly and wouldn't bother the dog...get some climber's put netting from bottom over the top and down the other side...for it to climb up and over...this will also act as a net for them when they get tangled up in it..haha...serve's them right...put a sign on the shed saying there are no valuable's inside...put a sign on your gate saying BEWARE OF THE DOGS put a padlock on your back gate...and if it's low stick some trellis on it to give it height...buy a fake camera and stick that up or if you can afford the real thing put some cctv up...catch them at it...can't think of anything else...good luck cw:D

maninthestreet

Use Prikka Strip on the top of the fence - it's non-lacerating plastic spikes:

http://www.prikka-strip.com/

Forgetful

Apparently Ive been told the carpet gripper on the fence is illegal...have it on mine...but like u say if they dont climb over ur fence then how will they know its there....a ground for defence...to me anyways...mines 6foot high too and fed up with pple trying to climb over...dont even have a shed ...nothing to nick except for the weeeds!!!