Secure Shed

[Geordie_Rob]

At the same time as making it hard to get into, you want to make it look like it has just ordinary security that is typical of your average shed so it doesn't look appealing to anyone with criminal intentions. The obvious weak points are going to be doors & windows. Apart from traditional locks, I can't see any way to secure it.

When I built my shed in my garden, I made it with 12mm OSB3 boards, no windows & only 1 door on it. The walls of the shed though, on the inner frame I've put polystyrene insulations boards in the gaps where the battens are & then fastened this in place with wire mesh. After the mesh, I've put another sheet of ply so the interior looks like plain plywood all the way around (similar to what tradesmen do to their transit vans). I done this mainly for insulation, however if anybody wanted to smash their way in, it'd be a lot more difficult. But again, if it was me trying to break in, I'd target the door only.

You could always get one of those personal attack alarms & have it set with fishing line so if the door is opened, it triggers the alarm. Obviously you'd know & could unhook it before you trigger it, but as far as a burglar would be concerned, it's a shed alarm that's making a lot of noise & attracting unwanted attention while they're trying to get in. You could even swap the attack alarm with defence foam spray or the Henry Krank alarm mines

I'd be curious to hear other people's thoughts though as I'm sure there are plenty of things I've never considered.