Wooden 1 Door Shed Lock Advice needed.

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So i have a medium sized wooden shed and looking to buy a secure lock.
By lock is a double overlap one.

but not secure enough lol
basically i want a lock which you cant easily remove screws easily and need complex screwdrivers to remove the locking area.

Jimmy_M

When you say lock do you mean the bolt? (Or in your case a slot that wraps over an eye and you put the lock into the eye.)

Picture would be handy but it sounds like the thing you are talking about has been fitted with screws on the external side. Not very usefuly, as you mention.
If im right in understanding you, You should re-fit it with bolts that have smooth heads, pass them in from the outside of the door, and secure with a washer and a nut on the inside of the shed.

livingthedream

Hi,

Yeah I was faced with a similar situation when I had to move 20+ years of accumulated tools from house to garden shed.

First thing I did was replace all the screws holding both the hinges and locking bolt with carriage bolts (flat headed ones) with large washers on the inside.

I then ignored the existing lock and added one of those overlap locks too.

Then a few months ago (after 10 years crime free in the house) some toe-rag junky tried to break into the shed but was unsuccessful. Damaged the top corner of the door and the overlap lock itself but didn't manage to get in.

After that incident I chose to add a second overlap lock and added a small padlock to the original bolt. I also added some small metal plates here and there to the back of the door to make it a bit more rigid. This may be a bit of overkill but I was angry at the time!!

BUT I was also glad I went to the original effort to toughen the shed beyond its original crappy standard..

Oh and I also now have a CCTV camera pointed at the door too!

In short though, If it's a typical wooden garden shed and they really want to get in then they will, all you can do is make it less attractive and shove them on to someone elses....

~LTD.

9de5q7tsr8u2im

Jimmy_M wrote: »

When you say lock do you mean the bolt? (Or in your case a slot that wraps over an eye and you put the lock into the eye.)

Picture would be handy but it sounds like the thing you are talking about has been fitted with screws on the external side. Not very usefuly, as you mention.
If im right in understanding you, You should re-fit it with bolts that have smooth heads, pass them in from the outside of the door, and secure with a washer and a nut on the inside of the shed.

cant post urls since im a new member but it looks like this:
search on google images -> wooden lock shed -> its on 4th row 4th from left hand side like that , bit mine is smaller, rustier and can easily unscrew and remove the whole lock

sky6

What you're talking is a Hasp and Clasp. As said use Dome headed Coach bolts with a washer and nut on the inside. Then Burr over the end of the Bolt to secure.
Fit a motion sensor to a small alarm. Most will run off the minute it goes off.

9de5q7tsr8u2im

sky6 wrote: »

What you're talking is a Hasp and Clasp. As said use Dome headed Coach bolts with a washer and nut on the inside. Then Burr over the end of the Bolt to secure.
Fit a motion sensor to a small alarm. Most will run off the minute it goes off.

just googled hasp and clasp and its not its just one of them regular locks, the shed door is opened and closed by a clyclindrical and you just move it to the left to lock it and same thing for opening.