We had a rare bit of sunshine yesterday and I decided to cut the lawns. When I walked around the side of the house, I saw a hefty 5mm x 40mm angle iron bracket keeping up razorwire coils over an outside wall was bent like it was a match stick.
This bracket and its mate on the other end of the wall is completely hidden from a casually sussing out burglar so the fook must have entered my property over the front steel fence at a place where I haven't installed the sharpened 6" nails. He/she must have then used the gate knob to get on top of the wall to bend the bracket and the attached razorwire coils down.
I believe my house has been 'prepared' for a soon to be house robbery. The matter has been reported and there is a case number. Additionally, I also discussed the numerous incidents here with a SAPS colonel and have a personal discussion arranged for tomorrow.
Anyway, we will now have to take more precautions and I'm thinking of beams outside to alert us before perps reach the house.
We have a lot of very tall trees and shrubs (read a bit overgrown). Will these 'beams' be effective in giving us prior warning and are these things set off by a breeze moving my trees?
I'm not worried about the dachshund setting the things off as one can probably aim or install them X distance above the ground.
How are beams powered - another indoors powersupply? Are they weather proof and can one link them to spare channels on an existing alarm panel?
skollie
This bracket and its mate on the other end of the wall is completely hidden from a casually sussing out burglar so the fook must have entered my property over the front steel fence at a place where I haven't installed the sharpened 6" nails. He/she must have then used the gate knob to get on top of the wall to bend the bracket and the attached razorwire coils down.
I believe my house has been 'prepared' for a soon to be house robbery. The matter has been reported and there is a case number. Additionally, I also discussed the numerous incidents here with a SAPS colonel and have a personal discussion arranged for tomorrow.
Anyway, we will now have to take more precautions and I'm thinking of beams outside to alert us before perps reach the house.
We have a lot of very tall trees and shrubs (read a bit overgrown). Will these 'beams' be effective in giving us prior warning and are these things set off by a breeze moving my trees?
I'm not worried about the dachshund setting the things off as one can probably aim or install them X distance above the ground.
How are beams powered - another indoors powersupply? Are they weather proof and can one link them to spare channels on an existing alarm panel?
skollie
