Had a similar experience years ago. Every house down the road had their garage door forced. Stuff taken out and left at the end of the drive ready to collect on the way back. They open ours and the alarms goes off. Everything was left behind.
Explain the term 'snapped', Low Rider, just wondered if our house lock is snappable?!!A guy i know came down stairs one morning to find the coats on the floor and his car gone the police said the house door lock had been snapped as its very easy to do. He has since replaced his door lock with an anti snap lock and purchased a new car.
They prise the door handle away from the door to expose the end of the eurolock now protruding from the door, they simply snap the protruding end off to expose the internal mechanism and then turn the locking cam, bingo they're in. A security lock has a sacrificial end that would still be snapped off by the thief in the same way but the internals are protected preventing the locking cam from being turned. These locks also have magnetic anti pick pins and a ball bearing to prevent drilling. The key for these locks are strange in that they do not have 'teeth' but dimples instead.Explain the term 'snapped', Low Rider, just wondered if our house lock is snappable?!!
Mike
Eurolocks (the oval shaped locks that use Yale type keys) are simply a unit that slides into the door. Their strength is down one edge only. A sharp tap can easily break them hence snapping. They simply snap in half. Once snapped, the outside part falls out and you simply unlock the door with a screwdriver.Explain the term 'snapped', Low Rider, just wondered if our house lock is snappable?!!
Mike
Not if you don't have glass!They prise the door handle away from the door to expose the end of the eurolock now protruding from the door, they simply snap the protruding end off to expose the internal mechanism and then turn the locking cam, bingo they're in. A security lock has a sacrificial end that would still be snapped off by the thief in the same way but the internals are protected preventing the locking cam from being turned. These locks also have magnetic anti pick pins and a ball bearing to prevent drilling. The key for these locks are strange in that they do not have 'teeth' but dimples instead.
Mind you they can still smash the glass!