Having woken this morning to the fruits of a local toe rag's labours, I thought I'd let the forum know about the epidemic that's raging in many parts of the UK, undoubtedly coming to a door very close to you soon.... It is called, 'lock snapping' - please do yourselves a favour and check any of the countless videos on YouTube - most are designed to sell you new locks, others seemingly for the benefit of the last 3 burglars in the UK who do not yet know how to get into your home, in less than 20 seconds.... and so quietly, that our big, scary dog slept through it, plus we haven't set our downstairs alarm for years.... we won't be submitting a claim, then! The blaggard's tool kit is limited to Mole Grips, hammer and screwdriver, so if you have double doors, a simple £2 cable cycle lock round the handles inside would be enough to prevent a break-in, but if a single door, the message seems to be that locks prior to 2008 are especially vulnerable - in one video I watched, the locked door was opened silently in 9.2 seconds ... Christmas is coming Be warned! Good luck.
Did my research on this when getting our new front door. This applies to Euro Cylinder locks and, like you say, takes seconds. I wanted a euro type as it’s a new oak door and we wanted the whole lock rebated in the door rather than having the Yale crap on the inside. Newer ones like ours are anti snap and, although they cab still snap them, the door remains locked. Our keys are also the non-copy kind with a code card. Cost a lot for a lock but cheaper than a break in
Sorry to here that, not good. Thank you for the information. Andy PS the ‘poo’ is because we don’t have ‘that’s pants’
I replaced all of my locks a few years back. I took them all out when I moved into the house to check and found they were all prone to this type of attack. I went for a lock that snaps but holds the cylinder in place inside the door so the latches can't be lifted, also some other security measures fitted to them which makes them difficult to defeat.
gutted to hear mate. thanks for the tip. just had the garage converted and part of the job included a new composite door with the latest yale lock with coded card. I will look to get a new front door asap, but will (a) make sure the alarm is on, and (b) put a simple bell dangling from the front door too. As for the dog, I'm afraid you've got her spoiled!
That video is a bit of a scam,euro cylinders should not protrude past the handle face by no more than 2/3mm so you cannot get any purchase on the lock to snap it,make sure you handles are fitted the correct way round,screws facing the inside of the house.Anti bump and anti drill euro cylinders are available at a reasonable cost, £15 will give you a decent lock,don't be fooled that a £50 lock is much better,they make the lock weak so they will snap and not compromise the door.
If you have a vulnerable door fit a couple of sash jammers approx £5 each,easy to fit. Also if you have a old style sliding patio door,open the door and screw a piece of timber inbetween the head of the sliding door and the top of the outer frame to stop your door being lifted off its tracks.
A good euro cylinde on its own cannot protect properly. The escutcheon it as at least as important as the euro cylinder and the multipoint lock. One of the bests setups is a Winkhaus AV2 lock, with proper escutcheon and good quality euro cylinder is difficult to pass. https://www.winkhaus.com/en-gb/door-locks/electronic-and-battery-operated-door-locks/bluematic/av2-e Above can be ordered with fingerprint reader option. https://www.winkhaus.com/en-gb/door-locks/handles
Even the best diamond 3 anti snap euro cylinders can still be snapped. You can actually buy the tool to snap them from the very people that make the locks lol.
The anti-snap ones are much harder to remove.... I had the whole of the tools in my workshop to get in and it took ages.... albeit I didn't want to mess the door up.
What do you mean ? Did they snap it from the outside or inside ? It was snapped from the outside which gained them access. They used a fair bit of force. But my locksmith told me they can all be broken just some more easily than others
Got to work this morning to be welcomed by the sight of the works gates which had been smashed in and one of our units rammed. This is the second time this year we've been hit. The first time they got away with my floor sander and this time they got away with a steam cleaner worth about a 1.5k. I think the damage they've done is worth more than their loot. There must be a market for this sort of thing, so who's the worse, the feckers that do the stealing or the people who buy the stuff without asking any questions. Just for info, my mate locked himself out of his house once and not wanting to do any damage called in a locksmith. Believe it or not he got into my mates house by the sliding doors, and all he used to get in were two putty knives