My shed has arrived!

[petal]

Shall I put a lock on or not? A lock says - there are things worth stealing in here..... Shall I bolt it too the ground or put posts in at the sides to prevent it blowing away!?. Shall I keep a calor gas stove up there, powdered milk, coffee, mug, tin of biscuits.? I could put the camping chairs and camping table in there, I could put a discreet bucket for the little one when she wails ' i need the toilet' when you have only been on the allotment for 2 minutes I could put a bench by my shed and a climbing rose. I could put my gardening magazines up there too for break times. Who would of thought a shed could be so exciting?!!!!

[Two_Sheds]

If you put a lock on, the vandals might break up your shed trying to get in.

If you don't put a lock on, opportunistic vandals might pop in to see what they can get away with.

Up to you really. A lock would deter some people from breaking in; but you'd rather have the lock break than the shed door. Get a cheap lock perhaps.

I have 2 padlocks on one shed, and none on the other. Neither have been broken in to (yet, fingers crossed)

[Hans Mum]

i dont have a lock on mine the theory being as TS said it might suggest you have something worth stealing...touch wood nothing from there has ever been stolen - i have a camping stove, essential supplies of tea/coffee, biscuits, etc. as well as my tools. Others on the site with locks have had more damage done to the sheds than the value of the stuff in there. We only keep non-powered tools in sheds though all the petrol driven stuff is taken home or locked in a central metal toolstore . hope this helps.

[SlugLobber]

There's no lock on my shed at home, either. The locks would just be snapped off anyway and let's face it, you only need a screwdriver to remove one! It actually came in useful as the postie used it yesterday to put a package in there. I hope he didn't walk into the spider's web, whose main web is at face height!

[Nicos]

We have a token lightweight padlock on the shed door on the lottie. If someone wanted to get in they only need to give the shed a good shaking and the windows would drop out!!
We leave the old rubbish stuff on show and the better stuff beneath bits of tatty fleece so it looks like we have a pile of rubbish stuff in there- certainly not worthy of nicking and sending to a car boot sale!
Don't leave anything in there that you can't afford to replace if it does get nicked. A new shed is probably more of a target than a ramshackled one like ours!

Still....it's brilliant to have your own shed isn't it???
( bet you end up using the bucket too...mine a bright orange B&B one!)

[Alison]

I was wondering the same thing - at the moment have no lock on and am thinking of leaving it that way.

PS - have a bucket installed already!