And with that time, we can grab our 45’s !

Thank you!

Yes, it's frustrating that we have to go to such an extent to keep our items secure and protected.

LOL! I guess they can do that to your house or any other building too! Nothing is impenetrable!

You don't necessarily need the eye-bolts to be 8-inches long. You only need them long enough to go thru your shed framing. I used extra long bolts since that was all my local store had in stock at the time I put mine together. Good luck!

Even if the hinges are removed, the doors will still be secured since the steel pipe goes thru the eye-bolts which are located on the outside door frame. The doors would need to destroyed to be removed...which would make much noise. However, if still concerned about the hinges, bolts and nuts could be applied thru a steel plate on the inside of the door similar to how I did with the hasp mechanism.

You don't want to make your doors inaccessible in the event if a fire. There are screws that have weird heads that require specialized screwdrivers. If you can find these, you could just replace the screws, because you can't unscrew them without the driver. I have seen them, not sure of a company. Ask at HD......

It is standard 1-inch steel pipe. I bought the eye bolts and pipe at my local Home Depot store. Thanks for watching!

@@jimginnyohio Great channel, thanks!

Picked those up at local Harbor Freight store.

I used my drill press with a drill bit designed for metal. You could also use a regular drill for that, but be sure to keep it level so that the hole is lined up well on both sides of the pipe. You should start with a smaller (pilot) hole and then work your way up to the size needed. Yes, you can add a lock on both ends if you don't have access to a welder. If doing that, be sure the holes on both ends of the pipe line up with each other so your locks will hang in the same direction. Good luck!

SMH! Another person that commented without watching the video! :-(

@@jimginnyohio Strange comment, I enjoyed the video. With two wrenches you easily break most padlocks. Its true that there’s no full proof padlocks but not all are created equal.

No. You have to open the door to disarm the motion sensor alarms for inside.

Easily.

The pipe I used was Standard Schedule 40 - 1-inch steel pipe. The outlet diameter is 1.315 inches. The I-bolts have a 1.5” opening. I picked those up at my local Home Depot store.

Those were not installed at the time the video was made, but they were indeed added later, along with locking hinge pins that could not be tapped out.

Since the bar extends past the doors, removing the hinges still wouldn’t allow entry. Even still, the interior alarm would sound.

You can nail yourself into safety, and then a fire happens. You can only go so far.

Please scroll down thru the comments. I’ve answered those questions a couple times in the past. Thanks!

@@jimginnyohio yes - i see that now; thank you

I thought of that, but this absolutely would work inside a door, you wouldn't even need locks. You could use wood as well, make the sides of metal, slide the wood thru. Then, you have to break the entire door down. Of course, you need it over the lock.

I believe the pipe I used was 3/4” ID / 1” OD. Sorry, I”m not able to measure that since we recently moved from the house where the shed is.

@@jimginnyohio No, that information is great. Thanks for the quick reply =) I'm moving out of my home for some construction that will last a few months, and I need to find a way to lock up my shed like this while I'm gone. But I thought your setup was bigger than the pieces I can only find at my Home Depot (1 inch eye hooks that can only fit 3/4 inch pipes through them), and I wanted to make sure I wasn't buying smaller materials than yours =)

The doors would not turn since there is an inside frame the doors rest against. If I were to do this again, I would use hinges that mount internally.

LOL! No, that is the garden hose. The solar panel conduit is safety buried 24-inches down.

Everyone is so quick to point that out that they completely overlook all of the secondary defenses also in place. I completely understand that NO LOCK is impenetrable! But I'm not concerned about that since all of the other backup defenses I have installed will result in any attempted break-ins to create lot's of noise and opportunity to catch the perpetrator. There is simply no sense in spending the extra money on a "special lock".

@@jimginnyohio EXACTY ! If someone wants something , they will get it ! You have a great set up and Im doing similar with the bar lock. I suppose all the folks whining about the locks are assuming a thief is going to spend hours trying to get in. Thanks for sharing a great video !

Yes, that can be done too. However, I didn’t see a real need to do that since even if the hinges are completely removed, the doors are still attached to the the shed with the bar. All six hinges would need to be completely removed. That would take time and make noise. Unlikely anyone would do that! My goal wasn’t to make the shed impenetrable. Instead, it was meant to serve as a deterrence so anyone would go elsewhere instead.

Okay next he'll add a finger and retinal scanner, private guard patrol, guard hounds, boobie traps, dug out holes bottomed with spike bamboo covered in a camouflaged tarp.

The hinge pins are not removable. However, yes a thief could remove the entire hinges if they wanted to. It would take a bit of time and they would make a lot of noise in doing so since the entire doors are attached to the black pipe and i-bolts. Nothing is truly impenetrable! My goal is simply to slow them down or deter them enough so they pick a simpler target instead. In any case, if they do remove the hinges, the audible alarm will sound and alert me of the intrusion.

@@jimginnyohio When I locked myself out once, I quickly figured out I could get into my own home in under a minute by removing the sliding glass door from outside using a garden tool. That's when I installed measures so that slider plus all sliding windows are secured in both directions. Then, just last week, a nearby neighbor was burglarized in broad daylight. The thieves simply shattered the SGD and walked in. They were masked, like many people are these days, and walked right past several surveillance cameras. So my efforts are moot when the thief doesn't care about noise. Nothing is impenetrable, true at that point, especially when the thief comes with a drill or grinder or hack saw, reciprocating saw, etc and is willing to make some noise.

@@AGhostInTheMachine Yep, agreed! Unfortunately, it seems to be the way things are nowadays. We can just try to do the best we can wherever possible....and have good insurance! Thanks for your comments and viewership!

@@jimginnyohio my pleasure. oh, those long protruding bolts...I'd probably cut them off with a grinder to avoid being snagged, also a bit cleaner look

Definitely need to have non-removable pins or hidden hinges. Also, add the other security features I mentioned during the video to include an alarm.

You must not have watched the whole video. Yes, I know that ANY a lock can be defeated….which is why I explained the redundant backup security items I installed in case that occurs.

@@jimginnyohio My apologies, I did not watch the entire video. Thanks for clarifying.

Why spend a ton of money on expensive locks when they're going to get cut, too

That's bs, idk how you found out it was them, but if you had reasonable suspicion, they should have searched the house. It's always the neighbors. I have this issue too.

@@taramiller3236 The detective told me he can't search his house without a warrant.. And he said he couldn't get one for simple trespass. The neighbor who broke in has a history of run ins with the police, including disorderly conduct, DUI, drug arrests, assault.

Blah, blah, blah! You missed the whole point of the video! Best go back and watch it again.....the whole thing! Also, you must be a seasoned criminal! ;-)