This is more common than many people think very very easy to do on most euro cylinders as fitted to double glazed doors there has been a spate in my area but Police claim its people fishing for the keys using a piece of wire through the letterbox , which is rubbish imo

I replaced all our cylinder locks with any bump types like these

https://www.upvc-hardware.co.uk/locks-gearing-163/euro-cylinder-lock-barrels-185/

And also fitted a sash jammer as well

https://www.upvc-hardware.co.uk/safety-security-193/extra-security-189/sash-jammer-406.html

sorry for the loss , not in West Berks as well are you??

I had my Fabia vRS taken from my drive 6 or 7 months ago, it was an immaculate one owner low mileage 06 silver one with a re-map and grey custom fit seat covers, it also had a beltronic radar detector on the dashboard, the scum broke in through my back door by breaking the handle and then the door lock. Also lost my wallet phone and the wife’s purse, and slept right through everything, I bought an Octavia with the insurance money, Privilege insurance paid out ok even though I told them it was always garaged.

Where you from? midddlesbrough?..............The one i was offered 4 months ago had seat covers

Not sure if anyone else's locks are next to the letterbox but if they are and you leave the door key in the lock then you might as well leave the hall light on and the door open.

As for keys upstairs, has to be a dumb idea. let em take it, a piece of metal vs your lives doesn't bear thinking about.

The bump threads are interesting and I'll be doing some right old research on them now so thanks for that. There are videos on youtube about this as well.

Where you from? midddlesbrough?..............The one i was offered 4 months ago had seat covers

Just down the road in Eaglescliffe. mine had grey seat covers with the vRS logo on them.

It was stolen in September.

Here is the post I made at the time

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/139083-stolen/page__p__1741308__hl__stolen__fromsearch__1entry1741308

I found out later that the police often say Bradford as it stops the victim driving round local streets with a knife.

Edited 2 February, 201016 yr by The The

Not sure if anyone else's locks are next to the letterbox but if they are and you leave the door key in the lock then you might as well leave the hall light on and the door open.

As for keys upstairs, has to be a dumb idea. let em take it, a piece of metal vs your lives doesn't bear thinking about.

The bump threads are interesting and I'll be doing some right old research on them now so thanks for that. There are videos on youtube about this as well.

Even if you dont replace the cylinder the sash locks offer cheap and easy solution to the problem

Even if you dont replace the cylinder the sash locks offer cheap and easy solution to the problem

Cheers.

Oredered the top of the range Euro cylinders from the suggested retailer yesterday. They don't have stock/do have supply problems. Cancelled and re-oredered from here http://toughlocks.co.uk/ paid 2/3rds as much!

I'm also going to remove the rear Octavia and VRS badges from my new car.

You've gone 3000% further than that now haven't you Nick - you've also cancelled the order!!

Sorry for your loss. With the advent of PVC doors and standardised crap locks this has become more common. Bump keys are nothing new and have been available to those in the know for many years, over that time they went from something the trade used to something you can purchase directly for very little money on a no questions asked basis. The simple solution is fit more than one type of lock and ideally better quality locks, wood is still tougher than the rubbish that 95% of the usual double glazing fitters offer no matter what. Either way if whoever stole it found the keys downstairs that's probably better than them coming up stairs and having to take them. The insurance company will play dumb of-course but eventually settle, don't be fobbed off.

Sorry but wood is not stronger than a good PVCu/ Aluminium door.

The problem comes when people go for the cheapest they can get.

To make PVCu cheap, many companies go for externally glazed without security clips and only have the bare minimum steel reinforcement.

If you get a fully reinforced, internally glazed PVCu door, with a multipoint lock, a good cylinder (anti-bump) and a set of hinge bolts it will be as good as anything else out there.

I know this to be the case as I saw one tested and the hardwood frame it was in for testing broke before the door opened. Bearing in mind most are mounted into masonry these days it shouldn't be an issue.

we always leave key on inside side of lock if a key is on the inside door lock, the outside side of the key hole cant be used!!!!

That only works with some cylinders, so try yours before you assume that to be the case.

I'm sorry to hear this has happened, but for what it's worth if they really want to break in they will get in and it wasn't going to matter where the keys were they would have taken them. At least you're both unhurt, even if they did take your car.

Edited 15 February, 201016 yr by cheezemonkhai