Door - security screws

[Dylan123]

Hi,

Putting doors on coal bunker, wanted some screws which a thief can’t just undo to get in.

I got some security screws from screwfix, they are TX security drive type.

I have a bit to drive them in, but how do they work? Surely if a robber has a screwdriver set he can get in, or do you destroy the head and drill it off?

thanks

 

[Wayners]

It's all just a deterrent.
Locks. Paddocks ect can be picked or broken quickly but you do what you can.
Do the scum bags carry the correct screwdriver bits? Probably not. Looking for easier targets I'd hope

 

[Dylan123]

It's all just a deterrent.
Locks. Paddocks ect can be picked or broken quickly but you do what you can.
Do the scum bags carry the correct screwdriver bits? Probably not. Looking for easier targets I'd hope

but I don’t understand why they wouldn’t produce a glue in cap to go into the drive.

to me that makes more sense, like a plastic cap, I’m sure I’ve seen them yet screwfix don’t sell anything like that

I suppose I could add a blob of adhesive or something

 

[bernardgreen]

Small coach bolts.. smooth head outside and the nut on the inside where the thief cannot reach

 

[foxhole]

Hi,

Putting doors on coal bunker, wanted some screws which a thief can’t just undo to get in.

I got some security screws from screwfix, they are TX security drive type.

I have a bit to drive them in, but how do they work? Surely if a robber has a screwdriver set he can get in, or do you destroy the head and drill it off?

You need these.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/3-5mm-CLUT...ocphy=9044986&hvtargid=pla-697141751929&psc=1

What idiot would steal coal .

 

[footprints]

Just run a drill bit in the head to strip out the gripping lugs, a normal pozidrive can be treated just the same.
Or fill with Araldite.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

I'm with Footprints - even PZD screws can be made a lot more secure using a bit of Araldite

 

[JohnD]

are these screws for a padlock hasp? Or a padbolt? Or hinges? Or what?

 

[Deleted member 174758]

It's all just a deterrent.
Locks. Paddocks ect can be picked or broken quickly but you do what you can.
Do the scum bags carry the correct screwdriver bits? Probably not. Looking for easier targets I'd hope

A lot of the newer bus shelters in this neck of the woods seem to have security screws, but the idiots who vandalise them seem to have the right tools, judging from the number of times they manage to remove panels, window beads, etc which are fixed in place with security Torx screws. I have also seen the little pins broken off a few times, too

 

[Why Not Indeed]

Hex drive bolt and hammer an appropriate-sized ball bearing into it once driven. Not that I think people will be stealing coal [energy prices haven't gone up that far, yet]. Coach bolts are probably better, tbh.

 

[JohnD]

@Dylan123

are these screws for a padlock hasp? Or a padbolt? Or hinges? Or what?

still don't know what the problem is you want to solve.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

We missed the old steel fabricator's favourite - a spot of weld in the top of the screw

 

[Tigercubrider]

We used to have security screws that were “inwards” only.
Conventional slot head but cut in such a way that a driver cammed out when turned the other way.

Araldite or coach bolts really.

 

[Tigercubrider]

https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk...1QixmIpNP25e9bD68LMGCdM_cO11dU-QaAnBUEALw_wcB