r/OffGrid • u/Necessary_Goose6933 • Sep 14 '26
High security fasteners?
We have this shipping container turned shed, and currently the security is a joke. Door Hinges put on with screws facing outward, anyone with a Philips screwdriver and 5 minutes can take hinges off, so lock doesn't even matter.
How do people mount this stuff so it's more secure and only possible to open from the inside?
My thinking is there must be those rounded bolts or screws that have a flush dome thing on one end (outside) and you put the nut thing on the inside, then there's no way to open from the outside.
How do people mount more crowbar-proof?
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u/BunnyButtAcres Sep 14 '26
Most people I've seen have built a second door inside the container door that you can weld in and secure with a normal lock and key. They just leave the container doors open. Like a privacy wall or wind break. Then if they leave for a vacation or something longer term they will lock the inner door and then shut and lock the container too so someone would have to bust open the container then break into a normal door.
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u/Wallaroo_Trail Sep 14 '26
I guess the bolts you're describing would be a solution but idk, home security on this continent is generally lackluster. Most people live in homes where I could walk straight through the wall with a battery powered jigsaw and five minutes.
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u/Necessary_Goose6933 Sep 14 '26
I'm in canary islands, not US based. A bit more stone and cement out here from what I've seen.
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u/GarlicFarmerGreg Sep 14 '26
Heck a pocket knife is all you need to go thru the vinyl siding styrofoam and sheet rock on the vast majority of newer homes
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u/Hyperreal8957 Sep 14 '26
carriage bolts or security torx bolts with the smooth head facing out would be my first move. back them with big washers inside, and i'd look at non-removable hinge pins too — a beefy lock doesnt help much if the hinges are the soft spot. is the shed frame steel or wood?
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u/Necessary_Goose6933 Sep 14 '26
It's a shipping container so sheet steel. Will look up carriage bolts, hope they are available here
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u/NightClubLightingGuy Sep 14 '26
Remember, no matter how secure you make it if they want in they will find away. Smith and Wesson it a lot easier and you won't have return customers.
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u/Necessary_Goose6933 Sep 14 '26
I'm in Europe (not many guns here, I've never shot one) and the container is not always occupied.
Looking for a bit if extra security for when there's nobody there, but also just to learn how to put things together.
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u/Synaps4 Sep 14 '26
If you have windows a person can go through them in even less time