Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: www.mrgutters.co.uk on May 26, 2011, 10:25:58 pm
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hi guys
well this morning went out to fit my new vyair pump for the pole and opened my van to find the handle not springing back after release on closer inspection some numpty has used a hammer and screwwdriver and smahed the locks and the metal just below it.. pierced a hole straight through . thing is there is nothing to steal plus it was parked off road on my drive whi h is fenced and gated.
sometimes u cant belive how low people are thats 1 set of point ladder , 2 kona bikes , a sat nav , all in the last two years. crazy
keep your stuff locked and safe guys ..lesson learned
shawn
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Where abouts do you live, Shawn?
Is it Liverpool or North Wales?
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surrey mate.
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Me too shawn. I've had van broken into last year too. Never got in tho. Just buggered up the lock n door. Left me with 600 quid bill. Barstewards.
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Sorry, Shawn,
That must be really annoying, mate. Is your van signwritten? I mean it's strange someone wanting to steal a window cleaners tools; generally I would think that the general 'thieving' types wouldn't think a window cleaners van is worth breaking into, since I reckon the general perception is that our tools don't cost that much money; and it's such a niche market to trying to sell it on too.
How're you going to sort it out? Insurance? Or are you going to sort it out yourself?
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i will get my father in law to weld some plates of the rear locks i reckon it was someone thats into thieving as the punctured the plastic on the handle below the keyhole. and then two holes in the metal below that. and pushed the lock mechanism.
thing i have pole pump batter y tank and real no valuables...but its gutting as ive had the van moths and it was mint conditon 70k and had a full resprray before i bought due to being cat d insurance for paint damage
but ive had so many things nicked tbh ,...not all from the same address mind.
shhawn
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its getting worse down here too
caught someone trying the door handles on my van and they tried to nick my number plates also had three houses broken into within a street of where i live whilst people were asleep
need to be more like the usa and have the right to shoot the thieving scum