After having one of my bikes stolen from my shed, I've built up the wall where I think they got into my garden. Has anyone used Anti-Climb/Security paint to top their walls, and is it effective ? It sounds good, non drying paint which is very hard to remove.

It sounds good, non drying paint which is very hard to remove.

I've never used it but I can't imagine it would stop a determined bike thief.

as above – anyone who's determined will just throw a blanket over the painted bits but it will stop your casual opportunist so for not much money is probably worth doing.

I scaled a few walls coated in it in my youth to use the local youth club's skate ramp in the evening.

It does naff all, it's only purpose is for a short term aid in identifying if someone has been over said wall recently as they are still stained with it assuming they haven't washed or changed their clothes.

You'd be better off coating it with axle grease and stopping the buggers getting a grip.

or glue, then broken shards of glass, rusty nails and arsenic.

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and dogshit.

If you put anything like that up, you'll have to fit signs as well warning people. Otherwise little johnny thief will sue you.

Try erecting 600mm of trellis on top of the wall. Its generally unstable and people don't like climb over it.

If I had a garage and stored my bikes there, I'd also keep a very bad tempered, large dog in there in the evening…anyone do this?

No because they burgled my house instead as the dog was locked away in the garage

You cant put it anywhere below 6' high AFAIK

Try erecting 600mm of trellis on top of the wall. Its generally unstable and people don't like climb over it.

Spot on mate, home office best practise for burglary reduction.

Have a gold star 😀

Similar problem here…..

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/recommend-me-some-vicious-nasty-spikey-outdoor-plants

The planters are now bedded nicely on top of the wall. They just remain empty of plants at the moment.

They used anti-climb paint at my kids school on top of the perimeter stone walls but it seems to have soaked into the stone and dried up. It could do with more been applied.

How about a burmese tiger pit?

Plant pyracantha it has bloody huge spikes and is far better than glass etc.You can't get sued for having plants in the garden it really is nasty stuff.

I have gripper rod across the top all my fences (all shared, nobody minded) – initially done as I was sick to death of cats crapping in my garden when my kids were little – but its a basic deterrent.

or plant bamboo. Stuff grows crazy fast and is really dense once in. I'd recommend growing it in barrels though because once it's in, its REALLY hard to shift.