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Tips for keeping Home Heating Oil Safe .
- Screen your tank with fencing or hedges however there is equally an argument for keeping tanks in view to allow for surveillance.
- Cage your tank and secure with a crop proof padlock
- Plant defensive shrubs (thorny) around your oil tank, e.g. holly
- Fitting a sturdy padlock to the filler ca
- Restrict access to your driveway with a secured gate.
- Cover any external pipe work/fuel lines from the house to the tank
- Ensuring gates and fences are in good repair
- Install Motion Sensor or Dawn to Dusk security lighting
- Alarms that are set of by undue vibration can be purchased
- Install lockable caps with crop proof padlocks/fittings
- Consider installing CCTV with suitable lighting.Lighting, dusk to dawn lights activated by a photocell are good as they give light all night
- Regularly check your fuel levels so you can easily spot if the level quickly drops.
- Consider installing a sensor that is monitored from inside http://www.boileriuice.com/shop/item/2/Watchman+Oil+Level+Gauge+% <http://www.boileriuice.com/shop/item/2/Watchman+Oil+Level+Gauge+%>28self-install%29.html
- Check your oil is covered under your insurance
- If you are re-siting an oil tank, or building a new house, consider securing the tank in a locked structure.
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Hostile plants
Preventing unwanted visitors entering your property is what you want to achieve, but nobody wants their garden looking like a high security establishment surrounded by high walls and barbed wire, and it's not necessary.
Mother nature provides an environmentally and particularly effective alternative - the prickly plant
Positioned correctly and well tended, the prickly plant can provide very effective perimeter security. Suitable plants can be positioned to deter people climbing drainpipes or to protect vulnerable windows. Prickly plants act as a visible deterrent and as a physical barrier intended to complement and not replace traditional security measures such as locks, alarms and lighting.
Your garden centre should be able to advise you fully on suitable plants to use. Here is a selection of such plants:
| Name |
Variety |
Height |
| BERBERIS |
Buxifolia Nana |
18 ins |
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Calliantha |
3 ft |
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Candidula |
2 ft |
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Gagnepainii |
4-5 ft |
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Dictyophylla |
3-4ft |
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Thunbergii |
4 ft |
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Verrucuiosa |
3-5 ft |
| CHAENOMELES JAPONICA |
Nicoline |
3-5 ft |
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Navalii |
3-5 ft |
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Pink Lady |
3-5 ft |
| CRATAEGUS (HAWTHORN) |
Prunifolia |
6-15 FT |
ILEX |
Ferox (hedgehog holly) |
8-15 FT |
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Convexa |
3-4 ft |
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Golden Gem / Mariesii |
4 ft |
| MAHONIA |
Bealei |
4-5 ft |
| PYRACANTHA |
Orange Charmer |
3-15 ft |
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Sapphyr Glow, Orange & Red |
3-15 ft |
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Mohave Silver |
3-15 ft |
ROSA |
Rugosa Hedge |
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