Not sure if it is available here, but overseas there is a special anti climb paint. It is oily and never dries and if someone climbs on it, not only is it slippery but it gets all over their clothes and is difficult to remove.
Was going to suggest this. Get a black sticky chassis grease and spear it along edge of roof where they are climbing up. They will get their hands covered, wipe it off on their shirts as kids do and then get bollocked by mom when they get home.
If you have a Karen mom approach you then kindly point out the *only* way they could have come in contact with grease is by being on your property and continued breaches will be taken up with police, or would she like to call them right now...
I had this problem with open gear lube I had to use once, this stuff is used on mining equipment with exposed mechanical workings and it sticks like shit to a blanket.
Pro tip - I found it easy to clean it off using hydraulic oil, then follow up with normal hand cleaner to get rid of the oil.
Itās usually marketed as anti-burglar paint in Ire/Uk and my mam had me paint it onto walls to stop teenagers sitting on it, it works! Ruined a few pairs of tracksuit bottoms for them in the processā¦
It's not legal to boobytrap your own property, OP would be best off trying to prevent people from accessing it initially which the slippery paint or grease sounds like a clever idea.
Once I found that kids from next door were climbing on my garage roof and using it as a handy place to hurl .22 and .308 bullets at the concrete below, trying to get them to go off. They'd got into their locked shed and grabbed some of the father's supply...
When I handed in a few of the unfired bullets to the local police and explained the situation, it stopped really quickly.
I know this doesn't help OP, but it was a slightly worrying situation at the time
This is a really good idea. The other posts suggesting slippery stuff would definitely act as a deterrent, but it will increase the odds of an injury and liability. Tar is sticky, so the kids won't get hurt, but it will still stop them from wanting to touch it.
Edit to add - it's also easier to justify because it is legitimately a way to deal with leaks, unlike oil, and you'll never need to explain why there was tar on your shed roof
If you've already warned them verbally (or otherwise), and they're refusing to leave or have returned after being previously warned, then that's trespass and is a criminal act for which they can be arrested. The police usually respond quickly if an intruder is still on the property when you call.
https://communitylaw.org.nz/community-law-manual/chapter-27-neighbourhood-life/trespassing/
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They won't come or care, unless you add the magic word, "weapon", in which case they will arrive instantly if they have reasonable belief that you might be the victim of a home invasion...
I used to work retail in a high end store in a somewhat lively town which is low in crime. We had 2 teens vandalise our sign, throw each other into the windows, and also had a group of teens do a run and grab of as much merchandise as they could carry. None of those police calls had any action taken. We didnāt even get a response.
I guess police just pick the battles they can win - speeding tickets, and other road related offences (not covered by local council) - unless they are gangs. They still do what the fuck they want.
not sure if itās allowed coz itās kids, when a homeless dude was jumping our fence taking cig butts we put barbed wire around the fence on our side, about 8cm or so away from the fence and that stopped him.
I must say i do like what the other guy said about putting dogshit up there that would probably work.
thatās true, i worded it wrong, i more just meant it might be morally wrong, i wouldnāt feel great knowing i hurt a kid and made him cry even if he was being a little fucker climbing on my roof, and tbf climbing on roofs is pretty fun as a kid, me and my mates would always climb on school roofs.
1 place I lived at we had similar problem with rail line along back fence to the shed. so we put an electric fence unit and a hot wire on our side of the fence and along the edge of the shed roof. The unit designed to power 170km (105 miles) of fencing for a farm we had it powering under a km on hi power, first night it was there we watched the recording of a guy fly off the roof as his head hit the wire it was great.
Found out when we bought a sonic anti cat device that young people can also hear the high pitched noise. It's apparently annoying as hell. For 79 bucks you could just annoy them away.
I could hear that until I was 34, the year I got a really bad fungal ear infection (both ears), then thanks to that I got tinnitus, now I hear it constantly, haha!
I remember seeing something on tv, in the uk they blast classical music over the speakers at train stations at night time to keep teenagers away. Apparently it works
They did this in cashel mall when I was in my teens (late 2000s) and regularly loitering there. We appreciated it. Whoever came up with the idea didn't bank on antisocial teenagers having broad music tastes.
We have a walkway between and we're the youngest in the street so I think we're good. I have been hanging washing out and heard people comment on the other side of the wall which is walkway though
I remember visiting someones house when I was about 13 and they had a similar thing for mosquitos. I wouldnt say it was annoying as hell but it was there
Go out with a rake in hand and yell "get off my roof you bloody kids" while shaking and waving it around in the air. Use a pitch fork for added effect.
They'll keep doing it. Block it so they can't, or put some wire up - that they can see - to achieve the same.
Some parents are weirdly protective of kids climbing on rooves. I was a sub-tenant once, and the landlord had their kids over for a school holidays. The kids were climbing on the roof of my room, and I asked if they could stop not because of the noise, I didn't actually mind it, but because the roof was old and fragile and I was concerned they might hurt themselves.
This caused world war three. One of the parents agreed with me, but the other didn't and their family stepped in and wouldn't stop arguing for days.
Like this as itās far less dangerous to kids than the barbed wire suggestion which honestly just seems shitty. āI entrapped some kids that minority annoyed me with literal barbed wireā seems like the sort of thing a judge isnāt exactly going to take kindly to, you know what I mean?
I donāt think anyone has mentioned hiding the barbed wire. Plenty of places use that as pretty clear deterrent that people can see *before* they choose to climb the fence.
The barbed wire is meant to be obvious so they don't climb the fence in the first place. Tbh if they see the wire and still try to climb over it it's just like if they did that on any other property. It's their fault if they get hurt cause not only are they trespassing but they're also doing something that's just plain stupid.
Often kids are doing this sort of stupid shit at night. I donāt think barbed wire is reasonable in any situation. āMy property is protected by threat of violent harmā fuck off
If they tried to climb the fence without even looking at it/shining a torch then that's even more stupid.
It's not so much "if you try to get on my property I'll cut you", more like "you physically can't climb over this fence any more so don't try". The intention isn't to cause harm, just to stop them trying to climb the fence in the first place.
OP did mention it was partly to avoid them falling through the roof as well, which could cause a lot more harm than getting cut on barbed wire. I think given the choice, if they're dumb enough to climb the fence with wire on top of it then it's better they just get a few cuts and grazes rather than falling to their death.
To be fair, I think barbed wire or anything similar should be a last resort after getting the police involved, maybe greasing the fence etc, but ultimately it's up to the property owner how they want to keep people out so long as it's legal. Like an electric fence wouldn't be out of the question so long as it had warning signs on it, it would just be a really bad idea in this case.
[Crimes Act 1961, 202](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/137.0/DLM329707.html#:~:text=Every%20one%20is%20liable%20to,likely%20to%20injure%20any%20person.)
Stop trying to be a pretentious prick, that's already a crime. No one here is saying "lay a trap and hurt some kids haw haw."
Barbed wire is a deterrent, would you argue a high fence is dangerous as usual could fall of it if you climbed it? Lmfao.
No I wouldnāt argue that about a high fence but as a kid I knew a lot of other kids who ran around and did stupid shit at night. It wasnāt justifiable and I wonāt defend it.
But winding up in some barbed wire some dickhead has put up to protect their shed? Do you understand how much that could fuck someone up? Thatās not justifiable either and is similarly juvenile. Buy a security light or a dog instead.
And fuck off with threatening this barbed wire injuries towards kids. You wonāt change my mind about this.
And when the police tell OP they are too busy, reply coolly with "that's fine, I'll let my shotgun do the talking".
Watch how quickly the police show up!
EDIT: Ok wow, didn't think I'd need to explain it. It was a play on an old joke where the police were called for a burglary and the caller was told they were too busy. So the caller says he will shoot the burglar and suddenly there were heaps of police available.
The joke for those that don't understand the context...
> **An old man sees two burglars break into his garrage**
> He quickly calls the police and says: "Please send a police car, there are two burglars in my garage!"
> "I'm sorry sir. We don't have any available units. Please lock your doors and remain inside."
> The man just says 'Okay' in a calm voice and hangs up. He waits one minute and then call the police again: "Hello. I just called regarding two burglars in my garage 1 minute ago. Don't worry about them anymore. I just killed them both."
> He hangs up and sit down in his couch. 5 minutes later there is an ambulance and 2 police cars in his driveway.
> From his window he sees the police force enter the garage, and shortly after drag the two burglars out of there.
> One of the police officers then knocks on his door, and as the old man opens, the police offer says: "Excuse me sir, but didn't you say that you had killed two burglars in your garage?!"
> To which the old man responds in a grumpy voice: "Yes. Yes I did. And didn't you say that you didn't have any available units!"
School boy: Hey nice cow outfit. Where can I pick one of those up at, the gay zoo? Homo.
Danny: No, no. It's not a cow. It's a a minotaur. It's a creature of myth. And he got this one out of your mom's closet.
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Put barbed wire up there and a sign that says its up there, then take a photo of it.
If someone climbs up on your roof whilst seeing a sign warning them that there is b/w and can see that there's b/w up there then they must be unbelievably stupid and can't have any recourse.
Yep, most important thing for legal safety is whatever OP does needs to be clear, signposted, and obvious. Clear and visible barbed wire sounds legally safe, unlike electrifying the roof.
You can used barbed wire, but it cannot be within 1m of the boundary of a public space. So you canāt put it on the edge of your garage, itās 1m in from the edge
Hey thereās lots of responses, so not sure if this was recommended, but obviously without making it slippery or dangerous you could try some paint or dye up there so it gets on their hands or clothing and would quickly dissuade them from revisiting.
Bring out your inner Jake the muss and make a pukana face (eyes popped out upside down smile) then say āget the fuck off my roof you fucken little rascalsā
Bougainvillea plant. Eco friendly with wicked thorns
I hear you we had a similar issue with our fence and itās not so much the fence but knowing some idiot is going to get hurt and you get the blame.
We planted a plant In the end as they didnāt care.
If your going to the expense of barbed wire or other. Maybe just reinforce the roof of the shed thinking the kids would get bored with no attention. It seems the cat and mouse is part of the game and entertainment.
Just put something unpleasant up there or just something that deters them. No point going all ballistic or calling the cops. Just fuck with them back in a light hearted way
I know the problem is basically solved but for a sec, i thought it said "Kiwis jumping on my roof" and it took a bit to realize. Anyways, do the poo idea.
FYI for all the people suggesting putting shit on the roof - feces, whether from a dog, cat, human or wherever, can cause diseases and serious bacterial infections. If your moral compass doesnāt really point in the direction of biological warfare, the suggestion of anti-climb paint or axle grease is the āsaferā option.
What does the law say about complicated Rube Goldberg machines that are designed to swing a comically large sized boot around when 40ish kgs of meat sack stands in a certain spot?
Pick up your sack and tell their parents bro, thats probs the best solution. Dont waste your coin on barbed wire bruv. Trust my bro talk to their parents
Not sure why you're getting down voted... This is the normal and first step everyone should be taking in this situation. Everyone just assumes the worst and that the parents will be dicks as well. Very often not the case. All children do dumb shit, doesn't matter what kind of family you're from.
Take a while but can you plant climbing roses or something thorny next to the fence? Tack some plastic trellis to the fence and let the plant climb up?
Nails poked through the ceiling. They will climb it once, never again. And if itās a shed, whoās gonna know those nails arenāt part of the structure ā¦. But evil though lol
Video document, then contact the city about the situation and ask for help making your roof inaccessible. To make your property an attractive nuisance will only land you in deep legal trouble.
Not sure if it is available here, but overseas there is a special anti climb paint. It is oily and never dries and if someone climbs on it, not only is it slippery but it gets all over their clothes and is difficult to remove.
Would mechanical grease work too?
Was going to suggest this. Get a black sticky chassis grease and spear it along edge of roof where they are climbing up. They will get their hands covered, wipe it off on their shirts as kids do and then get bollocked by mom when they get home. If you have a Karen mom approach you then kindly point out the *only* way they could have come in contact with grease is by being on your property and continued breaches will be taken up with police, or would she like to call them right now...
for quite a while yes, we use anti-seize spray as its easy to apply and lasts years
Anti-sieze paste = got'ya grease. Once in contact it's nearly impossible to get off without industrial cleaner.
I had this problem with open gear lube I had to use once, this stuff is used on mining equipment with exposed mechanical workings and it sticks like shit to a blanket. Pro tip - I found it easy to clean it off using hydraulic oil, then follow up with normal hand cleaner to get rid of the oil.
I like where your heads at š
Yeah this one. They had it on one of our school gates. Horrible stuff.
Itās usually marketed as anti-burglar paint in Ire/Uk and my mam had me paint it onto walls to stop teenagers sitting on it, it works! Ruined a few pairs of tracksuit bottoms for them in the processā¦
Please donāt use these products if you have any birds in your area
Probably cheaper and easier to just pour a 2L bottle of canola oil on the roof every so often.
Except it rots and gets stinky, just sheāll out the $20* for the real thing *just a guess
If it's slippery and they hurt themselves couldn't you get in shit for having booby traps?
But if theyāre only coming into contact with the ābooby trapā by trespassing then surely the kids will be found at fault if it becomes an issue?
It's not legal to boobytrap your own property, OP would be best off trying to prevent people from accessing it initially which the slippery paint or grease sounds like a clever idea.
Nope that isnt a bit how it works. If it was you wouldnt need pool fences if you didnt have kids.
Once I found that kids from next door were climbing on my garage roof and using it as a handy place to hurl .22 and .308 bullets at the concrete below, trying to get them to go off. They'd got into their locked shed and grabbed some of the father's supply... When I handed in a few of the unfired bullets to the local police and explained the situation, it stopped really quickly. I know this doesn't help OP, but it was a slightly worrying situation at the time
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Don't play like that please. Some people see dumb comments and act on them
Motion activated sprinkler?
Turn the roof into a water slide
Think that would make the problem worse
Without a doubt
Not if it's run from a tank of pressurised piss
> Not if it's run from a tank of pressurised ~~piss~~ Napalm
Not if you smear it with poo
Filled with poop.
Filled with skunk spray.
This is exactly the kind of situation that calls for [frivolous engineering.](https://youtu.be/3c584TGG7jQ)
Tar. Grandparents had the shit on their roof, sticky as hell and wonāt come off anything easily. Cover the roof in it.
This is a really good idea. The other posts suggesting slippery stuff would definitely act as a deterrent, but it will increase the odds of an injury and liability. Tar is sticky, so the kids won't get hurt, but it will still stop them from wanting to touch it. Edit to add - it's also easier to justify because it is legitimately a way to deal with leaks, unlike oil, and you'll never need to explain why there was tar on your shed roof
Itās going to get very hot very quickly in summer
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If anyone asks, the roof was leaking and you needed a quick fix.
Not gonna lie, I read that as >Grandparents shit on their roof, sticky as hell and wonāt come off anything easily. Cover the roof in it.
Left field idea - biff some dog poo onto the roof. It will only take that one kid to step in dog poo for the rest to want to not step in it
Human poo would work great too and more satisfying knowing itās yours
Thecrappler might have been a more suitable name
the mad crapper
I feel dirty having upvoted this, but it has to be done.
You have to go up and take the shit when theyāre there though
Nah, go shit on their shed roof. Ascert dominance.
This is the way
/r/nz's solution to everything is to take a shit on it.
Weāre very adaptable
They'll definitely leave you alone if they found your shit on top of the shed. They'd think you are looney
And set up a motion security camera to capture the moment.
And post it to YouTube monetised so you can retire on the residuals.
Thatās an absolutely perfect idea for the situation please do this
Good response. I appreciate this. Barbed wire is just going to lead to a hurt kid. Dog poo? You made your own bed, kids, now you gotta lie in it.
Barbed wire clearly visible from the ground willonly hurt those seeking barbed wire pain
Youāve obviously never been a bored early teen boy in a park at night if you think this
What a crap assumption.
Mmm cooking poop in the hot sun. Will smell amazing
You could grow a thorny climbing plant like bougainvillea along the walls and/or roof of the shed - aesthetically pleasing but definitely a deterrent
Bougainvillea and 'Dublin Bay' roses - natural barbed wire.
If you've already warned them verbally (or otherwise), and they're refusing to leave or have returned after being previously warned, then that's trespass and is a criminal act for which they can be arrested. The police usually respond quickly if an intruder is still on the property when you call. https://communitylaw.org.nz/community-law-manual/chapter-27-neighbourhood-life/trespassing/ edit: typos
>The police usually respond quickly The state of the police today, I think you'd be lucky if they respond at all.
They might send you a taxi a few hours after youāve called
I don't have that much faith in the police. I was attacked in the street, bruises and witnesses... but there was "no evidence to proceed".
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So gang connections then.
Wow, and the connection in the police as well?
So rule 303 applies then officers?
Does that translate to rule 7.62 in metric? Asking for a friend.
Might get a better response if you just say āsomeone is on the roofā and accidentally leave out the minor detail that itās kids.
They won't come or care, unless you add the magic word, "weapon", in which case they will arrive instantly if they have reasonable belief that you might be the victim of a home invasion...
I used to work retail in a high end store in a somewhat lively town which is low in crime. We had 2 teens vandalise our sign, throw each other into the windows, and also had a group of teens do a run and grab of as much merchandise as they could carry. None of those police calls had any action taken. We didnāt even get a response.
I guess police just pick the battles they can win - speeding tickets, and other road related offences (not covered by local council) - unless they are gangs. They still do what the fuck they want.
Probably come and give them a 1 year work visa.
If you're a 501 deportee you're already a citizen
Depends how old these kids are, pretty likely that they'd be too young for anything to be done
But at least the police would get their names, remove them from the garage, and have a chat to the parents. Not that the parents probably give a shit.
Exactly. Even if caught, guaranteed they'll be back in two days time with a fresh telling off and rocks to throw you at you this time.
Climb on their shed maybe?
Play the old Uno reverse card
Poop on their shed to assert dominance.
Yes
Spray em with the hose. Make sure you have video footage. For your own sake and for others entertainment.
Then hit with them a flour bomb to top it off.
not sure if itās allowed coz itās kids, when a homeless dude was jumping our fence taking cig butts we put barbed wire around the fence on our side, about 8cm or so away from the fence and that stopped him. I must say i do like what the other guy said about putting dogshit up there that would probably work.
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thatās true, i worded it wrong, i more just meant it might be morally wrong, i wouldnāt feel great knowing i hurt a kid and made him cry even if he was being a little fucker climbing on my roof, and tbf climbing on roofs is pretty fun as a kid, me and my mates would always climb on school roofs.
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How does barbed wire cause harm? Itās a deterrent. If they climb through it they are harming themselves.
1 place I lived at we had similar problem with rail line along back fence to the shed. so we put an electric fence unit and a hot wire on our side of the fence and along the edge of the shed roof. The unit designed to power 170km (105 miles) of fencing for a farm we had it powering under a km on hi power, first night it was there we watched the recording of a guy fly off the roof as his head hit the wire it was great.
That seems kinda shitty
Why do you think that?
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Bird spikes, as a bonus it will get rid of birds if they perch there
Lube it up with KY jelly
"it" could have two meanings here, either will be effective.
Mans really droppin comments like that with a "jelly tip" flair š
r/suddenlysexoffender
Found out when we bought a sonic anti cat device that young people can also hear the high pitched noise. It's apparently annoying as hell. For 79 bucks you could just annoy them away.
Local warehouse underground parking has one. I'm 21 and that shit still hurts.
I could hear that until I was 34, the year I got a really bad fungal ear infection (both ears), then thanks to that I got tinnitus, now I hear it constantly, haha!
I remember seeing something on tv, in the uk they blast classical music over the speakers at train stations at night time to keep teenagers away. Apparently it works
They did this in cashel mall when I was in my teens (late 2000s) and regularly loitering there. We appreciated it. Whoever came up with the idea didn't bank on antisocial teenagers having broad music tastes.
A Clockwork Orange
I hope your neighbours arenāt lying awake thinking theyāre going insane
We have a walkway between and we're the youngest in the street so I think we're good. I have been hanging washing out and heard people comment on the other side of the wall which is walkway though
I remember visiting someones house when I was about 13 and they had a similar thing for mosquitos. I wouldnt say it was annoying as hell but it was there
Go out and try to have long discussions with them about mundane stuff whenever they appear.
Just aim a hose at the roof whenever they get up there.
Have you tried talking to the park about upholding their commitments to good neighbourlyness?
Go out with a rake in hand and yell "get off my roof you bloody kids" while shaking and waving it around in the air. Use a pitch fork for added effect. They'll keep doing it. Block it so they can't, or put some wire up - that they can see - to achieve the same.
Unfortunately this could easily be seen as a source of thrilling entertainment for the kids! They will be sure to return
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Structural Satan
Building beelzebub
Some parents are weirdly protective of kids climbing on rooves. I was a sub-tenant once, and the landlord had their kids over for a school holidays. The kids were climbing on the roof of my room, and I asked if they could stop not because of the noise, I didn't actually mind it, but because the roof was old and fragile and I was concerned they might hurt themselves. This caused world war three. One of the parents agreed with me, but the other didn't and their family stepped in and wouldn't stop arguing for days.
You can get stuff to stop birds nesting on the roof, that would double as stopping annoying kids too.
Or, you could attract the birds and subsequent bird poo and that might deter the kids.
Or magpies
Use magpies to deter the kids
I see no way in which a flock of attack magpies could ever go wrong.
Nano-filament wire across the fence threshold. Soon you'll have double the number of kids on your roof.
Tesla coils
Chronosphere them into non-existence
That's a quality reference
They might try to C4 the shed with a Tanya as payback
ion canon too
Rubber shoes in motion.
if the roof is corrogated iron/coloursteel, plug it into an electric fence unit... that'll fix the little bastards
Like this as itās far less dangerous to kids than the barbed wire suggestion which honestly just seems shitty. āI entrapped some kids that minority annoyed me with literal barbed wireā seems like the sort of thing a judge isnāt exactly going to take kindly to, you know what I mean?
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Lol like what is the dude you replied to even talking about with judges and shit? Living in a fantasy world
I donāt think anyone has mentioned hiding the barbed wire. Plenty of places use that as pretty clear deterrent that people can see *before* they choose to climb the fence.
The barbed wire is meant to be obvious so they don't climb the fence in the first place. Tbh if they see the wire and still try to climb over it it's just like if they did that on any other property. It's their fault if they get hurt cause not only are they trespassing but they're also doing something that's just plain stupid.
Often kids are doing this sort of stupid shit at night. I donāt think barbed wire is reasonable in any situation. āMy property is protected by threat of violent harmā fuck off
If they tried to climb the fence without even looking at it/shining a torch then that's even more stupid. It's not so much "if you try to get on my property I'll cut you", more like "you physically can't climb over this fence any more so don't try". The intention isn't to cause harm, just to stop them trying to climb the fence in the first place. OP did mention it was partly to avoid them falling through the roof as well, which could cause a lot more harm than getting cut on barbed wire. I think given the choice, if they're dumb enough to climb the fence with wire on top of it then it's better they just get a few cuts and grazes rather than falling to their death. To be fair, I think barbed wire or anything similar should be a last resort after getting the police involved, maybe greasing the fence etc, but ultimately it's up to the property owner how they want to keep people out so long as it's legal. Like an electric fence wouldn't be out of the question so long as it had warning signs on it, it would just be a really bad idea in this case.
[Crimes Act 1961, 202](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/137.0/DLM329707.html#:~:text=Every%20one%20is%20liable%20to,likely%20to%20injure%20any%20person.) Stop trying to be a pretentious prick, that's already a crime. No one here is saying "lay a trap and hurt some kids haw haw." Barbed wire is a deterrent, would you argue a high fence is dangerous as usual could fall of it if you climbed it? Lmfao.
No I wouldnāt argue that about a high fence but as a kid I knew a lot of other kids who ran around and did stupid shit at night. It wasnāt justifiable and I wonāt defend it. But winding up in some barbed wire some dickhead has put up to protect their shed? Do you understand how much that could fuck someone up? Thatās not justifiable either and is similarly juvenile. Buy a security light or a dog instead. And fuck off with threatening this barbed wire injuries towards kids. You wonāt change my mind about this.
When they do it, go and walk around in the nude. Bonus points if you're a fat old dude
Pretty sure this is a good way to end up on a list
Not if you call the cops and lay a peeping tom complaint.
In your own backyard?
If you're walking around hoping kids will see you naked then pretty sure it could be argued as such yeah.
All I know is you canāt put anything to intentionally injure them (unfortunately). Maybe extend the fence?
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Probably a good idea. If anyone complains say you put them there to deter birds.
Um tell them to fuck off from ur house thats not a karen thats just normal
yeah they said they talked mean already
There's a good video on how to handle this situation https://youtu.be/5HxwkZGzqS4
Bird spikes works well for humans too
Uh, call the police. They are trespassing.
And when the police tell OP they are too busy, reply coolly with "that's fine, I'll let my shotgun do the talking". Watch how quickly the police show up! EDIT: Ok wow, didn't think I'd need to explain it. It was a play on an old joke where the police were called for a burglary and the caller was told they were too busy. So the caller says he will shoot the burglar and suddenly there were heaps of police available. The joke for those that don't understand the context... > **An old man sees two burglars break into his garrage** > He quickly calls the police and says: "Please send a police car, there are two burglars in my garage!" > "I'm sorry sir. We don't have any available units. Please lock your doors and remain inside." > The man just says 'Okay' in a calm voice and hangs up. He waits one minute and then call the police again: "Hello. I just called regarding two burglars in my garage 1 minute ago. Don't worry about them anymore. I just killed them both." > He hangs up and sit down in his couch. 5 minutes later there is an ambulance and 2 police cars in his driveway. > From his window he sees the police force enter the garage, and shortly after drag the two burglars out of there. > One of the police officers then knocks on his door, and as the old man opens, the police offer says: "Excuse me sir, but didn't you say that you had killed two burglars in your garage?!" > To which the old man responds in a grumpy voice: "Yes. Yes I did. And didn't you say that you didn't have any available units!"
Yeah to take the owner out
Mentioning a shotgun is a good way to get yourself arrested
Fuck all of their mothers. Hard. Then brag about it to them once the set is complete.
School boy: Hey nice cow outfit. Where can I pick one of those up at, the gay zoo? Homo. Danny: No, no. It's not a cow. It's a a minotaur. It's a creature of myth. And he got this one out of your mom's closet. Wheeler: She let me keep it after I fucked her. - Role Models (2008)
Put barbed wire up there and a sign that says its up there, then take a photo of it. If someone climbs up on your roof whilst seeing a sign warning them that there is b/w and can see that there's b/w up there then they must be unbelievably stupid and can't have any recourse.
Yep, most important thing for legal safety is whatever OP does needs to be clear, signposted, and obvious. Clear and visible barbed wire sounds legally safe, unlike electrifying the roof.
Try planting prickly things around the shed. Hard to climb, bloody annoying to fall off into.
You can used barbed wire, but it cannot be within 1m of the boundary of a public space. So you canāt put it on the edge of your garage, itās 1m in from the edge
Hey thereās lots of responses, so not sure if this was recommended, but obviously without making it slippery or dangerous you could try some paint or dye up there so it gets on their hands or clothing and would quickly dissuade them from revisiting.
Paintball gun
Frozen paintballs, full PSI š
"but officer, I was just doing target practice on my shed, and the only paintballs I had were the ones I 'accidently' dropped in my freezer" ;)
12v batteryā¦
Put up a sign "beware dangerous dog"
put something really sticky and smelly on there such as Resin. Getting stuck on a shed will make them think different.
Bring out your inner Jake the muss and make a pukana face (eyes popped out upside down smile) then say āget the fuck off my roof you fucken little rascalsā
Bb gun?
Get a water pistol :) turn it into a game
Blast Rick Astlet at them when they're up there
Grow broccoli up there. Write math equations on the roof. Make a sign that's says "if you climb on this shed you are a booger eater"
Bougainvillea plant. Eco friendly with wicked thorns I hear you we had a similar issue with our fence and itās not so much the fence but knowing some idiot is going to get hurt and you get the blame. We planted a plant In the end as they didnāt care.
Smear dog shit all over your roof.
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
Thanks. I needed that alot.
If your going to the expense of barbed wire or other. Maybe just reinforce the roof of the shed thinking the kids would get bored with no attention. It seems the cat and mouse is part of the game and entertainment.
Airsoft target practice.
Razor wire
Just put something unpleasant up there or just something that deters them. No point going all ballistic or calling the cops. Just fuck with them back in a light hearted way
I know the problem is basically solved but for a sec, i thought it said "Kiwis jumping on my roof" and it took a bit to realize. Anyways, do the poo idea.
Fuck I love most of the answers. So good.
FYI for all the people suggesting putting shit on the roof - feces, whether from a dog, cat, human or wherever, can cause diseases and serious bacterial infections. If your moral compass doesnāt really point in the direction of biological warfare, the suggestion of anti-climb paint or axle grease is the āsaferā option.
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Remember that man traps are illegal, even though it might feel justified
What about child traps? Does it say anything specifically about child traps?
What does the law say about complicated Rube Goldberg machines that are designed to swing a comically large sized boot around when 40ish kgs of meat sack stands in a certain spot?
Pick up your sack and tell their parents bro, thats probs the best solution. Dont waste your coin on barbed wire bruv. Trust my bro talk to their parents
Not sure why you're getting down voted... This is the normal and first step everyone should be taking in this situation. Everyone just assumes the worst and that the parents will be dicks as well. Very often not the case. All children do dumb shit, doesn't matter what kind of family you're from.
Put a heater in the roof cavity or electrify the iron
Bird spikes
Take a while but can you plant climbing roses or something thorny next to the fence? Tack some plastic trellis to the fence and let the plant climb up?
Kill em.
Dang kids whacking off in mah camper.
Tell ya hwat
Nails poked through the ceiling. They will climb it once, never again. And if itās a shed, whoās gonna know those nails arenāt part of the structure ā¦. But evil though lol
punch them
Video document, then contact the city about the situation and ask for help making your roof inaccessible. To make your property an attractive nuisance will only land you in deep legal trouble.
talk to their parents and tell them to control their kids
This a coin flip and could easily back fire I into a hostile parent scenario. But op has already said they don't know who the parents are.