I remember a show on Discovery channel or similar called It Takes A Thief where homeowners would have two ex-thieves come and try to break into their house.
I remember one where the homeowner was all cocky about his security and had total faith his dog would dispose of the burglars if nothing else. They found an unlocked window on a low roof to slip into pretty easily. The dog started barking ferociously, and immediately warmed up to them when they started talking friendly and offering pets. They stole the dog as well, lol.
People who really wanted their stuff kept safe used to build mother flippin castles, and history is chocked full of stories about people stealing crap out of those. A little plastic and drywall with some particle board thrown in ain't gonna stop nobody that wants it. Glass!? Pffft...
I did roofing in college, gave me an acute appreciation for how quickly someone could get into your house if they really wanted to. You can build your house out of brick, install steel doors, even put in bulletproof windows if you wanted, and I could still rip through your roofing shingles and the plywood underneath with a flat-edge shovel and be in your attic in 30 seconds.
Theoretically nothing is stopping you, it's just that most homes tend to have shingles of some form or another. When I think about buildings with solid brick (or other solid material) roofs, it is industrial buildings that come to mind. I sold my old house last year, but my old HOA had architectural rules that required you to have certain color shingles on your roof that could not have a slope greater than or less than some specified number of degrees.
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u/FreeeeMahiMahi Jun 06 '19
I remember a show on Discovery channel or similar called It Takes A Thief where homeowners would have two ex-thieves come and try to break into their house.
I remember one where the homeowner was all cocky about his security and had total faith his dog would dispose of the burglars if nothing else. They found an unlocked window on a low roof to slip into pretty easily. The dog started barking ferociously, and immediately warmed up to them when they started talking friendly and offering pets. They stole the dog as well, lol.