On 19/03/2014 16:00, John Williamson wrote:
On 19/03/2014 15:53, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:42:26 +0000, John Williamson wrote:

On 19/03/2014 15:04, P Bentley wrote:
Some Lowlife has stolen all the metal taps from our Allotment. Are
there any plastic taps to replace tham that anyone would recommend?

Presumably metal taps are still the most durable, but is there any way
to simply make them difficult to steal ? There are some metal covers
we can buy, but they are expensive and need locking up with a padlock
every time;
which is a chore.


You could try fastening them to the support with one way screws, which
do up as normal, but are a right pig to undo

Or weld the screws to the body after tightening.

That'd do the job. Use nuts and bolts and a steel backing plate, though,
not screws.

Doesn't it tend to be a backing plate that screws to the wall and then
the tap just screws into that with a bit of PTFE tape? If so then easy
to remove the tape even if the backing plate is heavily welded.