UV Pensīack in the 1980s, when property marking was first promoted by the police service, we gave away a lot of UV pens and asked you to mark your valuables with your postcode (as above). A bit crude I know, but I’m never going to sell the furniture or move and I don’t look at the undersides! Removing these marks is of course possible, but would require considerable time and effort. I used an indelible ink pen and chisel to mark the bottom of each item of furniture with very large numbers and letters. I’ve used the postcode to mark my outside garden furniture. If you sell it then you’ll have to encourage the new owner to put their security postcode on it and then I’m afraid it all starts to get a bit messy.
SIGNS THAT YOUR HOUSE IS MARKED CODE
If you’ve marked your property and you move address, you just put an ‘X’ at the end of the code and put the new one on it. Street address: Gable End Constable Close Street address: Flat 49 25 Constable Close Using the postcode followed by the house or flat number, or the first two letters of the name of the house (if there isn’t a number) gives you a unique ‘security’ code. Large buildings, such as an office block, often have their own unique postcode whilst smaller buildings, such as houses, will share a postcode with perhaps 20 others.
SIGNS THAT YOUR HOUSE IS MARKED HOW TO
Here’s how to work out your security code:Įach property in the UK has a postcode. Although I would encourage you to use a more advanced marking system, if you don’t want to spend money then at the very least you should use your security postcode. Using the postcodeĪlthough regarded as a ‘bit old hat’, writing, stamping or engraving the security postcode onto items of property may be useful as a basic deterrent in some circumstances.
There are lots of methods that can be used to mark your property, which are described below. The latter is achieved through the use of warning signs on the building and or labels on individual items of property. For property marking to have any chance of deterring the thief he’s got to be able to see the mark or know that it is marked in some way.
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