{"id":20573,"date":"2008-09-18T06:16:43","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T04:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/?p=20573"},"modified":"2023-10-05T06:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T04:11:35","slug":"bad-surprise-cable-thieves-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/2008\/09\/bad-surprise-cable-thieves-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad surprise &#8211; cable thieves strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The actual construction in the house began around October 2008. The plans were in place and the first walls had been removed or torn out. Little by little we had brought tools and materials into the house and stored them there.<\/p><div id=\"comma-4039274670\" class=\"comma-inhalt comma-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3563316148321376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3563316148321376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6867259082\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Our house was secured by a solid wooden entrance door but was now completely accessible inside. And so it happened, as it unfortunately has to happen far too often in our area. We experienced our first break-in.<\/p>\n<p>What happened? One Monday afternoon I drove back to the construction site straight after work, parked at the house and went to the door. Somehow I noticed that the lock on the front door looked a little different. But since everything was locked, I didn&#8217;t worry and went back to the car to get the things out of the trunk. But then I immediately noticed that the ground was covered with broken glass and one of the basement windows was broken. So I quickly ran into the basement and found the remains of the broken window and countless shards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5238.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-462 size-thumbnail\" title=\"dscn5238\" src=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/\/dscn5238-253x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5238-253x253.jpg 253w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5238-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5238-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5235.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-468 size-thumbnail\" title=\"dscn5235\" src=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/\/dscn5235-253x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5235-253x253.jpg 253w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5235-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5235-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5241.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-469 size-thumbnail\" title=\"dscn5241\" src=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/\/dscn5241-253x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5241-253x253.jpg 253w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5241-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5241-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I then walked the entire house in the direction of our materials storage in the hope that everything would be there unchanged. But no, it would have been too nice in this situation. But all the cable rolls were gone. The Friday before I had brought four 100m frets into the house and they were now gone. Our cordless screwdriver was also missing.<\/p>\n<p>What was to be done now? Of course, call the police immediately and report the break-in. A little later the CSI P\u00f6\u00dfneck team was on site. Somehow the two reminded me of Totto and Harri from the TV documentary. We explored the house together again and noticed that, in addition to the cables and screws, two full crates of beer were missing. Now the fun finally stopped. And the two cops were in top form. They looked for finger and shoe prints throughout the house. The latter could not be overlooked due to the dusty floor, so photos and prints were taken here.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-20573 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/2008\/09\/bad-surprise-cable-thieves-strike\/dscn5251-3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5251-253x253.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ein feuchter, schimmeliger Kellerraum mit abbl\u00e4tternder Farbe, freiliegenden Ziegelsteinen, einem kleinen Fenster, das mit Klebeband abgedeckt ist, und auf dem Boden verstreuten Tr\u00fcmmern. Ein leerer Bilderrahmen lehnt an der Wand. www.commaik.de\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5251-253x253.jpg 253w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5251-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5251-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/2008\/09\/bad-surprise-cable-thieves-strike\/dscn5252-3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5252-253x253.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ein schmutziger Betonboden mit zerbrochenen Ziegeln und Schutt vor einer Wand mit freiliegenden Ziegeln. Die Oberfl\u00e4che erscheint fleckig und uneben. Die Website www.commaik.de ist in der rechten unteren Ecke sichtbar. www.commaik.de\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5252-253x253.jpg 253w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5252-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5252-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Offensichtlich hatten die T\u00e4ter das gesamte Haus durchsucht konnten aber neben den Kabeln und dem Bier nichts brauchbares f\u00fcr sich entdecken. Zugang und Abgang erfolgte jeweils \u00fcber das Kellerfenster. Irgendwie mu\u00df man die akrobatischen F\u00e4higkeiten der Diebe dennoch bewundern. Das Kellerfenster war knapp 40cm hoch und im Kellerraum in einer H\u00f6he von gut 1,80m eingebaut. Reinkommen ins Haus war so kein Problem, aber das wieder hinaus kommen stellte ich mir wesentlich schwerer vor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-20573 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/2008\/09\/bad-surprise-cable-thieves-strike\/dscn5247-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5247-253x253.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ein teilweise renovierter Raum mit freiliegenden Ziegel- und Gipsw\u00e4nden, sichtbaren Leitungen, einer nackten Gl\u00fchbirne, die von der Decke h\u00e4ngt, und \u00fcberall verstreutem Baumaterial. www.commaik.de\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5247-253x253.jpg 253w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5247-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5247-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/2008\/09\/bad-surprise-cable-thieves-strike\/dscn5242-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5242-253x253.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Eine Zimmerdecke und -wand mit freiliegendem Putz, Leitungen und Metalllatten. An einigen Stellen fehlt der Putz, so dass die darunter liegende Wandstruktur sichtbar wird. Der Gesamteindruck l\u00e4sst auf laufende Renovierungs- oder Bauarbeiten schlie\u00dfen. www.commaik.de\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5242-253x253.jpg 253w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5242-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5242-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/2008\/09\/bad-surprise-cable-thieves-strike\/dscn5246-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5246-253x253.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ein kleiner, abgenutzter Raum mit freiliegenden elektrischen Leitungen an wei\u00dfen W\u00e4nden, mehreren alten Stromz\u00e4hlern, einer besch\u00e4digten Schalttafel, die an der Wand lehnt, und einem Fenster mit durchsichtigen Vorh\u00e4ngen neben einer braunen Holzt\u00fcr. www.commaik.de\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5246-253x253.jpg 253w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5246-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5246-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/2008\/09\/bad-surprise-cable-thieves-strike\/dscn5248-3\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5248-253x253.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Eine Nahaufnahme eines elektrischen Sicherungskastens mit drei sichtbaren Sicherungen, die mit 35 A gekennzeichnet sind. Mehrere farbige Dr\u00e4hte - blau, braun, schwarz, gelb-gr\u00fcn - sind unter den Sicherungen angeschlossen. Der Kasten hat eine durchsichtige Kunststoffabdeckung. www.commaik.de\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5248-253x253.jpg 253w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5248-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commaik.de\/upload\/dscn5248-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the two cops had driven away again and we had arranged a subsequent appointment at the station, the real horror followed! The thieves had cut all the power lines in the house. Firstly, we no longer had any construction electricity available and secondly, cutting the cables caused an enormous short circuit. This must have been so powerful that it blew the main fuses on the house power connection box.<\/p>\n<p>Well, life had to go on. On the same day we closed the window hole with thick wooden panels and screwed them together. As a precaution, we also replaced another cellar window that was not protected by a grille from the outside with a solid wooden board. Since then, all tools and materials have been well locked in a separate room. Secretly, we were still glad that we suffered this slump so early in the construction phase. A few weeks later and the damage would have been considerably greater.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of damage, it shows again and again that good insurance can do more than just offer low prices. SV Sparkassenversicherung reimbursed us for all of the damage in an unbureaucratic manner. This is not the case with every insurer when it comes to construction site damage!<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after this incident, I installed contact bridges on all the windows and connected them to an alarm system. The rooms in the house itself were monitored by motion detectors which were also connected to the alarm system.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a strange feeling when someone breaks into your home. The fear of being robbed again came with me every time we went to the construction site. But to date nothing has happened. And if anyone should try it, I still have my alarm system installed in the house.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"comma-1055426287\" class=\"comma-nach-dem-inhalt comma-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3563316148321376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3563316148321376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6867259082\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actual construction in the house began around October 2008. The plans were in place and the first walls had been removed or torn out. Little by little we had brought tools and materials into the house and stored them there. Our house was secured by a solid wooden entrance door but was now completely accessible inside. And so it happened, as it unfortunately has to happen far too often in our area. We experienced our first break-in. What happened? One Monday afternoon I drove back to the construction site straight after work, parked at the house and went to the door. Somehow I noticed that the lock on the front door looked a little different. But since everything was locked, I didn&#8217;t worry and went back to the car to get the things out of the trunk. But then I immediately noticed that the ground was covered with broken glass and one of the basement windows was broken. So I quickly ran into the basement and found the remains of the broken window and countless shards. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I then walked the entire house in the direction of our materials storage in the hope that everything would be there unchanged. But no, it would have been too nice in this situation. But all the cable rolls were gone. The Friday before I had brought four 100m frets into the house and they were now gone. Our cordless screwdriver was also missing. What was to be done now? Of course, call the police immediately and report the break-in. A little later the CSI P\u00f6\u00dfneck team was on site. Somehow the two reminded me of Totto and Harri from the TV documentary. We explored the house together again and noticed that, in addition to the cables and screws, two full crates of beer were missing. Now the fun finally stopped. And the two cops were in top form. They looked for finger and shoe prints throughout the house. The latter could not be overlooked due to the dusty floor, so photos and prints were taken here. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Offensichtlich hatten die T\u00e4ter das gesamte Haus durchsucht konnten aber neben den Kabeln und dem Bier nichts brauchbares f\u00fcr sich entdecken. Zugang und Abgang erfolgte jeweils \u00fcber das Kellerfenster. Irgendwie mu\u00df man die akrobatischen F\u00e4higkeiten der Diebe dennoch bewundern. Das Kellerfenster war knapp 40cm hoch und im Kellerraum in einer H\u00f6he von gut 1,80m eingebaut. Reinkommen ins Haus war so kein Problem, aber das wieder hinaus kommen stellte ich mir wesentlich schwerer vor. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; After the two cops had driven away again and we had arranged a subsequent appointment at the station, the real horror followed! The thieves had cut all the power lines in the house. Firstly, we no longer had any construction electricity available and secondly, cutting the cables caused an enormous short circuit. This must have been so powerful that it blew the main fuses on the house power connection box. Well, life had to go on. On the same day we closed the window hole with thick wooden panels and screwed them together. As a precaution, we also replaced another cellar window that was not protected by a grille from the outside with a solid wooden board. Since then, all tools and materials have been well locked in a separate room. Secretly, we were still glad that we suffered this slump so early in the construction phase. A few weeks later and the damage would have been considerably greater. Speaking of damage, it shows again and again that good insurance can do more than just offer low prices. SV Sparkassenversicherung reimbursed us for all of the damage in an unbureaucratic manner. This is not the case with every insurer when it comes to construction site damage! Shortly after this incident, I installed contact bridges on all the windows and connected them to an alarm system. The rooms in the house itself were monitored by motion detectors which were also connected to the alarm system. It&#8217;s a strange feeling when someone breaks into your home. The fear of being robbed again came with me every time we went to the construction site. But to date nothing has happened. And if anyone should try it, I still have my alarm system installed in the house. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3532,3530,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories-from-the-construction","category-the-house","category-unkategorisiert"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commaik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}