Re: Any Wired Burglar Alarm Recommendations?

[Alex]

I'd really appreciate some advice on this: I need to get a burglar alarm

> for my daughter's small mid-terrace house in the Nottingham area. > > I'd rather get it done sooner rather than later, but I have no idea how much > a standard system should cost fitted by a security company or which makes > are worth avoiding or buying. I'm happy to install it myself - with an > electrician friend - so I'm very flexible about how it gets done. > > I thought I'd give the wireless systems a miss, as I hear they can be prone > to false triggers from all the various RF signals floating about nowadays - > but if there are any wireless alarms that don't upset the neighbours, I'd > be very pleased to hear about them too.

Well under £500 for a wired system - more like £250, bearing in mind there's no need to alarm the upper floor at all unless there's a flat roof nearby. Just fo the perimeter and a couple of the downstairs rooms, that's sufficient. Make sure it's NACOSS.

[Steve]

I had an alarm fitted by an alarm co engineer as a Homer. Works for a major alarm/security company. He charged 300.

Fitted 2 keypads, 2 PIR's, 3 sets of door contacts and a window shock sensor in a 3 bed end of terrace.

Its not the parts you pay your money for though, its the time taken to fit it and do a decent job of hiding wires etc

Steve

[newsonline]

Thanks for that. I don't suppose he was in the Nottingham area was he Steve?

Steve

[newsonline]

Thanks for the sound advice Alex. I went for the Texecom Veritas system and the parts came to around £150 - our sparks has fitted it - but we have yet to commission it - not looking forward to that - the installation manual isn't the most helpful for non-alarm pros :)

Steve