Burglar Alarm System

Raffles_3

Yes, Anthony Valentine played me very well, I thought.
I've been doing a little thinking, and I would say that if your house is in, for example, Hamilton Terrace in London, then almost every house will have an alarm, and your house would appear like any other. But if you lived on a council estate, then a house with an alarm would stick out like a pirate at one of Her Majesty's garden parties.
Dogs are useful.

pldd4

on a side note,

Can anyone recommend an alarm system, we have just bought our new (to us) house and would eventually like to get an alarm system.

THe house is a mess at the moment so it might be a good idea to get a wired one?

Thanks for any help.

curlyfairy

I'll come and fit one if you want as that is my game!!!!!.It depends if you are after one that goes off outside only or if you want it to ring through to a monitoring station.If you find your local alarm stockist you could buy a simple alarm to fit yourself,or go through a company for police response if the alarm is triggered.If you decide to go down the company route,becarefull what you sign up for as in terms,call-out etc.
Good luck with it.

Curlyfairy.

guy999

pldd4
Best one I could find was this, plus if you sign up at £5 per month can get it to call your mobile or other phone if it goes off, however apparently can change no. so rings you but doesnt make sound.
Loads of stuff about it in thid forum , plus do google search.

http://www.shop.bt.com/icat/homemonitoring&source=ordernow_btcomhm?obsNoSee=Y&vStore=1358&obsPage=%2fhomemonitoring%2findex.jsp%3ftargetCategory%3dhm_what_does_it_cost&obsType=LINK&obsOID=51639


curlyfairy
Where are you based for fitting alarms, cheers

curlyfairy

Hello mate,i'm in essex.

Curlyfairy.

Malestrom

Raffles wrote:

Dogs are useful.

Even the best domestic dog can be easily subdued....unless you mean a properly trained guard dog?

Raffles_3

Depends what you use them for. I do know of a case where a pair of dogs in an empty house appear to have been tossed soem drugged meat. But dogs do bark at the slightest noise, and will wake up the owner. I agree that most domestic dogs can be subdued if the house is empty. What you say about the dogs also goes for the alarms. Alarms can be disabled or bypassed if you know how.

Malestrom

I'm not sure that neighbours would respond to a dog barking any more than they would to an alarm sounding though. I have an alarm but its for at night when we are asleep, rather than when we are at work during the day. In our instance a dog would be just as useful but you don't have to feed, water and walk an alarm

Raffles_3

True enough, but one of the three hundred odd new criminal laws our great and glorious government has introduced says that you still have to find a neighbour to look after the alarm when you are on holiday. The alarm doesn't keep waking you up with its cold wet nose in the early hours when it's got the sh1ts, but it doesn't show you any affection, and, when it dies on you, you don't shed any tears for it.

Gem+Dave+Kaci

If anyone's looking to buy a BT home monitor kit, you can buy it from here a lot cheaper.....

http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?catalog_name=Savastore&product_id=10281130&pid=44&rstrat=0