Burglar Alarm Budget

Peter1988

Hello,

I was wondering whether someone could give me an estimate on how much to budget for a burglar alarm, advice or any experiences which could be useful

The property is a 30 year old, 3 bedroom house.

We dont require an all singing, all dancing burglar alarm, just something which will deter people from breaking in and that can be set when we leave the house etc.

We dont want to be tied down to any sort of contract or police call outs etc, just install and that's it.

Thanks

societys_child

Start with google . . . amazon/ ebay etc
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=diy+burglar+alarm+system&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-beta

macman

First basic decision-do you want a wired or a wireless system?
For the latter, a Wickes kit will do the job perfectly well, around £300 dependng on the no. of extra door sensors and PIR's required over and above the basic kit.
A wireless kit is easy to DIY, a wired one less so, and much more disruptive.

cyclonebri1

Average system £250 diy, say £350 fitted but there are some dodgy outfits out there that work at that sort of figure.

Tip,
Many installers fit domestic installations on a 4 wire system, ie, they assume there is no need for tamper proofing your system as only friendly people are invited into your home.
Total bollax, you will have bought kit that has tamper proofing capability build in, they avoid it to save about £5 in wiring costs over using 6 strand in the install.

Take head.

Rotor

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Average system £250 diy, say £350 fitted but there are some dodgy outfits out there that work at that sort of figure.

Tip,
Many installers fit domestic installations on a 4 wire system, ie, they assume there is no need for tamper proofing your system as only friendly people are invited into your home.
Total bollax, you will have bought kit that has tamper proofing capability build in, they avoid it to save about £5 in wiring costs over using 6 strand in the install.

Take head.

I shall take heed of your advice to "take head".
Sadly the wife is less keen!

DevCoder

Most wireless kits are not recognised by home insurers so are just a deterrent.

If you want your insurance company to take note then you need to ask them what grade alarm system needs to be fitted.