Burglar alarms

[Yorkshireman]

We received a letter from the police alerting us to numerous burglaries on our estate,living in a ground floor flat we are easy pickings so i was looking at alarms.How much mess and disruption will a wired one cause and do the wireless ones work as well,i also saw this one below but as we can hear everything the flat above does it may go off constantly,what do you think?

www.soniseurope.com/

[Karma]

get a dog

[a1laserboy]

I would imagine the best thing is to have a monitored alarm system, just seeing the box on the outside should stop anyone thinking of breaking in. Wireless systems will be just as reliable as wired, but you'll have to change the batteries in the sensors periodically.

[Yorkshireman]

Dec 23, 2013 10:46:42 GMT Karma said:

get a dog

I don't think my cat would like that.

[denis9t9]

Dec 23, 2013 10:37:16 GMT Yorkshireman said:

We received a letter from the police alerting us to numerous burglaries on our estate,living in a ground floor flat we are easy pickings so i was looking at alarms.How much mess and disruption will a wired one cause and do the wireless ones work as well,i also saw this one below but as we can hear everything the flat above does it may go off constantly,what do you think?

www.soniseurope.com/

Go for the Yale Wireless System works very well, can be purchased all over the place.

[Super-Shiny]

Yep the Yale system is quite decent, used to sell them in my previous job: www.aldridgesecurity.co.uk/c-48-yale.aspx

www.ebuyer.com/491553-yale-easy-fit-wireless-alarm-system-ef-kit1?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=CIOxh7K_xrsCFTHLtAodikoAzw

[Karma]

Dec 23, 2013 11:46:44 GMT Yorkshireman said:

Dec 23, 2013 10:46:42 GMT Karma said:

get a dog

I don't think my cat would like that.

Get a hard cat, my dog's scared of my cat 

[Super-Shiny]

Dec 23, 2013 13:56:41 GMT Karma said:

Dec 23, 2013 11:46:44 GMT Yorkshireman said:

I don't think my cat would like that.

Get a hard cat, my dog's scared of my cat 

If your avatar is anything to go buy i can see why

[giles]

Don't know how it is round you, but round us the police don't come for ordinary alarms. Security camera?

[Super-Shiny]

Dec 23, 2013 13:58:21 GMT giles said:

Don't know how it is round you, but round us the police don't come for ordinary alarms. Security camera?

Quote from a police officer to me when i lived in London "We don't walk the streets that much as we have CCTV, when the crime is reported we go and have a look on our recordings on CCTV and pretty much we will know who the offender is just by the picture, we then go and arrest them but nine times out of ten they get let off and do it all over again"



I can still see him now like it was yesterday in my living room telling me this

[giles]

Really I guess you are mostly just hoping that when they see an alarm or security camera they'll go next door instead. I suspect that having a cheaper car than your neighbours helps more.

[andy01424]

majority like car alarms ignore them going off as faulty,easiest would be to mount some CCTV cams [infra red ]and display notices saying CCTV surveilannce,even if you have not got them hooked up,wire showing going into wall will do and high up,

[Super-Shiny]

I also used to deal with these when i worked in London, pretty reasonable prices and they maybe be able to source something for you: www.accesslocksmithsleeds.co.uk/

[Yorkshireman]

Dec 23, 2013 14:25:38 GMT andy01424 said:

majority like car alarms ignore them going off as faulty,easiest would be to mount some CCTV cams [infra red ]and display notices saying CCTV surveilannce,even if you have not got them hooked up,wire showing going into wall will do and high up,

Being on the ground floor there is not enough height between ours and the flat above to keep it out of tamper range,that is another dilemma with a bell box we have.

[andy01424]

Problem is alarms are no longer that much of a deterrent,if they want it they will risk it,sad but true,most burglaries are not planned unless they know exactly whats in there,its also what make me laugh with insurance ,they want this lock that lock yet brick through window is most or kick to the door,yet last year our double glazing window lock broke so could not open it,called the glazing company round what did they do, two thin metal bars,bent the plastic popped the window out