In article .com, "Mikepier" wrote:
There is a new house being built in my neighborhood that I am
interested in. Surprisingly the contractor told me there is no alarm
system being installed. He told me that I could hire someone who is
licensed to come in and install the wiring while the walls are open.
I don't know why a contractor would build such a nice house, and not
bother to install even a bare bones alarm system, but anyway, how much
does an alarm guy charge to wire up a 2 story colonial with the walls
open? I live in Long Island, NY.

That's a great opportunity. I imagine a few hundred bucks for
a job like that. In my experience, the alarm guys are really
good with cable. Have 'em pre-install anything else you might
need at the same time -- some speaker wires, CAT-5 which you
could use for Ethernet and/or 'phone?

You can never have too many pre-installed cables behind the
drywall ;-)


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