On Aug 18, 7:40*am, wrote:
On Aug 18, 7:19*am, Ron wrote:



On Aug 15, 8:34*am, wrote:

On Aug 15, 12:05*am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

"Evan" wrote

Are you the landlord or the tenant in this 900 s.f. house ?

If you are the tenant you will need to discuss this addition with your
landlord and obtain permission as the installer/dealer is going to
need consent from the property owner to install the control box and
phone dialer for central monitoring...

This type of system has no dealer or installer. *It is plugged into the
phone nad there is an AC adapter for power. *I don't see where the homeowner
needs to give consent for anything.

If you are the landlord don't be cheap about this... *If you are
looking
to invest in your rental home and add an amenity then go through a
local alarm company dealer which will be around to service your
system in the future if something ever goes wrong with it...

Our alarm company charges $90 an hour for service. *This entire system sell
for $93. *Sure, it may not be quite as effective as a monitored system, but
a blasting siren solves most break-in problems.

I installed a wireless one back in the 80s made by Schlage in my
condo. * *Overall, it worked OK and served it's purpose. *Except one
time it did malfunction while I was away on a business trip, set off
the siren, and failed to reset. * After neighbors called me, I had to
get my cleaning lady to go over and cut the wires to the siren to stop
it.

If it's a property you are renting, you may need to get permission
from the landlord to install it. *For example, how are you going to
mount window and door sensors? *You need to either screw them on or
glue them on. *

Not true. I had a wireless system and the sensors were installed with
double sided tape.

Even window sensors installed with double sided tape are likely to
damage the paint. *At least if the the adhesive is strong enough to be
reliable and they are left there for a couple years or more. * I found
both of those conditions to be true with the Schlage sensors I used.
I then had to use contact cement to keep them in place. * And if one
falls off, it will trip the alarm.

The home had aluminum windows and the sensors never fell off after the
3 yrs that I used the system.