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Northeast of England.How much would you expect to pay?


 
Posted : 28/09/2016 4:38 pm
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I would be fitting my own wireless one.

If you wanted to go cabled and have them routed properly then no idea, could be a big job depending on how old the house is and how good access is for the cables.


 
Posted : 28/09/2016 4:51 pm
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I would be fitting my own wireless one.

This, it ain't hard

you'll get a decent wireless alarm system with a couple of door sensor and PIRs for under £200


 
Posted : 28/09/2016 4:53 pm
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DIY or fitted for you?
Fitted by a NACOSS/SSAIB? Or a general sparky?
Level of cover - just a bell/siren goes off when someone comes in, or do you wnat it to text you or ring the Police?
Basic DIY stuff can be bought for less than £100.That's a central box, a keypad. a bell box and a few sensors.
Sparky to fit that, around £250-300.
NACOSS to fit that, £500+
Add more for more features.


 
Posted : 28/09/2016 4:53 pm
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Aldi have yale wireless jobby £75


 
Posted : 28/09/2016 7:27 pm
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Don't insurers only take into consideration the monitored alarms thsse days? Never quite see the point of burglar alarms, doesn't everyone just ignore them when they go off anyway?


 
Posted : 28/09/2016 8:14 pm
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But they are a deterrent - if you have an alarm but next door don't, which house would be first choice to be broken into?


 
Posted : 28/09/2016 10:18 pm
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Christ almighty,Appleyard Security has just quoted £950.00 for the job!


 
Posted : 28/09/2016 11:57 pm
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I'm in the industry and thats a piss take.


 
Posted : 29/09/2016 7:45 am
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I'd want deadly laser beams included for that


 
Posted : 29/09/2016 8:28 am
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String is cheap

And you probably have tin cans in the recycling


 
Posted : 29/09/2016 8:30 am
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Anti-poacher alarm 🙂

(Used these on our sheds after a spate of break-ins locally. My wife's uncle pretty much shat himself after tripping one when he decided to borrow my hedge-trimmers unannounced...)


 
Posted : 29/09/2016 8:45 am
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But they are a deterrent - if you have an alarm but next door don't, which house would be first choice to be broken into?

One of these then. [url= http://www.cts-direct.net/honeywell-intellisense-activeguard-dummy-decoy-bellbox-agdecoy-honeywell?language=en&currency=GBP&gclid=CMCB5d2OtM8CFU-6Gwod3HwMIQ ]Dummy Box[/url]. £8

or if you think the thieving scrotes are local £20 for a [url= http://www.superlecdirect.com/p-ag6wb-honeywell-white-alarm-bell-box-with-blue-lens?gclid=CMWAiMGOtM8CFRZuGwodUroOhw ]box with an alarm[/url] in it. Wire it to a switch and turn it on for 30 seconds a few times a year. You could make it more realistic by leaving it running for a few hours every time theres a slight blip in the mains supply to the street or wire it up to a timer so it goes off every other day while you're on holiday.


 
Posted : 29/09/2016 9:06 am
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mav12,saw that £75.00 offer,just need a man with a drill and ladder to hang the bloody box up a wall.I of course have neither!Or the skills to do the job properly come to think of it.


 
Posted : 29/09/2016 11:08 pm
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Posted : 30/09/2016 7:10 am
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Id just get a wireless.
I was burgled years ago whilst the wife and I were in bed. That wouldn't have happened with an alarm.
They emptied the downstairs (including my cockatiel in its cage) and took my car of the drive. Got the car back but nothing else.


 
Posted : 30/09/2016 8:43 am