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I have a double garage / man-cave attached to the side of my house. There are no doors into the house, but it has sliding doors (car width) and a single door (person sized) on the front, and a double door on the back.
I've spoken to quite a few people who have had stuff nicked from garages and sheds around here (cheltenham), and I'm thinking that I should put an alarm in my garage.
Obviously, the first security steps have been taken. There are 5 lever mortice locks on the front and back pedestrian doors, and padlocks and bolts on the car door. I've also frosted the glass in the windows to prevent people seeing the bikes inside.
Does anyone have any recommendations for an alarm?
We need to be able to disarm it regardless of which door we come in. If possible, I'd rather not have a key fob to disarm it, as that is one more thing to carry around on rides. Not too bothered about alarms which phone the police - I just want something that will make a lot of noise and scare them off.
Dave
The Yale wireless range of alarms are easy to fit, and seem to work well. You just need a plug socket in the garage to plug the main control unit in. You can add extras such as an additional remote keypad fairly easily.
It is still worth making sure the bike are locked to something solid too.
slightly different approach;
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not cheap but a google for 'gadget show' and the product name will show a video of it in use.
It is still worth making sure the bike are locked to something solid too.
Forgot to mention that I've done bike locking too. Bikes are mounted vertically on the wall with anchors bolted to the brick wall at chest height between each pair of bikes... bikes are secured to the anchors using a motley collection of d-locks and chains of various thicknesses (with the best chains on the most expensive bikes).
Dave
Has anyone got any of the Yale SAA8000 series alarms?
Seems like a good idea; buy a couple of these and link them together:
Door contact:
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PIR:
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Extra siren:
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and a key fob:
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I'm thinking of a 2 door contacts (one front, one back) and a PIR mounted up high out of reach... then maybe add an extra siren in the house if I can't hear it when I test it.
Overkill?
Dave
I had those don't use them now - were ok but I found it got through the batteries fairly quickly.
still got the bits - the same as you describe above - email me if you're interested in a bargin.
ygm 🙂