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Neighbours alarm going off all week!

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  • 14-06-2012 8:50am
    #1
    MetHerInSolas
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭


    My neighbors alarm has been going off since last Wednesday (I presume they are holidays) and it is driving me and my neighbors mad!

    I or my fellow neighbors have no way of contact them, no one has a number for them.

    Any suggestions on how we can resolve this and from a "Noise pollution" point of view could we contact the guards or the county council.

    Thanks...


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    KoolKid
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 24,789 Mod ✭✭✭✭KoolKid


    The Guards will be reluctant to get involved.
    From an installers point of view , we could not disable an alarm without gaining access and having the owners permission. I have never been asked to silence an alarm by any local authority or the Guards.
    A polite note in the door for when they return may prevent future problems.


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    MetHerInSolas
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭MetHerInSolas


    I know I was clutching at straws with that mail.

    Note won't be polite I can tell you that!


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    MetHerInSolas
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭MetHerInSolas


    One thing about their alarm, if they installed it themselves as I presume they did and it stays on all the time is that legal?


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    KoolKid
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    It is illegal if they employ an unlicensed installer. It is not illegal to install it yourself.
    There are noise pollution issues, but don't hold your breath getting anywhere with that.
    I understand your frustrations, but a polite note will get a better reaction than an aggressive one.


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    Thunderbird2
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    Just don't sign your name at the end ! Make it out to be from a few neighbours . The embarrassement will cause them to fix it.


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    DublinDilbert
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    Thunderbird2 wrote: »
    Just don't sign your name at the end ! Make it out to be from a few neighbours . The embarrassement will cause them to fix it.

    Yea please don't sent an anonymous letter, I got a lovely one posted to me about my alarm going off for 4 days. It wasn't my alarm, it was the house 2 doors down, I had to listen to it the same as everyone else. They even said they'd reported me to the county council, I was so annoyed. Wish I knew who sent it. If you want to send a letter sign it as normal.

    I would speak to the other neighbours, if it's been going off for days and there's no sign of them coming back, it might be time to do something. I personally don't see any harm in helping thier system comply with the current legalisation, eg max 15 mins for the external bell. Most bells have a jumper for this inside them :-)


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    Aine21
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭Aine21


    That's one thing I don't miss about Dublin, is the house alarms. I remember them when I lived in Lucan, used to drive me nuts. There isn't anything really you can do about it, except have a word with the neighbours when they get back:D


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