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House alarm in Portersfield

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  • 22-03-2014 3:06pm
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    SnowDancer
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭


    I live in Portersfield and there has been a house alarm going off pretty much constantly for days. I think it started on Thursday. It goes constantly for an hour - stops for 10 minutes and then goes again. This is all day and all night.

    Does anyone know what can be done in this situation? It's so loud. It's driving me mad. I haven't slept in days. I thought it was illegal to have one that goes off for more than 20 minutes. Is there any point in ringing the guards?


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    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    Maybe you can find the name of the owners and work on getting contact details. For the owners or relatives.
    Maybe the land registry, or neighbors, or from gardai or letters in their letterbox.

    Or get a ladder and a baseball bat. That long - I genuinely would.

    Yeah I think external alarms that go off for more than a short time are illegal.


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    daymobrew
    Registered Users Posts: 6,505 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »
    Yeah I think external alarms that go off for more than a short time are illegal.
    Unfortunately the laws/rules are not retroactive i.e. they do not apply to alarms installed before the laws came into effect.


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    altor
    Registered Users Posts: 11,705 ✭✭✭✭altor


    Unfortunately only new alarms installed to the EN50131 must adhere to this standard. If the house is vacant I would contact the local authority about this.

    www.altor.ie



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