House Alarm

Marty1983

Hi Folks,


Can anybody recommend any providers/installers for house alarms for a new build in the Limerick suburbs. Phone watch are quoting April.


Thanks
M

h3000

https://www.tandkalarms.com/ and https://etlsecurity.ie/

Are both good.

Berty

T&K for me, 3rd house now and 3rd alarm with them.

kilburn

Cliffords can't fault service

SoapMcTavish

T&K every time

shreko

Anyone able to give a ballpark price for getting an alarm on your house? Or is it very varied?

h3000

shreko wrote: »

Anyone able to give a ballpark price for getting an alarm on your house? Or is it very varied?

It is varied to be honest. It will depend on if the house was prewired for an alarm or not. The number of doors and windows are a factor. What type of monitoring if any you want. It's best to call a provider.

shreko

h3000 wrote: »

It is varied to be honest. It will depend on if the house was prewired for an alarm or not. The number of doors and windows are a factor. What type of monitoring if any you want. It's best to call a provider.

Great, thanks for the reply. Definitely not wired already as it’s an old house so will call one of the above to get an idea.

Berty

If not wired then you can have motion sensors instead. My current house was partially wired for an alarm so where there are rooms with windows but no doors they installed motion sensors(T&K). They will call out, assess and quote based on what is needed(If of course they are considered essential services right now)

Mc Love

T&K very expensive.

We had a monitored alarm but changed provider to Feale Security and they are really helpful and good to deal with

stefanovich

Mc Love wrote: »

T&K very expensive.

We had a monitored alarm but changed provider to Feale Security and they are really helpful and good to deal with

I hate this flipping "Call us for a quote" malarkey.

Mc Love

I called T&K for a quote and granted we have a lot of windows, they could have said they would use sensor alarms but gave us the quote for windows.

Feale were very good and removed some of our window sensors and put motion ones in place that some will trigger when we're at home and some that will trigger if we're away. Window sensors can be really sensitive and prone to errors.

stefanovich

Mc Love wrote: »

I called T&K for a quote and granted we have a lot of windows, they could have said they would use sensor alarms but gave us the quote for windows.

Feale were very good and removed some of our window sensors and put motion ones in place that some will trigger when we're at home and some that will trigger if we're away. Window sensors can be really sensitive and prone to errors.

Feale have a better website for sure and prices. Why this route and not self install / self monitor setups?

naughtysmurf

If you are going to go down the internal sensor route only, you realise that an intruder will be already inside before the alarm activates so factor that in to your choice

If I was going sensors only , I’d have cameras front & back along with good external lighting

h3000

naughtysmurf wrote: »

If you are going to go down the internal sensor route only, you realise that an intruder will be already inside before the alarm activates so factor that in to your choice

That would be my concern with motion sensors only.

Clareman

The Home Security Systems forum on here really is a wealth of knowledge and contacts, I'd really recommend asking questions there. Personally I picked up a Yale Smart Alarm a few years ago on Amazon, it was simple to install but I've never used it.

Mc Love

naughtysmurf wrote: »

If you are going to go down the internal sensor route only, you realise that an intruder will be already inside before the alarm activates so factor that in to your choice

If I was going sensors only , I’d have cameras front & back along with good external lighting

We have camera's alright

h3000

Mc Love wrote: »

We have camera's alright

Sorry for going a bit off topic but what cameras are you using? I'm think about picking up two or three.

Berty

Berty wrote: »

If not wired then you can have motion sensors instead. My current house was partially wired for an alarm so where there are rooms with windows but no doors they installed motion sensors(T&K). They will call out, assess and quote based on what is needed(If of course they are considered essential services right now)

You can also get wireless window sensors. T&K fitted one for me last year because the builders forgot to run a wire to one of the windows.

Mc Love

h3000 wrote: »

Sorry for going a bit off topic but what cameras are you using? I'm think about picking up two or three.

Not sure of the model but we had Ger Enright install them

johnnyryan89

[Deleted User] wrote: »

You can also get wireless window sensors. T&K fitted one for me last year because the builders forgot to run a wire to one of the windows.

Yup, we've got wireless sensors on our front and rear doors, along with three of our windows.

FutureGuy

naughtysmurf wrote: »

If you are going to go down the internal sensor route only, you realise that an intruder will be already inside before the alarm activates so factor that in to your choice

If I was going sensors only , I’d have cameras front & back along with good external lighting

We have an internal system and camera with additional motion sensor and lighting out back and up front.

naughtysmurf

FutureGuy wrote: »

We have an internal system and camera with additional motion sensor and lighting out back and up front.

Similarly we’ve all external doors, all windows alarmed along with cameras front & back with external lighting

FutureGuy

naughtysmurf wrote: »

Similarly we’ve all external doors, all windows alarmed along with cameras front & back with external lighting

Yep. Same as.