Burglar Alarm Wiring

[Jasmine1]

My house was built in the mid 90's, when I moved in I removed the original alarm because it was dated and kept going off randomly. The cables for the PIR sensors and control panel I hid in the dry wall and then plastered over the hole, and the bell box wires are still loose in the loft. Not my smartest move in hindsight.

Assuming I can find the wires again (which so far I can't ) will they work with a modern burglar alarm? If they won't then whats the process to fit new ones? I'm hoping it's not a case of cutting into the plasterboard to lay them?

So far I've had a couple of companies out to quote and they've all wanted to fit wireless systems for about £500 but I'm conscious about reliability and performance.

Price includes control panel, bell box, 3 PIR sensors and two door sensors.

[Jasmine1]

Thanks, unfortunately I'm struggling to find the wires that I hidden previously.

Whats involved in running new ones? Can you run them up to the loft and back down again or is it a case of removing floorboards and such?

[Jasmine1]

OldGermanHeaps said:

you shouldn't worry about wireless if its Pyronix or Texecom. they are both spot on. fitted properly and serviced annually they will be as reliable as wired, but with the freedom to put the detectors in optimal positions, not compromise locations because of where you can get a wire easily.
you can use a tone generator and wand to find your existing wiring though if you can find the endstation end of the wires.

Edited by OldGermanHeaps on Sunday 14th January 19:39

Interesting thank you.

One reason I say wired is because I can't find a wireless setup that can use Dual tech PIRs? It's imperative that the conservatory has a PIR and I know the regular ones will cause false alarms.

Do you now if Pyronix or Texecom can cater for this?

[Jasmine1]

Do the quotes I've been given so far (£500) sound reasonable for a control panel, bell box, 3 PIRs and 2 door sensors?

sc0tt said:

Where are you based? FIL has his own firm if you are interested?

Is this the same FIL who turned up late and drunk to the christmas meal?

[Jasmine1]

Thanks guys.

Is it possible to have a setup that is part wireless and part wired? E.g. control panel wired into mains, alarm box hard wired but PIRs wireless?

Just spotted a 127DB siern called a master blaster, would love to have one of them wired as well.

[Jasmine1]

Is there anything else I can link up to the control panel beside door sensors and PIRs? E.g. perimeter detection outside in case someone is creeping around the car or down the side of my house (if such a thing even exists)?

[Jasmine1]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Yes, but you'll probably get false alarms.

If it were me I'd have a monitored system.

I wouldn't want something that sets off the house alarm, but a loud chirp indoors if it detects someone outside my front door or round the back of my house would be a fantastic feature.

[Jasmine1]

OldGermanHeaps said:

If fitted correctly and positioned with thought these are quite immune to false alarms.
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&a...

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Then yes. A detector can be set up to chime when tripped

That sounds brilliant, ideally I want something to wake me up 3AM to alert me if someone is snooping outside the house.

My driveway is 18 metres long and I have 7ft fence panels all around the garden, so anyone who gets close up to the house obviously has bad intentions.