Domestic alarm (customer has cat & dog)

[p11jor]

So today I finally pressed the rcd tripbutton on my tester and with few little bits and bobs to put back together my nightmare rewire was out of the way!

I had joiners putting architrave over back boxes, plasterers clipping my cables, change of kitchen plans, the decorator was painting about one ceiling a weekend so the 2nd fix was dragging on massively.

Customer comes in, happy with job, there's me thinking I am going to walk out the door never to return then they ask me to fit a alarm, they said "they were not to keen on cables around the house" so I thought wireless alarm great!.....then they tell me they have a cat and a dog.....

Any advice on a alarm for this??

Cheers guys

 

[sparky3366]

shoot the dog then run over the cat on the way out...not helpful but a good idea nonetheless

 

[Mr Mike]

Shoot the dog, then the cat lol.

 

[sparky3366]

or you could go for perimiter protection, ie windows & doors covered with vipers & contacts...

 

[telectrix]

as above, but seriously. contact risco.co.uk. ask about gardner 595 panel , hard wired bell and keypad, but wireless detectors. ask for the "pet friendly" ones. they ignore animals up to a certain size, think around 20kg.

edit: if the customer had any sense, he'd have had a hard wired alarm fitted at the same time as the rewire.

 

[p11jor]

I did advise perimeter but he was adamant on sensors....then started tell me about systems you have have for animals!!

 

[telectrix]

I did advise perimeter but he was adamant on sensors....then started tell me about systems you have have for animals!![/QUOTE he right. see my last post. you can get pet friendly wireless and hard wired PIRs.

 

[p11jor]

Cheers telectrix I think that's the one he was telling me about......thanks I will have a look into that tommorow!.......just hope they don't have cat burglars!

 

[sparky3366]

i personally wouldnt touch any gardner panel with a 10 foot bargepole. Too hard for the customer and a pain in the butt to set up with fobs & multple keypads. Scantronic or Honeywell every time for me I'm afraid...

 

[telectrix]

whats hard about hitting 4 digits followed by the yes key. and they're a piece of p*ss to install. never had any trouble with them.

 

[sparky3366]

never liked them since their early days...mebbe slightly biased

 

[telectrix]

i remember the 1st 1 they did, called the diamond 400. now that was a disaster. since they became risco, though, their gear is the best i've found for the money.

 

[Lukethoma1985]

I might av a look at them, ive been installing honeywell, which are pretty good but not sure if they do wireless sensors, i know they do a complete wireless system. The sensors are usually pet tolorant up to 100lbs which i suppose will be like a rotweiller (is that spelt right)

 

[telectrix]

rottweiler. 2 t's 1 l. 100lb is pushing it about 40lb is the limit.

 

[Lukethoma1985]

Ah ha thanks for correcting me.... Thats what i would of thought but in the instructions for the sensor it states 100lb mind u it wasnt a honeywell sensor but texecom, the main box was honeywell. Id say anythink bigger than a staffordshire, use a door sensor or none at all in the room. What do you reckon