Factors Behind Choosing Your Home Alarm System

By Wayne Smithton

When choosing a home alarm system, there are many factors to consider before making a final decision. The security needs that you have are determined mainly by the style or type of home that you have. Single family homes, apartments, town homes, and condos each have their own security needs. Whether you own or rent, how many months of the year your home is occupied should be factored into the equation. You should also consider you home's specific attributes, such as the number of windows it has, whether there’s a basement, and whether there’s an attic. These are important things to consider when deciding on a home alarm system.

Some renters of apartments or condominiums think they do not need a home alarm system. As a renter you should disregard this belief because break-ins are as common in these types of buildings as they are in single family dwellings. For this type of dwelling, a wireless system is the best type of alarm. Wireless receivers that do not require hard wiring through the wall and a main keypad are the basics of a wireless system. Plugging the receiver into a phone jack is the only thing you have to do. The receiver wirelessly communicates with all of the door and window contacts. You can move the system easily if you decide to move and you do not have to drill through your landlord's walls with this type of system. If you meet contract requirements, many companies will move the system for free.

Depending on the type of dwelling you live in, if you own your residence, you can consider either a wired or wireless home alarm system. You may want to purchase a wireless system if you own a condo or town home to avoid having to drill through shared walls.

Depending on the type of wall and if you have a basement, in a single family home both wireless and wired systems can work. A wired system which involves drilling can be used and will not damage a large portion of the wall if your home is less than 1500 square feet and has drywall. Since drilling through plaster and concrete can be hard and leave permanent damage, homes with plaster walls or basements that have concrete ceilings are usually better suited for wireless home alarm systems.

Home owners can benefit from partitioned systems that allow large homes, over 1500 square feet, more than one key pad and divide the monitoring areas of the home. Multiple levels in a home may increase the need to include these levels in the alarm system if the other levels are accessible from the outside. You will want to include upstairs windows in the alarm system if they can be accessed by a trellis, porch roof, or other structural features. Forgoing window security for floors above the first is perfectly acceptable if the windows are not accessible from the outside.

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About The Author
Wayne Smithton has lived in many types of homes and knows that a good adt security system is worth the cost. With home alarm monitoring, Wayne does not have to worry about his family when he’s gone on business trips. And with his business alarm systems, he doesn’t need to worry about his place of business either.