ALARM SYSTEMS for Car Storage Building/Garage
 

Would Very Much APPRECIATE any help/suggestions on Alarm Systems/Set Ups. If any of you would rather "Private E-mail me with suggestions instead of Publicly posting (I understand) feel free to do so.
Much Thanks,
Mark

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Re: ALARM SYSTEMS for Car Storage Building/Garage
 

One PLUS is that we built a Garage for my Cars right behind our house. When you look out the back windows of the house you can see the Garage--the bad thing is that the driveway that goes to it is out of view!! There are garage doors on all four sides!!! Appreciate any comments/suggestions that might help..
Mark

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Contact ADT--Get a field rep to come out and hash out some ideas---------------

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Agree Joe.....good system with plenty of options available...and pretty cheap too !

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Mark, Joe and Belair are correct, ADT or another alarm company will assess your situation and provide suggestions. We did contacts on all doors, a motion detector, glass break sensor and separate siren all wired to the house key pad. I would also put in video surveilance and motion sensitive lighting if I had your collection. Video is super cheap now and definitely a deterent. I use it on all of our branch plants were we don't have 24 hour security on staff. Good luck!

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One key to remember is to insure you have multiple paths to the alarm monitor (or ADT etc.) and battery backup for all the devices. It is very easy to cut phone lines or power. If your defense/alarm system is dependant on these and they are cut, you are toast. I would also recommend a secondary system based on monitoring the cars themselves via motion detectors which uses a totally separate path. I had/have a multi channel RF system that ties into the monitor service as well as dials/pages me. Video is good if someone is watching or to identify the culprit after the fact, but by that time you can already be hosed.

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We do have a SECURITY SYSTEM in the house--thinking about WireLess to the Garage?? Camera's??
Mark

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I would us magnetic switches and infared motion detectors at all doors as two separate systems with battery backup. Also if you have garage door openers, have power cutoff switches. There are devices that crack garage door codes. Roger

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My buildings all have infared motions, glass break detectors on every window,magnetic door contacts, smoke detection, rate of rise heat sensors, inside and out sirens, strobes inside and out, security lights on at dusk, off at dawn, 24hr monitoring with call center/police, battery back up AND cell phone transmitting back up in case the phones are cut. Also just put in new security cameras that are able to be checked via the web from anywhere with a computer. Pretty neat. If you get a call, go to your computer and SEE who is there if anybody.

This is most likely overkill , but better safe than sorry! I figure the quicker you scare somebody out the better - before they get to any cars. For what it is worth, I also put Lexan sheets on both the outside and inside of all windows, plus the standard security bars. This keeps projectiles from breaking glass which could in turn hit a car.

I am sure (or sure hope) you live in a better neighborhood than my shop is in , so you could dial it back a bit. But all of it is relatively inexpensive and monitoring is $300/year - well worth it.

Good luck!
Colin