| Author | Message | ||
| Jim Muise (Writerguy)
Member Username: Writerguy Post Number: 348 Registered: 9-2003 |
Ali (one of our posters) I think has the TOTAL GARAGE SECURITY SYSTEM in his place sorry for reposting your own picture but no one is going looking for keys in your place... .  | ||
| Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member Username: Doody Post Number: 2056 Registered: 11-2001 |
a few suggestions. first, make sure your keys aren't painfully obvious to find. the easiest way to steal a car is to steal the keys from the table by the garage door or the front door - or whatever obvious place you store them. i'm redoing my garage this spring (hopefully) and plan to put a wall safe in with a keypad to keep car keys in. it's no big shakes to have to enter a code to get to the keys (and the spares live in the house safe elsewhere). this also makes damn sure the kiddies can't get to the keys without oversight. both my garage doors have magnetic sensors that are tied into the house security system. i'm not a fan of wireless alarm components - a piece of copper is usually your best bet (though not always feasible, admittedly). and the window in the garage has a high-quality glassbreak sensor on it, also hardwired. we turn the alarm on at night as well as when we're out. i sleep better knowing the toys and the kids aren't leaving the house  . whether or not the police respond is really a function of where you live. my town is horse-country with less than 1,500 households. the police respond to stuff here. imo, it's worth it just for the simple peace of mind. if you have a house system, your alarm guy can almost certainly integrate the garage. if you don't have an alarm system already, you can put together all sorts of inexpensive wireless and wired things if you don't want a full-bore system. doody. | ||
| Michael C. James (Mjames)
Junior Member Username: Mjames Post Number: 171 Registered: 6-2003 |
I've had the local police respond to my garage alarms going off...it turned out to be several wasps had congregated near the motion sensor - they didn't live long when I got home to help the police search the property. Response depends on the monitoring service you subscribe to. | ||
| Tillman Strahan (Tillman)
Intermediate Member Username: Tillman Post Number: 1046 Registered: 11-2001 |
Just insure the car and don't sweat the rest. Around here alarm calls are very low on the priority list, so unless you're there to hear it go off the car is gone anyway. The cops aren't going to stop the theft. | ||
| Michael C. James (Mjames)
Junior Member Username: Mjames Post Number: 170 Registered: 6-2003 |
I use wireless infared motion sensors tied to the home unit, I have hidden magnetic contact sensors on every door into/out of the garage, and an armored magnetic contact sensor for the garage door itself - which I can also deadbolt-padlock from the inside if necessary. A 1-billion random code generating garage door opener rounds out the security. The pieces/parts of the system are available from ADEMCO. Check their website, you can custom-build your home/garage security system from the various components/sensors they have. Wireless is the way to go, easy to install yourself. I also have a few police officers who live in my neighborhood, one lives just down the street from me. Beats living in a gated community by far.... | ||
| Dan (Bobafett)
Intermediate Member Username: Bobafett Post Number: 1788 Registered: 9-2002 |
HAHAHAHA - Ben that was classic. --Dan | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Intermediate Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 1182 Registered: 6-2002 |
{sneaks into Dan's garage} Omar- your best bets in actual security lie elsewhere. Namely, the main and sub-doors. For a nice combination of security and accessability, I really like mag-loc doors that are triggered by key proxcard. When you are 2 feet away, the door is just always open for you. It's locked 24/7/365.25 otherwise. Survailance cameras are also great, with motion triggered alarms. Make sure all glass is brake-resistant at the least (hardened bulletproof laminate SGG Priv-a-Lite on the other end.) Lastly, little theft deterants can go a long way. Like leaving spent .300 Win Mag and .50AE cartridges laying conspiciously around your property, FBI parking voucher on your windshield, etc. But nothing beats the Guard Badger! | ||
| Dan (Bobafett)
Intermediate Member Username: Bobafett Post Number: 1781 Registered: 9-2002 |
I would find out who locally is wired to what police stations, or if they all are, etc. and make a judgement based on that. In service, most alarm companies are all the same. Have had alarms in all of the houses I lived in, although none applied to the garage. --Dan | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Intermediate Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 1559 Registered: 5-2002 |
You need either one of these on constant patrol inside and/or around your garage.  | ||
| Omar (Auraraptor)
Intermediate Member Username: Auraraptor Post Number: 1143 Registered: 9-2002 |
Thoughts and opinions? I dont need my Ferrari stolen from my own garage. Thanks guys. |