Posts by Ryan Bell
Motion Detector Installation Best Practices
Along with door and window sensors, motion detectors help make up the “core” of any alarm installation. These detectors can cover large areas of space within a home. Therefore, installing a small number of motion detectors often proves more efficient than installing dozens of window contacts. Additionally, these detectors can help detect activity that most…
Read MoreSecuring Your Most Important Doors
We often call door hardware the “first line of defense” against burglars. This is because thieves often prefer to breach doors over other means of entrance. After all, burglars who can pick a lock quickly look much less suspicious than they would crawling through a window. Additionally, many property owners install extremely cheap lock hardware…
Read MoreYour Guide to Basic Fire Alarm Components
In our post on Required Security for New Businesses, we discuss the role of life safety on commercial properties. These systems obviously play an important role. After all, they help notify the people in businesses about potentially life-threatening emergencies. Furthermore, monitored fire alarms also create a fire department dispatch, which can help save your property…
Read MoreCreative Home Security System Options
When we design a home security system, we like to consider several different scenarios. Of course, burglar and life safety monitoring come first and foremost. However, we still have plenty of work left to do after addressing these factors. In fact, we often surprise customer with the wide variety of equipment we can install. This…
Read MoreWhy Do Alarm Owners Cancel Service?
We’ve mentioned the importance of monitoring your security system in several of our blog posts. However, almost all of us know someone who has gotten frustrated and cancelled this service. In fact, the frequency with which this happens scares many potential customers away from installing an alarm at all! In this post, we share some…
Read MoreConnecting Your Home Security Devices
Over the past several years, we’ ve written several posts describing our home security offerings. As a one-shop stop for all your security needs, we regularly educate homeowners on their many security options. Additionally, we like to make your security equipment as easy as possible to use. For starters, we strive to select the most…
Read MoreMaking Security as Affordable as Possible
In many of our posts, we encourage readers to purchase solid, “built-to-last” security equipment. The old adage that you get what you pay for rings especially true in this industry. Customers can purchase cameras, burglar and fire alarm equipment, and lock hardware at varying prices and levels of quality. Unsurprisingly, those that choose products on…
Read MoreFalse Alarm Causes and Solutions
Quite a while ago, we created a post aimed at Tackling Ten Common Home Security Myths. We designed that post to ease the fears that many customers feel when considering an alarm installation. One of these “myths” that we hear most about revolve around the inevitability of false alarms. Of course, false alarms do happen,…
Read MoreSecurity System Monitoring Ideas for Your Property
As with many technology-related products, people have a hard time defining the term “security system.” Of course, we do not expect those that do not work in our industry to know as much as we do about our products. Most people understand the basics behind alarms and alarm monitoring. This monitoring process involves connecting an…
Read MoreSecurity System “Do’s” and “Don’ts”
When home or business owners sit down to design a security system, they often find themselves overwhelmed. After all, the security industry consists largely of products that consumers know very little about. Unlike car or furniture shopping, alarm shopping is often done by customers who do not know much about their options or preferences. Furthermore,…
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