This site and our community of security installers are intended to be a resource for anyone searching for help or information about Intruder Alarm Systems. There are plenty of Tips and Guidelines and brief explanations of most things Intruder Alarm related, as well as a few features on Access Control, CCTV and Fire Detection systems.

 

I'm by no means a security guru, I don't have all the answers, so if you have a query just ask in the community and either myself or other security engineers will try to assist you.

 

Regular participants in our Forums include hundreds of experienced Intruder Alarm/Access Control/CCTV/Fire Alarm engineers, and company representatives, combined we collectively cover every aspect of the UK electronic security Industry, but there are certain things we cannot advise about for obvious security reasons. After all, your system wouldn't be very secure if we told everyone how to default it, or issued engineer/installer manuals to everyone that asked.

 

This is my own Security Advice website, what you do with the information you find here is up to you. You should note that anything you read on this site that has been worded by myself or our members, is purely our own thinking, opinion or recommendation, and should not be seen as representing the views of the companies we work for. I'm not trying to sell you anything on this site and its up to you whether you to take any notice of, or act on any advice or guidelines.

 

What I'm trying to accomplish with this site is inform and advise you about Intruder detection and other security issues, nothing more and nothing less.

Seriously consider the above 4 pointers when getting an intruder alarm system (IAS) survey, and try to steer clear of getting the odd job man from round the corner to install you an alarm or security system. You wouldn't believe some of the sub-standard work I've come across. Its a crying shame that when it comes to your home security a lot of you opt for the cheaper option, well after all an alarm is an alarm right..? Well its not quite that simple, that's like saying a car is a car. You see where I'm going with this..? You will pay for what you get, a quality alarm system is not cheap.

The surveyor of your property has usually made a judgment as to what he thinks you will be able to afford, and will try to do a quote for equipment that meets his estimate. Most Site Surveyors are are on commission, if they don't sell the job they've wasted their time and don't earn money, and of course no one wants to work for nothing, so they DON'T tend to quote for what I'd consider a full alarm or security system (a system that meets all your current requirements but has capacity for future expansion), simply because the homeowner would have much cheaper quotes from everyone else.

 

As a service/installation engineer I've been called out or sent to correct faults on thousands of alarm systems, and generally most have been fitted well, comply with the relevant British standards, and provide adequate protection against the opportunist. But there are a lot that offer little or virtually no protection at all.

I regularly come across systems that a burglar could silence within a few seconds with only a little basic knowledge of how an alarm system operates, and unfortunately from alarm systems I have been called to I'd say this probably applies to almost 15% of you.