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Edited June 4, 200520 yr by DNS Security

hmm..

i have seen only few of buildings there but i would say it is a piece of cake to hide cables there. here we have triple insulations everywhere, humidity stoppers, isolations of water, snow, ice etc, etc, etc,...

so we mostly just hide the cables where ever (not thou under the carpet eventhou that isn't unseen here either) if at all.

Would it be common practice to 'rip' peoples skirting boards off to lay cables behind them???

Never take skirting boards off!

Well then how do you go about hiding cables in the downstairs part of a two story house. Clip them to the skirting? Put them in conduit. I have seen some brill old houses which an installer had wired for alarm, but the cables are unrecogniseable. I can only presume that while the house has been renovated that the cabling was done first!

Never take skirting boards off!

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Well then how do you go about hiding cables in the downstairs part of a two story house. Clip them to the skirting? Put them in conduit. I have seen some brill old houses which an installer had wired for alarm, but the cables are unrecogniseable. I can only presume that while the house has been renovated that the cabling was done first!

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Reason being - most if not all of todays systems even domestic use a remote keypad to set and unset the system.

The actual control panel or end station that all the wirring goes to is upstairs - hence all the wirring can get hidden under the floorboards etc, then use drop feeds to the PIRs in the top corner of rooms, and the RKP can go under the stairs or on the wooden panel next to the stairs or any where else that may be ashtheticaly pleasing to the eye.

A little thought and all cables can be kept hidden.

Some of the other lads will have further suggestions etc.

Edited June 4, 200520 yr by DNS Security

Ive got a good suggestion.

Try wireless

Ive got a good suggestion.

Try wireless

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Now now Ian - dont start that one off again PMSL

Well then how do you go about hiding cables in the downstairs part of a two story house. Clip them to the skirting? Put them in conduit.

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Why would you want to run cables round the downstairs? Most of the cabling will be at or above ceiling level of the downstairs.

I have seen some brill old houses which an installer had wired for alarm, but the cables are unrecogniseable. I can only presume that while the house has been renovated that the cabling was done first!

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Possibly not, once you get the hang of it you can hide cables on a retrofit as if they've always been there. It's a knack you aquire with time.

Your best bet would be to get yourself a job with an alarm company so you can learn these things, as good as everyone on here is you're not going to be able to pick up all the skills required in the form of text. You could subcontract if your self employed or get a proper job on the books.

Has no one ever seen the Menvier installation video? It quite clearly shows prospective alarm engineers how easy an alarm is to wire and install. I show it to trainees as what NOT to do.

Jef