| If you have decided to install a home security | | | | space or an attic. This often entails drilling holes |
| system yourself, it is important to know how to go | | | | through the walls and working out the inner workings |
| about putting it together correctly. Follow these | | | | of the system ahead of time. |
| guidelines to help get an idea of what installing your | | | | Installing a home security system requires planning, |
| own safety system involves, and whether or not | | | | not least of all about where the security box should |
| you want to pursue the challenge or if you would | | | | be located in the home. This place should be near a |
| prefer to leave it up to the professionals. | | | | well-traveled door, in a main part of the house, |
| There are two types of home security systems - | | | | where the alarm will be clearly audible if activated. |
| wireless and hardwired. The two varieties are suitable | | | | There should also be a power source nearby to plug |
| for different types of set-ups, for example, a very | | | | or wire the security system to. |
| old home with solid plaster walls that cannot be drilled | | | | Door and window sensors entail two parts with a |
| through may require a wireless system. Wireless | | | | magnetic sensor on each part, should be installed with |
| home security systems use radio frequencies to | | | | careful attention being given to the distance between |
| function, and are extremely simple to install. Typically | | | | the sensors. On a regular door, for example, the |
| a wireless system will involve a few parts, including a | | | | sensor-sending element must be situated on or just |
| receiver and control box, motion detectors, and | | | | above the door frame, while the magnetic receiver is |
| window and door detectors. A wireless security | | | | attached to the door, just a half-inch away from and |
| system model should be purchased only if it has the | | | | right in line with the sender. Motion detectors, then, |
| capability of add-ons that may become important | | | | should be installed elsewhere, away from the doors |
| down the line, such as glass-break sensors and | | | | that are already safeguarded by the sensors. |
| smoke detectors. | | | | Luckily for those who are unsure about how |
| Hardwired home security systems usually run less | | | | extensive they want their home security system to |
| expensive than the wireless models, though require | | | | be, systems can usually be purchased in parts. |
| significantly more installation. The hardwired version | | | | Portable motion detectors and remote door and |
| will probably look much like the wireless model, | | | | window sensors that emit a high-pitched alarm upon |
| though including cords that must be run through the | | | | activation can be bought separately from a full |
| house, whether through walls or overhead in a crawl | | | | security system. |