Desert_AIP
Senior Member
I live in a two story house that was built in 2007. The inside is custom painted and I am trying to avoid cutting into the drywall.
I am trying to plan my installation.
I have the windows figured out, using flexibits and drilling down through the frame into the crawlspace.
I am trying to figure out how to wire the doors.
I do not want to use wireless sensors.
Since it is a two story house I don't have access above the door frame to route contact wiring up into the attic without tearing up the drywall.
I've usually seen door contacts in the overhead frame.
I can however, get to the crawlspace below.
I have flexibits and fishing rods.
Can I put a contact in the threshold?
Can I drill straight down into the crawlspace and hook it up. Or will the dirt and foot traffic destroy the contact over time?
If I remove the decorative aluminum threshold cover, will a contact work through that when I reinstall it back over the contact.
From school, even no ferrous metals will interfere with magnetic fields.
Will a wood threshold cap and a large gap contact work?
Is it better (or even possible) to drill into the side of the door frame, say 12" from the floor, and flex the drill shaft down sharply enough to get into the crawlspace. I think there is a stud too close to the door frame (~10") to do it.
Looking for some advice from you pros and been-there-done-that DIYers.
Thanks
I am trying to plan my installation.
I have the windows figured out, using flexibits and drilling down through the frame into the crawlspace.
I am trying to figure out how to wire the doors.
I do not want to use wireless sensors.
Since it is a two story house I don't have access above the door frame to route contact wiring up into the attic without tearing up the drywall.
I've usually seen door contacts in the overhead frame.
I can however, get to the crawlspace below.
I have flexibits and fishing rods.
Can I put a contact in the threshold?
Can I drill straight down into the crawlspace and hook it up. Or will the dirt and foot traffic destroy the contact over time?
If I remove the decorative aluminum threshold cover, will a contact work through that when I reinstall it back over the contact.
From school, even no ferrous metals will interfere with magnetic fields.
Will a wood threshold cap and a large gap contact work?
Is it better (or even possible) to drill into the side of the door frame, say 12" from the floor, and flex the drill shaft down sharply enough to get into the crawlspace. I think there is a stud too close to the door frame (~10") to do it.
Looking for some advice from you pros and been-there-done-that DIYers.
Thanks