Protecting Home Under Construction

[Spanky]

My son in Mead, Colorado, is building a new home which has just been dried in. I spent the last three days there installing the security and central VAC systems. There have been reports of people coming in at night and stealing wiring and other valuable items that have been installed in other homes in the area. We went ahead and ran all the wires for the security system and automation systems in the existing stud walls. We used 3 temporary motion detectors that was able to cover all the openings so that anyone coming into the open house while the alarm was armed would set off the M1 security alarm system which was securely tucked away in a hard to find area. Signs were made to warn anyone that is looking around to not enter the premise or an alarm would sound.

After the home is further completed and all the doors and windows are installed, the rest of the security and automation system will be turned on.

At this early stage of completion it is better to rock the neighborhood with a loud siren rather than try to get the Sheriff's Department to respond.

There will be a Russound whole house audio and intercom system. Some of the whole house audio speakers mounted in the ceiling will be switched to the M1 when needed using an ELK-924 double pole, double throw relay module per speaker for the security system audio and siren. This way no dedicated speakers will have to be added just for the security system inside the home. A M1 Rule will control the relay switch when the M1 needs to use the speakers for announcements or siren.

 

[apostolakisl]

My son in Mead, Colorado, is building a new home which has just been dried in. I spent the last three days there installing the security and central VAC systems. There have been reports of people coming in at night and stealing wiring and other valuable items that have been installed in other homes in the area. We went ahead and ran all the wires for the security system and automation systems in the existing stud walls. We used 3 temporary motion detectors that was able to cover all the openings so that anyone coming into the open house while the alarm was armed would set off the M1 security alarm system which was securely tucked away in a hard to find area. Signs were made to warn anyone that is looking around to not enter the premise or an alarm would sound.

After the home is further completed and all the doors and windows are installed, the rest of the security and automation system will be turned on.

At this early stage of completion it is better to rock the neighborhood with a loud siren rather than try to get the Sheriff's Department to respond.

There will be a Russound whole house audio and intercom system. Some of the whole house audio speakers mounted in the ceiling will be switched to the M1 when needed using an ELK-924 double pole, double throw relay module per speaker for the security system audio and siren. This way no dedicated speakers will have to be added just for the security system inside the home. A M1 Rule will control the relay switch when the M1 needs to use the speakers for announcements or siren.

I wouldn't put too many signs. . . might pique the curious as to what needs so much security. But it sounds like a good idea. I see on This Old House that they have every one of their job sites covered in cameras (and I don't mean the ones filming the show).

 

[Sandpiper]

In this area, many builders are asking for electrical wiring to be installed on Monday or Tuesday so that the insulation and drywall can be installed by Friday.

Also, I see more and more builders using cameras set up in trucks and trailers.

 

[Neurorad]

If a house will be alarmed eventually, why not set it up, with temporary sensors/motion detectors, during an early phase of construction? I'm surprised more builders don't do this.

 

[fabriziojoe]

I do a lot of installs for builders and use the 2Gig panels.
They are very portable, easy to use and communicate with a gsm card.
The basic kit comes with a motion and a couple of door sensors.

When the job is over they can re-deploy the panel somewhere else.

My son in Mead, Colorado, is building a new home which has just been dried in. I spent the last three days there installing the security and central VAC systems. There have been reports of people coming in at night and stealing wiring and other valuable items that have been installed in other homes in the area. We went ahead and ran all the wires for the security system and automation systems in the existing stud walls. We used 3 temporary motion detectors that was able to cover all the openings so that anyone coming into the open house while the alarm was armed would set off the M1 security alarm system which was securely tucked away in a hard to find area. Signs were made to warn anyone that is looking around to not enter the premise or an alarm would sound.

After the home is further completed and all the doors and windows are installed, the rest of the security and automation system will be turned on.

At this early stage of completion it is better to rock the neighborhood with a loud siren rather than try to get the Sheriff's Department to respond.

There will be a Russound whole house audio and intercom system. Some of the whole house audio speakers mounted in the ceiling will be switched to the M1 when needed using an ELK-924 double pole, double throw relay module per speaker for the security system audio and siren. This way no dedicated speakers will have to be added just for the security system inside the home. A M1 Rule will control the relay switch when the M1 needs to use the speakers for announcements or siren.

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

There are companies here in Vegas that have portable stations just for construction areas as theft is high here on materials, especially at night. These stations have a portable generator, light poles, cameras and uplinks. Some will also offer to monitor these stations and even have speakers that they can talk through to warn intruders that they are seen.

 

[Del91574]

We've had to install plenty of temporary systems, but usually on demand of the insurers for the property for both basic theft in addition to fire alarm.

 

[Spanky]

Dumb Thief!!!

As I explained above, I helped my son install a temporary burglar alarm system in his new house using a M1 in Mead, CO. last week. He called this morning and said that the alarm had been triggered last night at 2 AM and a neighbor saw a car driving away from the house.
He said that he was going to call the sheriff's department to make a report...

My son just called back and told me this story. The deputy sheriff showed up to take the report and while my son was talking to the deputy a car drives up and a man walks up to the deputy. The man tells the deputy that he wants to report that last night he saw a van full of people drive away from the house and he decided to walk into the house to check to see if anything was stolen. The alarm goes off and he was afraid that his picture might show up on cameras. The deputy asks for identification and he had none. The deputy asks for his name and he says David C... My son, who is a detective in Longmont, CO, hears the name and it sounds familiar. He makes a call to the Longmont Police Department and asks about the name. The man, David C... had his license revoked and had been arrested the weekend before for breaking and entering into another house in a close by town.

The question: Why was David C... in a closed neighborhood, in a house under construction, walking in the front door, and he lives 20 miles away at 2 in the morning?

He got rearrested!!!

He needed a cover story to explain why his image might be on any cameras that took his picture when the alarm went off. The funny thing is there was no cameras installed yet.

I guess the voice message when the alarm activated "Warning You Have Entered An Area Protected By A Security System. The Authorities Have Been Notified. Leave Immediately." soiled his britches.

Temporary alarms in houses under construction do work. Another house under construction down the street was broken into last Friday and a large number of tools were stolen. It had no temporary alarm.

 

[Sandpiper]

Yeah!!! Finally here's one for the good guys....

nice job!!!