Re: lack of support at Home Technology Store

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ever try to drill through a pre-stressed concrete floor? sheet.



"Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Try a flat top, with block walls firred out with only 1" firring strips,
>> built on a slab, with steel casement windows and the SNI on the opposite
>> side of the house from the garage. Oh yeah, when the exterior walls are
>> block or slump block the top window lintel is 1/4" steel L beam.
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>> Oh..yeah..ceramic tile floors.
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>> Can't get much harder that that!
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> Until you get the second floor deck poured concrete and the interior studs
> are all metal as well. Welcome to S. Florida.
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>> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > powercat@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> >> Yes I'm probably an idiot but (1) when I renovated I saw the garbage a
>> >> sizeable local monitoring company had previously installed and I
>> >> wanted
>> >> top shelf stuff and
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>> >>(2) I wanted hardwire that was going to be a real
>> >> pain in the rump because of house layout and nobody really wanted to
>> >> do
>> >> it.
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>> > I can imagine that some houses might be difficult but I've never seen a
>> > house that was "impossible" to hardwire. I live in the Northeast so
>> > frame houses are what is popular here. I hear that there are some new
>> > construction methods using foam or concrete which could probably be
>> > prewired, but after market alarm systems would have to be wireless.
>> > Transmission strength could be a problem through concrete too.  I can
>> > also imagine that as radiant heating becomes more popular, drilling
>> > will become riskier.
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>> >>(3) I have the Andersen windows that installers hate and
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>> > Which Andersens would that be?  The only ones that I don't like are the
>> > big wooden sliders ..... only because I don't like the way I have to
>> > install the contacts.  All the rest are pretty easy.
>> >
>> >>(4) I
>> >> had access to a commercial installer who would moonlight the panel
>> >> install if needed.  Oh and my in-law is a retired electrical type who
>> >> supervised the wiring placement like a Marine drill sargeant (best
>> >> part
>> >> of all).
>> >>
>> >> My big mistake was letting the equipment reseller sell me service
>> >> before the above was all complete.  Oh well lessons learned.
>> >>
>> >> All I am doing currently is adding a siren in the attic.  It seems
>> >> happy now.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks and best wishes to all of you -- you seem to be all over North
>> >> America.
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>> > Yep, from Ca AZ TX LA MD Fl NY Canada and probably a few more that I've
>> > missed. Every once in awhile someone from England, Germany, Japan Italy
>> > and other countries too .. drops in.
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