Re: Your Favorite Install Tool?

[JoeRaisin <joeraisin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe the alarm was installed to keep folks in?  Serously....

Unruly teens... foster home for delinquents?

Granted, I am reaching...

bdolph wrote:

> Wierd Installs,  Ok, here goes.........
>
> The worst I think I have every seen was a wood frame house in Milwaukee
> in which the installer ran all the wires to the windows on the 'outside'
> of the house, around the house, stappled to the siding, under the roof
> overhanges and then each run down to the windows.  He drilled directly
> into and through the window frames to his alarm window sensors.
>
> Oh yes,  the wire was brown, AC lamp zip cord and the window switches
> were standard industrial mechanical limit switches.  All the brown zip
> cord wrapped around the house and back into the wall into, you guessed
> it, a home made alarm bell in a box control.  I wish I had a picture of
> the mess, but this was way before digital cameras.  The house was a
> light biege, so the house kind of looked like a ice cream sundae with
> stringy chocolate syrup on it.
>
> It was so long ago that I can't remember what I said to the customer,
> but anything nice and not laughing I am sure was hard at the time.
>
> BobbyD
>
> Crash Gordon wrote:
>
>> Here's a better one (or at least weirder):
>>
>> Major alarm co in my area...here's how they mount the panels...huge
>> glob of construction adhesive and one drywall screw to hold it from
>> falling down while the glue dries. If you have to change the panel
>> somewhere down the road half the wall comes off with the box. Same for
>> lawn signs, which they mount on the side yard gate. Nice, huh.
>>
>>
>> "bdolph" <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:Rqe7f.1165$A63.901@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> | Auuggghh .....Must be an ex Rollins installer.
>> |
>> | Speaking of double stick tape - I just saw an electrical contractor
>> | today put up some REX motions in the front lobby of a new bank building
>> | with double stick.  Should look nice for about 3 - 6 months.  Actually,
>> | he had originally mounted them upside down and it madeit easy for
>> him to
>> | flip them around.  They would open the door if you were 10 feet or more
>> | away from the door.  If you were next to it,  tough luck.  They were
>> | maglocks.  An alarm guy explained to them what the picture on the back
>> | of the REX pointed to the door was for.  Grin!!
>> |
>> | BobbyD
>> |
>> | Mark Leuck wrote:
>> |
>> | >Double-stick tape (stolen from Tom Fowler)
>> | >
>> | >"bdolph" <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> | >news:KhT6f.734$A63.197@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> | >
>> | >
>> | >>Let us know about your favorite installation tool ?
>> | >>
>> | >>Mine is the Robertson (square-drive) screwdriver?  Screws stay on
>> with
>> | >>one hand at all angles and drive true and hard.
>> | >>
>> | >>BobbyD
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