Re: Why?

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I tried the tag on wire thing...in both English AND Spanish...sometimes it
workd.


"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Crash Gordon wrote:
| > If we can we do. Problem is; even if the contractor remembers to
schedule us
| > on door-install-day it means we have to sit there and wait for the door
to
| > go in, put the contact in before they put the casings on. This could
mean
| > we'd be there all day just to put a few contacts on. The timing is bad.
| >
| >
|
| You're right, contacts on Double hung windows is easy, during prewire.
| Casements, I only put the switches on, but not the magnets, because
| they usually get broken off. ( I mount the contacts under the bottom
| moulding so they wont be visible) For doors however, I find that the
| following works most of the time. I leave slack either up above the
| header, in the attic, or the basement ( the wire folded in a Z shape,
| so that it can be pulled out, but can't fall out...).with the wire
| coming out approximately where the contact is going to be drilled. I
| leave about 6 inches of wire and I'll use a yellow or orange wire, so
| it's noticable. I have stringed yellow or orange tags that I attach to
| the wire though a knot in the wire.
|
| I write on the tag in big black letters something to the following
| effect:
|
| Do not pull on, bury or crush this wire. When the door is installed,
| call ABC alarm company @ ***-***-****. Any molding installed will have
| to be removed.
|
| Usually it's the homeowner who calls me with the day the door is going
| to be installed. But I don't necessarliy show up on that day, because I
| expect my instructions have been followed.. If no one calls me, I'll
| usually be in touch and ask about it eventually. Then, I just get there
| and start digging in the wall and removing molding until I can get at
| the wire and mount the switch. Then I walk away and let whoever ......
| fix it. It's not my problem, is the way I look at it. By the way, when
| I'm working for a builder or a homeowner, there's a statement in my
| agreement that the price does not include time and material required to
| "fix" broken contacts or wires, etc or find burried wires.
|
| I use the GRI stubby contacts with screw terminals with the rare earth
| magnets.
|