Re: Foiling ??

[Jim Rojas <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

tourman wrote:
> On Oct 20, 12:53 pm, "Robert L Bass" <Sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> "tourman" wrote:
>>
>>> RHC: Thanks guys....keep it up....compared to you guys, I'm starting to
>>> actually feel like a youngster again.....:))
>> What the heck!  ISTR you're older than me.  Jim currently has standing as the
>> antiq... er, oldest member of the newsgroup.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>> Robert L Bass
>>
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>
> RHC: Yeah, I know that.....I was more referring to years in the
> business than calendar years....)
>
> I did a system the other day that had foiling on the basement windows.
> I was replacing a 30 year old Chubb system with a more modern alarm.
> Seemed like a lot of paraphanalia on the windows to serve as a simple
> glassbreak detector, but I can certainly see how it would work well. I
> have to wonder though if that stuff false alarmed a lot once it got
> older and the sun made it brittle.

I preferred barrier bars on basement windows. Foil just doesn't hold up
well over time with all the dampness & exposure.

Jim Rojas