I have 1 single door, 1 French door, and 8 windows that will need to have alarms. Do I need to order 10 of these? Are holes needed for install?
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You should only need three. One for the single door and two for your French Doors. We did not have to install alarms on windows. No holes are needed. The alarms will have adhesive strips for installation.
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Holes are not needed. You will need one device for each possible entry. Depending upon your local building code, the answer provided above could be incorrect. There are a lot of locations/states that require all possible entries (windows included)to be covered by an alarm. In my location, to meet code, I only need to protect the door, and not the windows. However, if your code enforcement officer stated you need to protect the windows, then you will need one of these for each door and each window.
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I dont have a door/window alarm, but I dont see why you have to buy a separate receiver. You have up to four zones, so you would just set up the door or window detector to anyone of those you have open.
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hi marcia.....you need one for each individual window in the garage door.....four being the most common number in each door
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Our house sounds similar to yours. We only needed one to put in our laundry/storage/1/2 bath room on the lowest level of house. Our fire department comes every few years and replaces the other alarms we have. One is in the dining room above the entrance to the kitchen. The other is in the stairwelll going to our bedrooms. The one near the kitchen goes off if we are cooking something that really smokes. That's ok, though. I like the fact that it's doing its job. Hope this helps you make a decision.
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I ordered the kit to attach it to the door based on another review. However, my brother and brother-in-law put installed it for me so I am not positive it was needed.
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Yes, you need at least 6, but can add another 2. The instructions explain it.
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No. This is a single hinge. Typically you need three spring hinges unless your door is very light.
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Not necessarily. They are designed to pick up vibrations such as would occur when someone bangs on the frame or glass or if the window pane is broken. You would be better served if in addition to this type of alarm you installed the type that is specifically designed to activate when window is opened. Amazon sells those also. Again I would recommend using both.
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1 for each individual hinge...should be 2 per door. You may want to confirm if you are ordering 1each or 1pair.
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I am using one per window on double hung wooden windows from 1915. There are basic instructions but it's obvious how to install when you have it in hand.
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I would go with 9. They work really well. I too made my own headboard and I used 3 old wood doors that u didn't want. I drilled braces on them to make it one solid, piece and then used the flat mounts to secure it to the wall. 3 across the top left middle and right then the same in the middle section and the bottom. Worked like a charm. If mounted right you would really only need 6 I just played it safe since this thing is over my head lol
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I have three garage doors, and believe you can set them up as one or together. Presently using two doors on one sensor alarm point and three other independent sensors. only issue so far is the mounting has to been at bottom garage doors, and battery 2031 last about 4-6 months. If false alarms show up, it is the weak batterys and most time when it gets cold out. In fact all false alarms have been weak batterys, any sensor.
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They're not super sturdy so two is probably best. In use them more for child proofing than security so one could conceivably work but two seems best. Also don't know about your particular window but I have wooden frames double windows (with the old jnternal rope and counter weights) and they work fine. They just screw into the frame itself and when open are flush enough to allow plenty of room to fully open the window.
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I would use eight of them. I bought four, and though they held, I was much more secure when I bought an additional four and added them. They just do not cost that much for the peace of mind. Hope that helps.
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The punch code unit (not sure about window alarms) has some flexibility. Meaning the sensors do not need to be perfectly line up next to each other. I have my sensor a little over 1/4 inch off. I mouned the punch code on my door using 3m command strips, so as to not drill into the door, then used double sided sticky tape for the magnetic sensor onto my door frame.
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You can add up to 16 sensors to a single receiver. Once you have a receiver, just purchase additional sensors ie. window/door, motion sensor, or water monitor.
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Hi S.O. - No, you don't need to drill holes. There's two brackets at the top that fit over the door. And the shelving units are in 2 separate pieces that you loop to connect. If you swing the door super fast it can cause the bottom shelf to bang against the door which I wouldn't encourage. Overall it's a great product!