security system vs door chime

19 years ago

Hi - I'm brand new to this forum and hope this is in the right place. We are about to dig for our new home...

it is going to be 2 stories and much bigger than I'm used to. With 2 small children I really want to know when a door opens. I know that a security system would have a "door chime" feature that makes the doors beep when opened. That beep is what I want - I don't necessarily need the rest of the security system.

Do wireless door chimes work very well? Would I be better off having the hard-wired security system? Is there an option that only provides warnings like that without having to have the monthly monitoring service? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

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allison0704
19 years ago
You can have your house hard wired with the security system door alarms and the stations (usually two) that chime when the doors are open without having it monitored monthly.

I've never heard of wireless door chimes.
Kimberlyinva
19 years ago
If you have a Radio Shack near you they have wireless door chimes starting at about 14.99. They are also available at your local home improvement stores. We have the Radio Shack & they work great!!!
KAT

Here is a link that might be useful: Door Alarm
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mikie_gw
19 years ago
Perhaps something like SkyLink.
wireless and relatively inexpensive...
Starter Kit; "Master control" & one door ... $35 *four doors max*
Each additional door ... $25e

A while back ... I stumbled upon SkyLink inexpensive unit while looking for a driveway motion detector. Wonderful little things.

May find some good prices if you Froogle.com the model numbers.

Here is a link that might be useful: Skylink WD-318
cissado
19 years ago
Mine are on the security system and I love it. We have numerous keypads and hear the chime when the doors or windows or whatever happens to be on the system, are opened. Maybe having your windows on there is a good idea too with children?

Having two floors and possibly a basement,you'll need a few keypads to hear the chime.

You don't need a monthly monitoring for the chimes to work. You also don't need to change batteries as it has a rechargable battery in the system.

You can also install low voltage smoke detectors on the system and have that work in conjunction with the security system. Without the monthly monitoring, the smokes still ring, but obviously the Fire Dept. won't be automatically be notified.

So, there are a few pros and cons to the whole decision.
lsst
19 years ago
We have a monitered system but use the door chimes. Like others have stated, the door chimes work if you do not have the system monitered.

We have a five year old and she used to wake up very early and decide on her own to play outside. I turned on the chimes and knew when she opened a door.

Fortunately, she has outgrown this stage. I know the chimes will come in handy when she is a teenager.;)