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What alarm system for garage?

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evh5150

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I've recently moved some electronic equipment to my garage (don't worry - it's well insulated!) and it's important enough to me personally to need some sort of alarm system. Does anyone have a recommendation?

It may be possible to integrate the garage into our current house alarm system, but it becomes complcated when, say, I want the alarm on in the garage but not in the rest of the house.

Also, I'm far less concerned about capturing faces on video than I am making sure that a massive alarm goes off if anyone gets inside the garage.
 
I will assume scanners inside at corners that are tripped by internal movement. Is premises rodent proof.

Will you have windows and doors covered in case they break in through the roof.

Some might have an ap to check surroundings like cctv
 
Like the rest of the house, nothing should be able to get in unless it's through an open window or door before the alarm is set.

I thought about the roof and even cutting the window which is why I was thinking of sensors that can detect movement inside as opposed to a simple door alarm.
 
An old 1970s garage i was in broken in through the wire glass and internal sensors picked them up and activated so never assume only windows and doors.

Size of area to monitor if just one room or multiple walls inside.

Residential or Commercial property and Insurance coverage, No harm ringing them up for guidance .
 
I have a alarm for the shed, its a 2 piece siren job about £30. So you have the alarm/motion detector with a siren in the shed and inside the house another remote siren only device. If someone brakes in say brakes in in the night and they smash or disable the alarm in the shed before the 10 seconds is up then the one in the house will go off anyway after 10 seconds and you can only disable it with a key fob. A few years ago someone tried to brake in in the middle of the night and then smashed the shed alarm but the siren still went off which scared them off. I actually stuck it to the underside of the soffits directly outside the bedroom window magnet sticky pads, this way they heard the 2nd alarm it and I heard it

Another good one is a remote wildlife camera in an old paint tin on a shelf about £25 with an SD card. Any movement it starts to record but mainly for the shed your not in out all the time then just recharge every month or so
 
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