Savvy Guide to Home Security

By John Paul Muller and John Paul Mueller

Takes you through the steps needed to design, install, or purchase a home security system. This book covers the bases, providing information on assessment, planning, purchasing, and maintenance. It... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0790613158
• ISBN13: 9780790613154
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Indy-Tech Pub
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Good Introduction to Buying or Building a System

This book is a book that covers several areas. First, it discusses home security in a general nature covering all of its forms from intrusion detection to fire and smoke. It helps you to analyze and define what are your security needs. Determining your needs before you start to look at solutions can be a real cost saver. Second, it looks at the various types of systems that are availabe. This includes prepackaged systems that are basically turn key operations. It compared the offerings from several vendors to make vendor selection your choice rather than restricing yourself to one offering. Third, it looks at the solutions you could build yourself, either independently or in cooperation with one of the established vendors. Finally, it covers what you might call 'living with the system.' This includes testing, day to day use, maintenance. This is a general introductory book that covers virtually every aspect of building and using a security system for your house. If this is something you are planning to do, it will provide enough information for you to make intelligent decisions.