Shortly after I rented my first office space at a local industrial compound the in-house cleaning crew had an accident. One of the janitors that attended to that floor slipped on a wet tile and bumped my door clean off of its rusty hinges.
As soon as I phoned my landlord he advised me that it would take two weeks to repair the door. Considering that my office at that time was pretty much open to anyone I made a decision to purchase a motion alert alarm to keep intruders out.
I bought a small passive infrared alarm which was meant to watch entryways and installed it facing the hole where my door used to be. My plan was to make use of it to alert the after-hours security guards to any likely trespassers.
The motion-detecting alarm would sound anytime somebody walks by it. And it could even be set up to perform a basic two-tone entry chime for when youre at the office and do not desire the alarming to go off and contact the guards.
It was battery-powered so that meant I could mount it in any convenient location around my office doorway. I wouldnt have worry about getting landlord approval to drill and run wires through the walls.
In the weeks that I had this security alarm I turned on the two-tone chime while I was inside the office in order that I would know anytime someone wanted to see me. I then switched it to alarm mode just before I left for the day.
During this period the security guards actually caught some people attempting to sneak into my office in the after-hours. These were mainly homeless bums off the street who were aiming to steal anything that wasnt nailed down to sell it off for some quick cash.
It looks silly to have to go 2 weeks without a door but I was able to improvise a smart solution with a motion alert alarm. Instead of throwing the thing away I intend on keeping it and utilizing it later on as part of a complete security system.
