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The Consultants let'l

journeyman carhas a home-building and remod-

Palumbo

who

penter

is

a registered

interest in northern Virginia. His his grandfather, a by sparked was carpentry in years' exmaster carpenter with more than 50

eling business

perience. Mr.

Palumbo teaches

in

the Fairfax

County Adult Education Program.

Mark M. tor in

Steele

a professional

is

veloped and conducted

home-ownership ers.

home inspecHe has de-

the Washington, D.C., area.

He

training

programs

skills for first-time

in

homeown-

appears frequently on television and in home repair and con-

radio as an expert

sumer

topics.

David A. Mandel

is

Lock and Security,

He

is

a

member

the vice president of Liberty

Inc., in Rockville,

Maryland.

of the board of directors of the

and Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) and a past president of the National Capital Alarm Association. National Burglar

CONTENTS

BARRIERS AGAINST BREAK-INS

Barriers against Break-Ins accidents as well as burand secure home requires protection against fire and break-ins remain the principal concern, largely beglary. Yet for many homeowners, intrusion. The improvements on the cause many residences are poorly equipped to bar yard lights, sturdy locks and window following pages—a chain-link fence, well-placed and economically. can provide all the protection most homes need, simply

A safe

grilles—

A Boundary

8

of Chain-Link Fence

Basic Locks

A Guardian

Anchoring the Posts

32

and Bolts for the Front Door

Protection for Special Doors

Installing the Top Rails

Locking Sheds and Garages

Hanging the Wire Mesh Taking Up the Slack

Gates for Walks and Driveways

Putting

38

On a Better Lock

Replacing Cylinders

Low-Cost Lighting

1

Adding a Deadbolt Installing a Spring Latch

Working with Conduit Running a Cable for an Outside Light

The Right

Tapping an Existing Fixture

A Mortise Lock

Exit

to Attach a

Vertical Bolts for French

Box in Concrete Block from a Basement or Crawlspace

Installing a

An

Way

Recessing a Light in a Stairway Wall

Rim Lock

Doors

Windows That Cannot Be Forced Open

47

Mounting a Fixture in an Eave Adapting a Yard Light to a Mercury-Vapor Bulb

Locks for Double-Hung

An Incandescent Flood Lamp

A Keyed

Latch in a

Windows

Casement Window

Low-Voltage Lighting

Panes of Shatter-Resistant Strengthening Vulnerable Doorways Holes to Grip Screws Tight

Matching

Bits to

26 Setting Plastic in a

Plastic

50

Wood Sash

Procedures for Metal Sashes

Screws

Sawproofing a Door

Ready-Made Window

Grilles

52

A Deadbolt Strike Box Stiffening a

Frame

Anchors for Masonry Walls

Securing Problem Doors

Safes and Vaults for the House Repositories for Your Valuables Building a Safe into a Wall Bolting a Safe to the Floor

An Enclosure

of Concrete Blocks

Homemade Strongrooms

54

of Chain-Link Fence

A Boundary

Any fence is a psychological barbut a high chain-link fence

rier,

is

a

real obstacle to illegal entry. Bur-

know that such a fence makes removal of valuables awk-

glars also

Anchors or Concrete: Posts must be

when

concrete only

for

set in

the soil

is

rocky or very sandy. Elsewhere, metal anchors (right) simplify the job.

They

also

make

the installation

mesh can be

known

as line posts, so that no

installed.

when you mesh. The

the chain-link

expensive and most

common

MATERIALS

Ropes

Wood

Stretcher bars

Metal post anchors

Hammer

File

Electric

Hacksaw

drill

carbide

with

bits

Grindstone attach-

ment

stakes

or concrete

Adjustable wrench

lot.

Before ordering materials, draw a rough scale map. Mark the locations of terminal posts

—thick posts

at gates, corners,

and other

positions as described in Step

posts are

1,

op-

in additional posts,

more than

10 feet apart.

Using the map, a fence distributor can supply wire mesh, posts, and hardware for the job. Many distributors also rent special tools, such as post drivers, stretcher bars (page 13),

and cable

jacks, or

"come-

alongs," to pull the fencing taut.

Rail

SAFETY TIPS

bands and

cups

Cable jacks

Post driver

(12-lb.i

line to avoid accidentally infringing

Sketch

Lineman's pliers

Sledgehammer

a foot or so inside your property

posite.

least

level

Planning the Job: Where you can place a fence and how high it is allowed to be are generally regulated by code. It is wise to set a fence

needed

choose

Torpedo

blends

ings, on the other hand, require at least 2 days to harden before the

er cosmetic issues

or shovel

it

on the next

place, complicating the job. Consid-

Posthole digger

popular because

is

go fast: Using anchors, two workers normally can erect 300 to 500 feet of fencing, complete with gates, in a weekend. Concrete foot-

Selecting Materials: If you have a choice, buy heavy-gauge posts; lighter ones cost less, but the tops may deform as they are driven into

TOOLS

green

with shrubbery.

ward and highly visible.

a chain-link fence

is galvanized to prevent rust, and it weathers to a dull gray. At additional cost, you can buy mesh and posts with a colored vinyl coating; dark

Line posts

and caps

Terminal posts and

caps Chain-link

Top

Put on goggles whenever you are hammering something at or above

rails

Tension bars

waist level,

Tension bands, nuts,

and

bolts

Tie wires

Prefabricated gate,

mesh

hinges,

and

latch

and have your helper don

a hard hat to steady posts that

you

are driving. Cloves protect your hands when you work with individual strands of wire or with wet concrete.

METAL ANCHOR

Anatomy

shown

of a chain-link fence.

Every component of

this

fence

—the

posts,

the wire-mesh fabric, and the hardware prefabricated.

The mesh attaches

duty terminal posts

gateways and to

at corners,

between in

crete or secured with metal anchors as

ANCHORING THE POSTS Digging the pestholes.

Some

metal anchors require

no holes; others are started in holes that are 4 inches deep by 10 inches wide. For concrete footings

holes 12 inches

make

deep by

12 inches wide.

Drive stakes to mark the locations of terminal posts at corners, gates,

and fence

and bottom of each slope. Have a helper mark the height of the fence on the terminal posts, measuring from the tops

(right).

String a line near the

ground between the corner and end stakes and mark the line in equal segments of 10 feet or

less.

for the

terminal posts at the top

you have chosen.

In

locations

Drive a

stake at each mark.

where more than 1 foot in 4 between gates or corners, mark for ends.

the property slopes

is

ends, and

lighter line posts

terminals. Both types of posts are set

1.

—

to heavy-

At each stake, use a posthole digger or a shovel to dig a posthole appropriate

anchoring method

con-

here.

caps on the

A

top

runs through looped

rail

line posts.

Secured to the termi-

nal posts with fittings called

rail

cups,

it

pro-

vides lateral support. Metal tension bars, slipped through links of

mesh and clamped

to terminal posts with circular clips called

tension bands, hold the attach

mesh

mesh

to line posts

taut. Tie wires

and top

rails.

r their tops

2. Driving the posts. Center a terminal post

in its

hole and, while a helper with a

torpedo

level

plumb, pound

holds the post it

into the soil

with a post driver

the mark

until

on the post is even with the ground (right). Drive all the terminal posts the

same way. below

String a line 2 inches

the tops of the terminal posts.

Drive the line posts

until

If

meet the

line.

the driver deforms the

tops of the posts, reshape each

one with a in

file

an electric

cap

will

When

or a grindstone

drill

so that a

fit.

a post driver

is

able, hold a block of

not avail-

wood

over the top of the post as a

and drive the sledgehammer. post with a protective buffer

2. Fitting the top

rail.

At the terminal post, mark the end of the

rail

about g inch from the

ner end of the cup rail

at

(left),

in-

and cut the

the mark with a hacksaw.

Turn the cup upward and place

the end of the lip rail

rail

against the lower

of the cup (inset).

Then push the

and the cup downward

until

they lock together.

HANGING THE WIRE MESH

1.

Raising the mesh. Set a

ric

roll

of chain-link

at a point 15 feet

mesh

—an the land slopes — and

near a terminal post

one

if

fab-

from the end.

the

Run the two ropes over the top and pull the fabric up against

uphill

rail

unroll

the line posts and the top

rail.

Se-

the fabric on the ground outside of

cure the fabric temporarily to the

the post-and-rail framework.

top

edge of the end of the roll and

Tie ropes to the upper

the fabric at

rail

with

tie

wires at intervals

raising the fabric

11

by

until

you have

then cut the fabric about a foot short of the post. If

a

roll

ends between terminal on a second roll as

posts, splice

shown

of 5 feet.

Continue

same method

reached the next terminal post,

ceed

to

in

Step 2; otherwise, pro-

Step 3.

two

2. Joining

rolls.

end of the exgray) one end of a

Hoist alongside the

hausted fresh

(light

roll

roll

(dark gray), following the

procedure

in

Step

Using lineman's

1

pliers,

loosen the

top and bottom of the end strand, or picket, of the

new

roll

(near

right).

Unscrew the picket from the wire weave in a corkscrew fashion. Pull the ends of the two rolls of fabric together and weave the picket strand back

of both

down

through the ends

rolls (far right).

Bend over the ends et strand.

of the pick-

r

CABLE JACK

STRETCHER TENSION BAR BAR

TAKING UP THE SLACK

Attaching the \ feet

One

feet apart.

Pour 6 inches of concrete into

each hole and

let

it

cure

24 hours.

close as possible to the hinged

each.

side of the door, the other 49

the 6-foot landing; the top of the

plumb, alternately shovel and

ramp

on the other.

tamp

rest of the holes for

ing unfilled the last foot of the

inches

away on the opposite

side

of the steps. Inside the string lines

rests

Dig the

on either

side of the door, dig postholes

supports the end of

single posts, spacing

them even-

along the string

Place

ly

lines.

121

While a helper holds the posts

two

earth into the holes, leav-

sets of holes farthest

the house.

from

2. Trenching for the For the

ramp

ramp end.

to begin at

ground

lev-

excavate the pattern of trenches

el,

shown

in

the inset to partly bury the

end of the ramp framework. Dig trenches 4 inches wide starting just inside the end posts at a depth of 10 inches and sloping toward the house inch per foot. Join these trenches with one dug 6 inches deep between the end posts and another 4 inches deep, 2 feet far

1

nearer the house.

Pour 2 inches of gravel into the bot-

toms of the trenches.

6"

DEEP

4"

DEEP

=a

3. Installing cross braces. With \- by 3^-inch lag screws and washers, secure two 2-by-4 braces between the four landing posts. Position the tops of the braces

3

Q\ inches below the door

threshold.

If

steps ob-

screw 2-by-4

struct the brace nearer the house,

blocks inside the posts instead of cross braces.

To support the top of the ramp, fasten a brace

between the ramp posts 5 inch lower than the landing brace

(left).

Using a water level (page 105) or a string and a line level, mark the

ramp posts

at

the height of

the top of the ramp cross brace.

Gt^>

For each foot of distance

measure down

1

between posts, mark and draw

inch from the

another mark across the posts. Fasten braces on

—

all

but the

last

two

sets

position braces at the marks

on the house side of the posts and 5 inch lower on

of posts

RAMP POST

the opposite sides of the posts.

On

the next-to-last set of posts, screw 2-by-4

blocks inside the posts steps, but

122

like

the blocks next to the

angled to match the slope of the ramp.

4. Assembling the platform frames. For the landing platform, cut 2-by-8 stringers

2-by-4 apart

6 feet long and join them with

joists

39 inches long, spaced 2 feet

(right).

Set the landing frame nail

it

nized

to

all

on

its

braces and

four posts with 35-inch galva-

nails.

For each stringer

on

ramp its

along the post

angled

section, set a 2-by-8

braces. (inset),

Mark the upper end and cut it along the

line.

Return the stringer to the braces so that the cut end touches the end of the landing stringer,

then mark the upper and lower

edges of the ramp of the next

ramp

stringer at the

post.

marks and use the

midpoint

Cut between the

stringer as a template for

a second stringer.

Omitting end

joists, nail

2-by-4

install

in

the

for the last section of the

an end if

joist there.

a 2-by-4

the ramp

is

LANDING STRINGER

ramp sections on the

and adjust the gravel

in

the

trenches to maintain the correct slope.

ramp, cut the stringers flush with the

and

when

place.

braces,

joists

stringers.

Construct the other ramp sections

same manner, but posts

in

Position the

every 2 feet between the

2-by-3 or 2-by-2

clear a sidewalk

last

Use a

joist will

not

LANDING CROSS BRACE

Nail the stringers to the posts, then

end joists to the them together.

toenail the remaining stringers

Tamp

and

nail

earth around the posts

and

fill

the trenches with gravel.

5. Installing the decking

Deck

and

rails.

the platforms with 5-inch pressure-

Make the joints fall on and leave a g-inch expansion each joint.

treated plywood.

the

gap

joists,

at

Nail 2-by-4 top rails to the posts 36 inch-

es above the

ramp

(left).

Trim the posts at the tops of the

sloped so the tops

will

shed water

rails,

but

(inset).

two more 2-by-4 rails, parallel to rails and spaced evenly between the top rails and the ramp. Nail

the top

At a height convenient to the wheelchair user, fasten a l-^-inch, round handrail

to the posts, securing the handrail

brackets with l^-inch

Add

wood

screws.

a lever-type handle to the door

(page 119). If you have a screen door, remove the automatic closer. Allow the ramp to weather for 6 months, then coat the plywood with marine deck paint containing pumice; leave the rest of the

123

wood

unpainted.

Essential Pool Safety

While backyard swimming pools and spas can be sources of great

Fencing.

Safety cover.

A

enjoyment, they are potentially the

As long as a pool fence is 6 feet or higher, it can be made of chain link

most dangerous places around the

(page 8) or

house, especially for children.

There

no substitute

is

supervision

when

a pool

is in

with the posts and

rails

use,

mounted is

the pool area and to keep

mechanisms on

somehow

to alert

fall

you

if

of protection

in, -,

into the water.

Lines of Defense: The is

a fence.

Install self-closing

them out they

J

first

layer

Check

lo-

stalled.

when

A door

the door

jurisdictions provide

—

some sort of guidance but as a minimum install a fence at least 6 feet

high and

built so that

it

is diffi-

cult to scale.

A pool

safety cover helps to

keep leaves and dirt out of the water, but its primary purpose is to prevent unauthorized access to the pool. The cover can be manually deployed or can be rolled out with the help of a key-operated electric motor. The model shown here

hides the motor and spool beneath a bench.

A solar cover,

keep a pool warm,

is

designed

to

useless as a

safety cover. It supports little weight and can trap a small child beneath it. If you have a solar cov-

buy a pool alarm. Don't scrimp on protection from within the house. Toddlers can er,

wander out a door that is left ajar or unlocked, and a determined child can unlatch a

window

self-latching

alarm alerts you

is opened. Lock "^ windows leading to the pool and install alarms (page 62).

codes for fencing requirements around a pool all

and

a regular door. For

sliding glass doors, have a counterweight door closer and latch in-

cal laws or building

almost

adults

and one

accidentally

that

opens onto the pool area.

124

two anyone Buy a model

at least

child should

fall

on

it.

that lets rainwater pass through to

avoid stagnant puddles and sagging in

the cover. Because a cover for a

spa or whirlpool

Doors and windows.

and alarms

in-

inside the gate.

around. Install layers of protection to prevent children from entering of the water should they get

on the

side.

made

when no one

(page 104). Build

Gates must close and latch themselves and have the latch

for adult

but the area also must be safe for those times

it

wood

pool cover should be able to

support the weight of

it

is

easily

must be lockable.

removed,

Pool alarm.

Emergency information.

Place this device at the shallow

Post warnings, instructions for per-

Rescue equipment. Hang a life ring with a rope

end of the pool. Edge-mounted alarms (photograph) sound an alert both indoors and out at the slight-

forming cardiopulmonary resuscita-

as long as the pool's width

tion (CPR),

est disturbance of the water. Float-

Consult organizations such as the

ing

models are

less

also less sensitive,

expensive but

and most blare

a warning only outdoors.

numbers

in

and emergency phone

shepherd's crook close to the pool.

a prominent location.

Keep them in good condition, and do not let children use them as-to^

Red Cross, YMCA, or a ation

at least

and a

department

pool safety and

local recre-

for information

CPR

lessons.

on

OuJcloerfcHeplilMt&^

A

cordless or poolside telephone

essential in lets

an emergency.

adults speak

It

on the phone with-

out leaving children unattended the pool. use,

keep

When it

in

the

phone

is

in

not

in

a weatherproof con-

tainer such as a plastic mailbox.

125

is

also

INDEX 73; installing push-button sen-

viewer, 26;

sor, 73; installing

window

Acrylic:

material, 26;

50

material,

Alarms, intrusion: 62; dogs

as,

door chain, 62; lock-

62, 63;

ing door, 63, 124;

window

See also Se-

buzzer, 62, 124.

curity system, central: Sirens

Alarms, smoke. See

Anchors:

tools

for,

hinges, 31

98

masonry

for

walls,

53

119;

technique, 95; upholstery, 94

;

to,

wiring, 89;

88; flame-resistant fab-

rials,

and landscape vegetation, 88,

security

89;

smoke

frame, 90-91 tools

materials

;

and

Fire wall, installing: in garage,

wireless, 83

;

for,

net,

Landscaping: and

88, 89

fire,

125

Life ring: 124,

to mercury-vapor lamp, 22-23;

conduit and

fittings, 15,

fixtures, 16; installing

90

mag-

Fishing cable: 67-69; with

90-91

81

Lighting, outdoor: adapting fixture

90

for,

90, 91-92; materials and tools

fire-

Keypad, security system: 64, 72,

Ladders, escape: 96-97

Firestops, installing: in balloon

27

o

detectors, 86, 87;

sprinkler system, 93

combi-

bell-hanger, 28;

Junction box: tapping, 18

88; heat detectors, 78;

rics,

guide: 42

Drill

aluminum

flame-resistant building mate-

stiffening frame,

for pilot holes,

stops

Fire safety:

securing

nation, 27; flexible, 70; size

Balloon frame: adding

extinguishing: clothing, 94;

lock: 118

Drill bit:

installing, 117

Fires,

electrical, 94; grease, 94;

29-30. See also Locks, door

Drawer

Appliance door fastener:

;

Safes, fire

classes of: 94, 95

26; pinning ex;

See

Fires,

strike box, 28-29; materials

sliding doors, 31

wiring:

for

Doorways, strengthening: 26; frame, 26; installing deadbolt

terior hinges, 31

Smoke

detectors

Aluminum

handicapped access, sawproofing, 28

and

Alarms, pool: 125

modifying

Fire safes.

cent floodlight, 23-24; stalling

69

low-voltage

16-17;

incandesin-

circuit,

24-25; materials and tools for

Barrier bars: 76 Electrical

Brickmold: 52 Building materials:

88; garage

cuits,

fire ratings,

fire wall,

system: labeling

down, 100. See

Burglary safes.

See

shutting

down and

restarting, 101

Safes,

Gate, safety: installing for stair-

burglary

way, 115 Fabrics: flame resistance,

Gates: for chain-link fence, 14;

88

Fence, chain-link: anatomy, 9;

anchoring posts, 9-10; hang-

latch: 117

Cabinet

mesh,

11-14; in-

Cabinet lock: 117

ing wire

Cable

stalling gates, 14; installing

jack: 8, 13

Chair-leg brace: 111

rails,

10-11

Childproofing: 116; installing ap-

tools

for, 8;

pliance door fastener, 117;

cabinet latch, 117;

stalling stalling

cabinet lock, 117;

installing stalling

inin-

drawer

lock, 118; in-

showcase

materials

and

lock, 116;

tools

See also Gate,

116.

for,

safety; Pool

safety

Closet racks: for handicapped

CO/ALR

fixtures:

89

luit:

15;

rails,

bending, 17; coniuplings, 17; 16,

Control bo

20 -tern:

64, 81 -82

51

bathroom, 120-121

bars:

gate, 107, 109; materials

tools for building, 105;

and

on

See

Window

grilles,

o

bar, 119;

door

119;

tools for build-

119;

104

fire

96; permanent flexible

Door:

installing

magnctit

istics

5

installing

for replacing, 38;

and

tools

padlock, 37;

rekeying, 38; replacing, 38;

screws, 32; for sliding and

wheelchair ramp,

119,

French doors, 32, 36, 46 Locks, double-bar: 35

Locks, drawer: 119 Locks, key-in-knob: 32, 33; stalling,

wall, 112-115 rails,

106

Heat detectors: 78 Hinges: pinning exterior, 31

in-

43; replacing cylinder,

39 Locks, mortise: 32, 34; installing,

45; replacing cylinder,

40

Locks, rim: 33; installing, 44; re-

placing cylinder, 39

96 63

garage doors, 37;

window. See Windows, casement; Windows, double-

Locks,

Fire extinguishers: for security, 62,

guide

door kick

ble ladders, 96; rigid ladders,

Dogs:

drill

42; five-pin cylinder, 32;

lever handle,

ladders, 96, 97; portable flexi-

Controller, key

40; for sliding door, 36

der,

door, 38; materials

door swing-clear hinge,

Hangers: for fence

escape techniques: 87;

in-

41-43; replacing cylin-

bars,

Handrail: attaching to stairway

108, 109; gates, 104, 109; for

drills,

Locks, deadbolt: 32, 34;

spring latch, 43; matching to

121-123

Fence, wire-mesh: 104

Fire

;

fixture,

22

safe-

closet racks, 120;

plate, 119;

Fence, stockade: building, 106;

pools, 104, 124

basement or

crawlspace, 20; wiring

for

Handicapped access and ty: 119; bathroom grab 120-121

slopes, 104,

wiring from

;

for,

door grab

on

weatherproof outlet box,

21

Locks, door: 32-35;

clamps, 109

Fences: building

tapping power, 18; types,

15;

Locks, diagonal-bar: 35

installing

slopes, 108, 109; use of

and

19;

stalling,

door, 119 Grilles.

106; caps for posts, 108;

recessing

Locks, combination: 38

and

erecting posts, 105; installing

;

concrete block,

Locks, cabinet: 116-117

Grab

planning, 8

in

Glazing: 50,

fence boards, 107; attaching

ing,

Comenlong. See Cable jack

materials

wood

fence, 104, 107

outlet

box

Glassbreak detector: 76

Fence, post-and-rail: attaching

materials

access, 120

;

for

planning, 15;

source, 15; recessing

fixture in brick, 21

Garage doors: securing, 37

Gas system:

also Wiring

Bullnose: 111

power

100; resetting breakers,

100; shutting

90

installing, 15;

cir-

;

94; character-

of different types, 94,

Incandescent

lights: 15, 16

Infrared sensors, passive (PIR):

78

storage, 94; use, 95

126

hung; Windows, sliding lights: 15, 24-25

Low -voltage

;

;

o

wiring paths, 66; wiring along

Magnetic sensor: 77

Masonry: anchors Mercury-vapor

See also

23.

Microwave

Safes, burglary: 54, 55; bolting

to floor, 57; enclosing

53

for,

Mercury switches:

crete block, 58; installing

72, 76

lights: 15, 16,

Lighting,

21-

outdoor

Security system, installing sen-

con-

in

dual-technology sensors, 78;

in

and 54. See

o

valve, 101

tools for installing,

detectors, 78; infrared sen-

101

sors, 78;

enclosing

con-

in

and

Fire

Alarm

Newel

tools for installing, 54; tem-

post: tightening, 111

for,

Strongroom

controller, 83;

fencing, 8; hammering, 8,

Outlet box: enlarging, 18;

weatherproof, 22

26;

15,

hammering

ton, 83; wireless

Panic button: 79-80; wireless, 83 Photoelectric sensors: for security,

Pilot hole: drilling,

Plastic sheet: for

window

panes,

Smoke

Polycarbonate:

window

materi-

50

Pool alarms: 125

window

for cutting plastic

material,

27

47; pilot holes

for,

See also Alarms,

button, 79-80; perimeter vs.

panic

and tools

for

ma-

working for,

110; risers, 110; tightening

newel

post, 110, 111

Strike box:

28

Strongroom: building, 59

Security system, installing cen-

and

Radon: sealing source openings,

tral

wiring: materials

103; subslab ventilating sys-

for,

66; soldering, 66, 70-71

tem, 103; testing

transformer, 82; wire caps, 71

building, 119,

in

tools

for building, 116

67; wiring through closets, 68;

magnetic sensors, 73,

74;

Windows,

sliding: locking,

47

Wire basket: 70 Wire caps: 71 Wired screens: 77 Wiring: aluminum, 89; lowvoltage circuits, 24-25; mercury lamps, 22-23. See also

baseboards, 68-69; from

Telephone, poolside: 125

basement, 67; through clos-

Telephone

ets,

68; drilling with flexible

bit,

70; fishing cable with

dialer,

automatic:

72

Tension bar: 13

magnet, 69; fishing cable with wire basket, 70; gauge of wires, 66; paths for securi-

wireless system, 82; wiring,

68-69; wiring from basement,

safety, 125; barrier

Conduit; Lighting, outdoor

ty systems, 66; soldering, 66,

66; wiring behind baseboards,

121-123; materials and tools

security for: alarms

pool

Wiring, security system: behind

wiring, 66; sirens, 80; typical

64-65

lock,

Windows,

76;

space protection, 72; running

layout,

wedge

wired screens, 77

handrail, 110, 112-115; in-

Stretcher bar: 13

wheelchair ramp, 121-122;

Ramp, wheelchair:

magnetic sensors, 73,

bars, 76; glassbreak detector,

on, 110; nonskid surfaces

;

47 in-

Sprinkler system: 93

of magnetic sensor, 75;

72; control box, 81-

installing

magnetic sensor, 73; keyed

for

Security system, central: anato-

82; keypad, 64, 72, 81

for

lock, 48; rod lock, 48; vul-

source, 86

stalling safety gate, 115;

company,

installing,

74; lag bolt lock, 48; nail

terials

fence, 8, 9-10; setting for

102;

50 Windows, casement:

stalling

detectors: ionization,

power

;

and tools

Soldering: wires, 66, 70-71

27

Posts: setting for chain-link

for,

materials

latch, 49; vulnerability,

Security companies: 72

components, 64-65; connec-

venting basement, 103

;

Windows, double-hung:

Stairways: adding second

50

tion to police or security

fence, 105

shatter-resistant:

50; cutting, 50-51

49

Post driver: 10

wood

wood, 52

nance, 87; photoelectric, 86;

Pool safety: 124-125

setting for

masonry, 52, 53;

to

5ee also Childproofing; Handicapped access and

my

Pool cover: 124

to

nerability, 47;

18.

52;

mounting

86; locating, 86, 87; mainte-

Screws: making nonretractable,

50

al,

Sirens: 80.

for,

mounting

at service panel, 100; wiring,

Saws:

27

keypad, 83

drilling,

ma-

grilles, installing:

replacing,

intrusion

safety; Pool safety; Stairways

77

Shank hole:

tools, 54, 66; with

pressure-treated lumber, 104;

intumescent: 88

magnetic

down,

shutting

and tools

terials

51

Shepherd's crook: 124, 125

rock,

119; handling glass, 50; with

power

key ring

switch, 82; remote panic but-

wiring,

89; with concrete, 8; with

Window

;

Windowpanes,

wired screens, 77 Security system, wireless: 64; batteries for, 82;

and aluminum

tools

72; photoelectric sensors,

perature classes, 55. See also

Safety:

and

77; push-button sensors, 73;

in

and

wall, 56-57; materials

magnetic sensors,

73, 74-75; materials

crete block, 58; installing

Association: 73

Water system: labeling main

glassbreak detectors, 76; heat

floor, 57;

National Burglar

installing in garage,

wall, 56-57; materials

also Strongroom

sensors: 78

Wallboard:

91-92; type X, 88, 90

sors: 22; barrier bars, 76;

Safes, fire: 54, 55; bolting to

Paint,

stack, 66, 67

Vegetation: clearing fire-prone,

88; fire-resistant, 89

127

70-71

;

along stacks, 67; wire

caps, 71

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