Tech Tips: Door Sensors

Here is our priority for where to place door contacts on a new construction door.

Door sensors where possible ( we run wire through keypad if possible)

1^st choice: Press-to fit installed door handle side
2^nd choice: Press-to fit installed top
3^rd choice: located in keypad box next to door
4^th choice: drilled ¾” for plunger
5^th choice: coiled in attic above door
6^th choice: coiled in unfinished room below
7^th choice: stubbed out of door frame. It is key to communicate with builder and to return after the door is installed, before the trim is done.
Be sure to leave slack in the door jamb for service

For sliding doors: We ALWAYS use a recessed contact in the side, but towards the top. then we finish with a 5899 magnet.

For ALL DOORS: We use a new SHARP 3/8” paddle bit to avoid damaging the door.

These tech tips are intended to provide insights to small nuances to help with many different products we offer. It is the small attention to detail that separates an outstanding job from an OK one. Although these apply primarily to technicians, they will help others gain insight to what the technicians do – in small doses.