Changed my mind about wireless sensors after a bad panel replacement

I used to hardwire everything for 12 years. Thought wireless was just for lazy installers. Then last month I had to re-run all the wiring in a 1940s house on Elm Street because the old panel died and the homeowner wanted a new one. Took me 8 hours of crawling through a dusty attic to pull fresh wires. The next job I did with a full wireless system took about 3 hours total. That attic crawl was what flipped me. I still prefer hardwire for new builds but I get the appeal now for retrofits. Anyone else have a job that made you rethink your whole approach?

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paulm9520d ago

Funny how one bad job can flip your whole mindset, isn't it? I was the same way until a panel swap in a 1920s bungalow made me give up on hardwire for old houses.

anna98321d ago

Oh totally, I had a buddy who was the same way. He swore by hardwire for years, like it was the only real way to do security. Then he did this old Victorian downtown where the walls were full of horsehair plaster and lathe. He spent a whole weekend trying to fish a single wire through a wall and it kept snagging on old wood and random nails. Finally gave up and went wireless for that job, said he was done in like 4 hours the next day. Now he's the first one to recommend wireless for anything that wasn't built in the last 20 years.