Security System Installation Tools

Wireless

• To install a wireless security system you will need a standard screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, a drill and an assortment of bits.

Hardwired

• In addition to the tools needed for wireless installation, you will need a few more tools to drill through walls and run wires inside walls. Specific tools will be needed for different phases of the installation.

Contacts, Sensors and Keypads

• While door contacts can be installed on the door frame, professional installers embed them in the door frame. For this you will need a 3/8" drill bit and drill. Window contacts can be installed on the frame. If you are going through cinder block you will need a 3/8" concrete bit.

Pulling Wire

• Once you have drilled for your contacts, sensors and keypads you will have to pull the wire. To pull wire inside a wall you should use a piece (six feet is usually enough) of fish tape and some strong nylon cord.

Control Panel

• To install the control panel you will need a hole saw to drill the hole you route your wires through.