Shortly after I rented my very first office space at a local industrial compound the in-house cleaning staff had an accident. One of the janitors that attended to that floor slipped on a wet tile and knocked my door clean off of its rusty hinges.
As soon as I contacted my landlord he advised me that it would take 2 weeks to fix the door. Given that my office at that time was pretty much open to any person I decided to purchase a motion alert alarm to keep intruders away.
I procured a small passive infrared alarm that was meant to watch entryways and mounted it facing the hole where my door used to be. My plan was to utilize it to alert the after-hours security guards to any kind of possible trespassers.
The motion-detecting alarm would sound whenever another person walks by it. And it could even be set up to perform a simple two-tone entry chime for when you are at the office and do not desire the alarming to go off and call up 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 in 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 guards actually captured some individuals trying to sneak into my office in the after-hours. These were mostly homeless bums off the street who were aiming to steal whatever wasnt nailed down to sell it off for some quick money.
It seems silly to have to go two weeks without a door however I was able to improvise a smart solution using a motion alert alarm. Instead of throwing the thing away I intend on keeping it and utilizing it in the future as part of a complete security system.
