I set off the hard wired alarm system in the house I was remodeling in the other day, with a chain saw. I had on ear muffs, I could still hear the beeping, finished the cut and vented the area, it was in the garage, btw. The beeping started within seconds of the saw starting, all through the house.
I like Mike's point on the difference on framing approaches from the American side and the German side. America was at that time booming, they didn't take the time to go into the extra detail as laid out by DL. It worked, they weren't concerned with dry wall cracks, but we are today.
If the alarm systems will save lives, what is the extra effort cost compared to that? Kind of like the road pickle they use today, the roads are bare tar within the day or next, it is a terror for the car itself, but saves lives I am sure. It all comes with a cost. The gray area which Mike points out are the tougher side to accept.
