How to Choose a Wireless Intercom System for Home Security

You can use a wireless intercom system to track children throughout your house, transmit announcements and enhance your home security. Here's how to choose a system that's right for you.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

1. Evaluate your home for rooms in which you think a wireless intercom would be useful. If your home is currently under construction, walk through the blueprint with your designer or building consultant to decide where stations should go.
2. Measure the size of and the distance between each room. This will help you decide how many intercoms you'll need. You might place them in only a few select rooms--such as the nursery--and then place general intercoms in the halls on each floor and the basement.
3. Outside intercoms next to every door will let you identify visitors before opening your homes to them.
4. If you have a yard in which children play, consider an intercom on a nearby wall or structure such as your garage. Make sure you can open the intercom from your end so you can listen without anyone activating the outside intercom.
5. If you work at home in a den or an office, an intercom is a necessity, something that will limit the number of interruptions you encounter during the day.
6. Consider installing a full-scale security system in conjunction with your wireless intercom. Often all-in-one systems are less expensive than the individual elements.
7. Consider options like a video component, music broadcasting and privacy locks.
8. Visit local home improvement stores, electrical supply dealers and Web sites to find systems that are compatible with your home and needs.

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