Shortly after I rented my first office space in a local industrial compound the in-house cleaning staff had an accident. One of the janitors which attended to that floor slipped on a wet tile and knocked my door clean off of its rusted hinges.
When I phoned my landlord he advised me that it would take two weeks to fix the door. Given that my business office at that point was pretty much open to anyone I decided to buy a motion alert alarm to keep intruders away.
I procured a small passive infrared alarm which was designed to monitor entryways and placed it facing the hole where my door used to be. My plan was to use it to alert the after-hours security guards to any possible trespassers.
The motion-detecting alarm would sound whenever another person walks by it. And it can even be set up to perform a basic two-tone entry chime for when youre at the office and do not want the alarming to go off and call the guards.
It was battery-powered so that meant I could position it in any convenient area around my office doorway. I wouldnt have worry about getting landlord approval to drill as well as run wires through the walls.
In the weeks which I had this security alarm I turned on the two-tone chime while I was inside the office in order that I would know whenever another person wanted to see me. I then changed it to alarm mode just before I left for the day.
During this period the security guards actually caught a few people trying to sneak into my office in the after-hours. These were mostly homeless bums off the street who were seeking to steal whatever wasnt nailed down to sell it off for some quick money.
It seems silly to have to go 2 weeks without a door however I was able to improvise a clever solution with a motion alert alarm. Rather than throwing the thing away I plan on keeping it and utilizing it in the future as part of a complete security system.
