Fitting an alarm system certainly isn't a case of throwing in some wires. You need to be wary of running alarm cables near mains cables and such.
Do you mean from an interferrence point of view or insulation/safety reasons?
The basic Texecom panels are not bad
What do you prefer? I want whatever system I go for to be able to have the facility to be hooked up to the phone system/internet to alert the cops/security bods that the local scumbags are in! I'm not bothered if it doesn't do that out of the box, as long as there is the flexibility to add it on later.
Any tips on how to run cables? I don't want to be drilling more holes particularly. Presumably I can't run the cables with mains ones in trunking?
I guess I would like whatever system I go for to have neat looking PIR's and a nice small control panel I can put near the door. Never having owned an alarm system before I'm not really sure what else they have to offer in terms of features. Anything else I should consider?
JD