Hardwired vs wireless sensors for a big house - what's your pick?

I just finished a job outside of Portland on a 4,000 square foot house and had to choose between hardwired sensors or going full wireless with the new Honeywell stuff. I went hardwired because I figured it's more reliable long term, but man it took me an extra 2 days running all that wire through the attic. Has anyone else dealt with this choice and regretted not going the other way?

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hugo_jones3d ago

Hardwired means zero battery swaps in that attic space.

the_elliot3d agoTop Commenter

1600 square feet is a pretty small attic space to be running new wire through, especially if it's an older house like my 1920s bungalow. I'd take a battery swap twice a year over crawling around up there trying to fish romex, @hugo_jones.

juliahall3d ago

Oh man, my buddy Tom had a 1920s house exactly like that (I helped him move furniture once and it was a nightmare). He decided to hardwire an attic light and spent a whole Saturday, like 8 hours, crawling on his hands and knees through that pink fiberglass insulation with a sweaty shirt on. He came out looking like a giant dust bunny with a few stray insulation fibers stuck in his hair for days. I'd take a battery swap twice a year over that any day, too.