Hardwired vs wireless sensors in an old brick building - my mistake

I put wireless sensors in a 1920s brick warehouse last month and the signal drop was TERRIBLE because the walls are so thick. Swapped them for hardwired ones and everything worked perfect on the first test. Has anyone else run into major signal problems with wireless in old construction?

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smith.elliot1d ago

Old brick walls are basically signal killers, no joke.

ericcraig1d ago

Man, I feel like I'm living in a brick tomb with my phone sometimes. Does the thickness of the wall actually matter more than the age, or is there something specific about old lime mortar that eats signals for lunch? Genuinely curious because I'm about to run cable through mine if it keeps dropping calls.

jenny_lee16h ago

Really? My buddy lives in a 1920s brick house and gets better signal than I do in my modern wood frame place. Might be less about the brick itself and more about what's in the walls these days.