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I have added some wall sockets and added plaster & filler to the surrounding areas to make good. A few days later sanded down and painted with a couple of coats of trade emulsion, however I'm getting a 'lip' around the patch area which makes the patch stand out. I've sanded the area down again...

Looking at it again: Panel --->PIR Z1 ---> NC GRD ---> NC (2nd port) +9v ---> + positive GRD ---> - negative

Hi, i need to wire a single PIR onto my office alarm Wiring diagram for alarm and PIR is further below (Alarm panel top - PIR bottom) I have a NC PIR To wire the PIR as zone 1 would i: Panel ---> PIR Z1 ---> + (Positive) GND ---> - (Negative) NC ---> NC

Excellent advice guys - i think i'll do that and go for the Yale for now and resell it. Thanks for the link - thats a great price!

Can anyone advise a good alarm for £350 that is both wireless/wired and GSM ready or can have GSM added on? I live in a rented house at the mo so will need the alarm to be wireless, however hopefully when i get a house next year will possibly install it as a wired system (depending if i...

Call an electrician out - will only cost you an hours labour and you'll know it'll be done safely!

T&E isnt really suitable for outside use to the UV rays which can deteriorate the outer sheath. For outside lighting i always use rubber cable Just wondering why your using 2.5mm for a lighting circuit - have you run the light off a socket circuit...

If you can stretch your budget to £90 this is a good drill for a cordless. http://www.screwfix.com/prods/84044/Power-Tools/Cordless-Drills/Makita-8391DWPE-18V-Combi-Drill#BVRRWidgetID I've had no problems with mine and love the 30 min charges

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I HATE circular saws! I've had a couple of near incidents of where they've hit a nail and kicked back and come towards my knee, luckily the safety cover has flipped back otherwise i'd have a cut like that on my knee :shock: Did you manage to claim any compensation from your friend through...

Good idea :wink: - i wasnt keen on the self cutting tap when i fitted it but didnt think about using a washing machine valve Cheers!

Fitted one of these garden tap kits for my mum about 2 years ago I popped around yesterday and the inside self cutting tap is squirting out water just below the tap handle when in the open position (water flowing to outside tap). If the tap is closed the leak stops. Are these taps...

You need 2 different sites. On my 1st year with them i thought i could show them 2 jobs @ one site but the assessor said we needed 2 different supplies to test and had to ring his own helpline to confirm.

Hi, i want to connect my USB printer to my router so all the laptops in the house can print to it without having to physically connect the usb cable to each laptop to print. I have a HP 2410 all in one printer which has no built in network features...

personally i'd run a new cable direcly from the light to the new switch