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They are very expensive for single use batteries. With the wrapper off you can see the batteries, 3.6v Chinese lithium type. Did notice that you can buy them as singles on Amazon, but still £6.75 each, so not really saving. The battery compartment in the siren has two compartments with a plastic...

That’s steep for a discontinued item. Looking for something way cheaper than that:eek:

LEDs are not enabled, have a separate battery pack driving two leds in the box. The MCS730 has been discontinued and cannot find it for sale anywhere. Just wondering if I can use a separate powered siren (Such as a Texecom) running from The Visonic expander module (picture on one of the posts...

Ok, thanks for going through that:D. But the original question that I asked was, can I fit a mains powered siren using the Visonic expander module which clips inside the alarm module? And which one?

The battery is supposed to last for up to three years, so cannot understand why it only lasts for 12 months. This must have been the fifth battery that has been replaced in the siren in the last six years and they are not cheap at between £25-£35 each time. Don’t think you can run a power supply...

Hi Had a Visonic Powermax Complete alarm system fitted back in 2014. This came with the MCS-740 wireless siren, but finding that the battery only lasts a maximum of 12 months and it is becoming expensive to replace every year. Wondering if it is the distance of the alarm panel from the siren or...

I've got an area to render and been ringing around for prices for sand suitable for the render mix. Looking through the forum apparently I should be using a plastering sand. But none of the builders merchants in Swansea supply this type of sand. Just been told that I will not get it in this...

Thanks for your replies. It's a new roof, 6 metres long with rafter length of 1.5 metres on each side of the pitch. I have tiled the one side. So if I understand you correctly I should roll out the dry ridge membrane along the ridge and fit each ridge tile into place as I am fitting the tiles...

Might be a daft question. But what is the easiest way to get up the top of the roof to fit the ridge tiles? It's a single storey extension with Cembrit Jutland fibre cement tiles. Roof has a 23 degree pitch. I will be fitting a dry ridge. For normal concrete tiles I would use a roof ladder, but...

Ooooh you need to give some more reasons why they are rubbish. Is there something about fibre cement tiles that I should know about?

The pitch is 25 degrees Which way does the grp abutment flashing fit? Seems to be a bit of a minefield how to weatherproof against a side wall and finding it hard to find info.

Looking at fitting Cembrit Jutland fibre cement tiles on a relatively small roof. Quite a low roof, ridge is at 2.5 metres, so fancy having a go myself at fitting these tiles. Just need some advice on how to finish off the tiles against a side wall. Both pitches and the ridge are against the...

Had a look at the foundations, goes down about 2 bricks and looks as though they have been laid on concrete, very similar to this. Run a stringline along the wall and for about 2/3rds of its length from the house wall it is roughly straight and then seems to curve out to the corner. The wall...

The roof tiles are a thin metal formed to look like concrete tiles, don't think there is much weight in them, photo of the underside below. The other two sides of the room are both single skin with no sign of bowing on the opposite side to this one. I'm just thinking about this wall, should I...

We have an old storeroom built onto the back of our house. It is of single skin construction, watertight but cold in the winter. But the main problem is one of the walls is bowing in. Probably been like this for the 16 years years that we have lived here, but think it is now time to do something...