Recent content by sobnad

Hi there, I have an Accenta G3 alarm. I need to move it from one wall to another, and need to disconnect it so that I can lengthen wiring etc. How do I disable this alarm, turning off mains doesn't do it as there is a battery backup!! Taking out fuses sets off the alarm (the siren itself...

Yes the internal walls are 4" half-brick wall, between two ?9"? party walls. The house is over 100 years old and is a victorian mid-terrace. The foundations are a single course of brick which go into the ground below the internal walls. The walls that I am concerned about are 18 feet high...

I have recently becomevery worried about the state of the internal walls of our house. This came to light when I made floor access in order to be able to takle a problem with rising damp. What I found worried me far more than a bit of water....as with many terraces the original floor has...

Diagram and photos of the internal walls of my mid-terrace house which seem to hang in the air as they do not meet the foundations