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Yes, I never thought that I would be buying one again (I had a Krooklok in the 70’s) but having done a bit of research I opted for a Stoplock Pro Elite although they can be defeated it involves a lot of cutting / grinding, noise and more importantly time all things that hopefully the thieves...

To me “Keyless Entry and Keyless Start” was the answer to a problem that didn’t exist. Some may say convenience other’s may say lazy.

Unfortunately the electrical systems on modern vehicles (CabBus) don’t lend themselves to be tampered with like older models. On a few of my early cars in the 70’s it was a simple job of cutting the LT lead to the coil and splicing in a hidden switch or the feed to an electric fuel pump, things...

I’ve had to buy a Stoplock Pro Elite hopefully as a deterrent to would be thieves, see CCTV footage of a CanBus theft in Birmingham (same make as my car) done by prising the front bumper away to access the near side headlight so that they can do whatever it is they do, all in just over a minute.

I’ve had dashcams for many years in a number of different cars, I disliked the way they attached to the windscreen and looked like an afterthought. In my last 2 cars I’ve installed cameras from a company called FitCamX who supply cameras fitted in a shroud that replaces the original one meaning...

Some keyless entry fobs can be turned off (worth googling your particular model) so they don’t transmit a signal, mine is a “smart” fob that goes into sleep mode when no movement is detected. A quality Faraday pouch or box is a relatively cheap way of preventing this type of theft, another...

Have you not still got the plugs so you can test the pin configuration. If not upgrade the cameras

As above, if your new sensors are going in the same positions or nearby then use the existing wiring where you can. Same with CCTV systems, wired always first choice.

Thanks for your quick reply.

My son has moved into a property with an alarm installed, however all he was given was the alarm code and no manuals. Please can someone identify what system it is so that we can source the user manual. Thanks in advance

You can see the recess behind the brown tape where the strap should be fitted, similar to attached detail.

No, but on a positive note at least you have a cylinder thermostat (assuming it works)

As above use Hep2o Barrier pipe in Hep2o conduit, water regs may require pipes in solid floors (excluding UFH pipe work) should be removable. You could use cold form bends to come out of the floor and into the wall or use half of a Hep2o conduit box with a plywood cover with similar at the...

You could use Hep2o in flexible conduit with cold form bends to take the pipe from the screed to vertical in the wall behind the radiator then compression fittings with chrome copper to the radiator valves.

I keep a bag of copper olives in my toolbox in case I have to break into or connect to plastic pipe, in which case I swop the brass olives for copper and use stainless steel inserts. Otherwise, I just use the fittings “as they come” and never had any major problems.

Have a look in the manuals section for your manual, that should take you through the programming options. Default codes are 1234 and 4321, if the panel has defaulted these should work unless the Engineer Code has been locked, in which case it’s time for a new panel if you can’t get hold of the...

Yes, linking the F & R pipes together is fine.

With demountable pushfit fittings general rule of thumb would be a low pressure test (.5 - 1.0 bar) followed by a further test around 1.5 x working pressure for about an hour. Older style pushfit fittings (“O” ring first / grab ring second) require an increased pressure test of 18 bar. This is...

The pipe looks to me as though it’s Hep2o barrier pipe, they used the Red markings to denote that it’s barrier pipe (standard or solid wall pipe has black marking) they also used the H and V depth insertion marks on the pipe. I would definitely use a stainless steel (Hep2o) insert with a...

Did some work for English Heritage quit a few years ago, no hot works allowed in the roof space.