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I didnt know you could disable the alarm from your mobile. dose the Yale do that? always assuming you have someone nearby to check my property - I dont

Hi Just wondering what people think about the Yale system (or any other system) That will ring up to 3 telephones to warn you that you are being burgled. I suppose if your mum and dad live two doors away it might be handy but if you have no one locally you can call I wonder whether it is...

Hi I have just installed a yale alarm and had very similar problems except mine started right at the beginning. I made the mistake of following the instructions to the letter and wasted hours trying to get it working. I then found the simple Quick installation guide as a PDF online which was...

Hi I have been asked by my nephew to help fit 8x2 joist bearers in his new (very old) House. By joist bearer what I mean is an 8x2 fixed horizontally to the wall on which joist hangers will be placed. The joists will probably be engineered wood I beams. The span is 5.4 meters. The walls are...

So is there any way he could insulate the walls then or should he leave them alone? thanks Mike

My nephew is buying an old cottage with sandstone walls. the walls are pretty well pointed in limestone and generally in good condition. The downstairs walls have been checked for damp and there is a small amount but the walls appear to be tanked at least low down. we haven't been able to...

Thanks for your input Agile I have just ordered a sanibest as that is the "industrial" version so should accept more or less anything according to Saniflow. I might use it for a garden shredder if thats true LOL They say its noisier than the saniplus but i dont really care as long as it...

The cutters are definitely on top. motor is not running just humming. I think i might have to get a new one as I'm fed up with mucking about with it. Just hope a new one will be better as I've heard they are all rubbish. thanks Mike

No tune i can recognise :D this keeps happening and i think it is just a blockage because i usually take the lid off remove tiny amounts of toilet paper from the top and put it back together and it works. Trouble is we hardly ever use the thing but it still manages to jam again pretty...

Hi I am at the early stages of the process at the moment and have asked a couple of companies to come round and assess my house. I do have a pretty well insulated house . I am running a test at the moment with the rads I have where i have set the water temp down to 40c whilst leaving the...

Hi all Can anyone recommend High efficiency Rads please. I cant find much about and would prefer being recommended by someone who has used them before. I have worked out that i wont be able to just double up the size of normal rads as there is not enough space in most rooms thanks Mike

Hi all Can anyone recommend High efficiency Rads please. I cant find much about and would prefer being recommended by someone who has used them before. I have worked out that i wont be able to just double up the size of normal rads as there is not enough space in most rooms thanks Mike

thanks Huge :) I just got a price of £598 + Vat from them which i didnt think was bad. Unfortunately they want £250 to deliver it :roll:

does anyone know where i can get a 2500 ltr steel domestic heating oil tank. I can only find plastic ones and i am worried about the life expectancy of plastic? thanks Mike

Thanks :) they are honeywell so I assume easy to replace. Mike

ours are 20yrs old now and i have never noticed them ever turning a hot rad off. either they do but ive never noticed or they are crap or they wear out? thanks mike

Thanks that is a good explanation of it. I will try that tomorrow. I would have hoped that the boiler controls were a bit more sophisticated than just a thermostat on the burner. But it looks like I am wrong. lol My cct diagrams in the manual dont show any internal thermostat at all so i...

I have just measured all the rads in the house and went to a rad site to work out the outputs. The best I can work it out is approx 30.370kw plus 25 sq meters of underfloor heating which i dont know how to work out. oh and 4kw for the hot water makes it 34kw approx plus the floor this...

It is Big - 5 big bedrooms -games room -study- large double floor hall - large kitchen- large conservatory - lounge - dining room - 5 toilets/shower/bathrooms + utility room it is an old barn conversion. pretty good insulation though. Mike

I think It has always been like this. I never noticed it before but my wife had. she just didn't think it was a problem. The pump is working ok and its not hotter than the pipes. It is a bigger pump than usual. as for sizing My plumber said that i should match the size of the old boiler...