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Totally agree but isn't the magic eye beam across the gates the safety interlock which is supposed to stop this happening. The gates should not close if the beam is broken by an obstruction such as a child?

In fairness to Eric I did not set out to put him down and don't believe my response did that. I merely tried to say that I was a "Competent Person". Also I am not sure what information in a my profile would have made to Eric's response. If I had said I was a retired Fire Officer and an...

That was exactly my feeling. The loft is largely boarded up and I dont want to have to strip out all the floor to find the corpse. coincidentally I did a job for a pest controller yesterday. Ironically sorting out his CCTV which had stopped displaying on his MAC. After lots of configuration...

Thanks for responding. Whilst I have asked for advice on this forum and should expect negative as well as positive responses I believe you are being overly cautious in saying this is not a DIY job. In a previous life I was a Health and Safety Office for a large Fire and Rescue Service and am...

Just a quick question. I am about to source a 5 bar gate for my drive and want to fit an electric opener to it. If using gate automation, is it better to hang the gate on the face of the post in line with the gates or on the face at 90 degrees to the gate i.e. on the back of the post. The gate...

Agreed but not sure if it's mice squirrels or birds. I want to build a small system with two or three cameras anyway so wanted to use a suitable camera for outside monitoring of back of bungalow. Fozzie

Are the ones in the link ok for general use? I was going to build a linux box with zone minder or similar for longer term system and thought these might work ok with this? Fozzie

We have just started hearing scurrying and scratching in our loft but cannot find any evidence of rodents or birds. Before we get a pest controller in I would like to install a cheap CCTV camera to see if we can identify our visitors. I was hoping if I got an IP camera that I could view the...

The TRV head has broken on my parents kitchen radiator. The TRV is made by ECA although I cannot find any model number. I have looked on the ECA website but cannot find an identical replacement to the one fitted which has blue lettering and a red and blue triangle to indicate which way to turn...

Unless you have the installation disks and Serial Number for your previous Office you are going to have to buy either Office Professional or Outlook as a stand alone. Have a look on Amazon or eBay for Open box versions. Alternatively you could sign up to Office 365 for about £60 per year and you...

I have just upgraded two machines to Windows with Microsoft Money 2005 UK installed. One was a Windows 7 PC and the other a Windows 8.1. I had a few issues with Money on one of them but mainly because I had a backup folder also called Money on another drive. When Windows 10 had finished...

I have a 4 bedroom bungalow that I re-built 18 yrs ago and installed Hot Water Under Floor heating in the solid floors. Because the building was rebuilt in two stages I have two manifolds each serving separate parts of the building. One serves the living areas and the other the bedrooms and...

Thanks Daniel, Unfortunately we have tried this and other similar tricks but it doesn't stop the retaining L bolts from twisting. Ideally we need a modern plastic version of the old fashioned wooden seat which had a fixed metal bar at the back which went straight across between fixing holes...

This sound a daft question but can anyone recommend a heavy duty plastic toilet seat for a Village Hall toilets? The ones we have were not cheap but they have two separate bolts for the hinges. These constantly work loose and the toilet seats and lids come off. We are looking for a seat...

Many thanks. That's the sort of info I was looking for. Much appreciated Fozzie

We are having our existing elderly 6ft fluorescent fittings changed for dimmable 1500mm T5 fittings in our Village Hall. Being an old 16th century building we are also trying to get rid of all surface fixed cables that have appeared over the years at the same time by installing a large box...

Many thanks to SWB Jackson and JBPH for the links and advice. Both options look like possible solutions although in each case they will have to be bespoke due to the size of the rads which will push the prices up near to that of rads. However whilst we have not dismissed them they wont look very...

We have low pressure hot water radiators in the main hall of our village hall. These are very old original double panel rads similar to the old steelrad radiators and are imperial sizes on imperial copper pipe. Since the replacement boiler was fitter 15 months ago they keep the hall at an even...

This is a whole subject in itself. you can find more information about broadband speeds here http://broadband.about.com/od/speedissues/a/Broadband-Internet-Speeds-Explained.htm Again I do not take credit for the extract below but it explains what factors affect transfer speeds to and from...