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Thanks. That's all the paperwork said, no further detail but I can ask them. Stapled to the back is a Risco brochure and I see they also do wireless beam, I wonder if that would have any advantage? Once in 3 years is fine by me. Am I correct in saying it just uses PIR but two of them? ie no...

Hi Yes, I do mean external to the house. I have some window shock sensors already but really would like to have a line of defence before that. By other notifications I assume you mean a text msg or app notification? That relies on me hearing a tiny ping on my phone in the middle of the night...

Hi I'm looking to have a perimeter alarm set up on the main entry points to my house. I want to keep this separate to the main alarm of the house. The reason is that I suspect I might get a number of false alarms, and I don't want the family to get into a panick in the middle of the night. In...

Thanks, I understand that it depends what I need from a camera so here is a recap Domestic residential application so the appropriate night/day performance in line with this. In terms of budget I'm happy to pay for the best camera from the HikV range as they seem quite reasonably priced...

Fair enough. Any of my on line activity could be hacked, and we know that anything can be hacked by those with the right skills. However the hikv was described as being accessible by those with low skills and that is worrying. Like you I doubt a feed of my drive, garden etc is that...

Thanks. Would you be able to recommend the best hikv camera for me? Domestic application, coax cable already in place, highest camera is located at eaves level. Best hikv camera regardless of price? Thanks

Thanks, glad to hear that the issue has been resolved. I have coax cable already in place and routing ethernet cable now would be very disruptive and costly. I'm assuming that a coax based system that does use network/internet for accessing functions remotely is more secure from hacking than an...

Time and time again Hikvision is recommended across many forums for general domestic use. As I understand it they are now global leaders by market share. Since I'm in the market for a new set up I've been googling away and have come across the backdoor issue with HiKV IP cameras. The ability...

Yes, its that communication that is helpful. Not just for delivery drivers but if you were alerted to a scrote on your drive you could tell him the police were on the way without getting out of bed. I suppose you could have a remote siren in your alarm system but the Ring cam does the whole...

Hi My cctv system (co axial) is way out of date in terms of quality and smart abilities, actually it has none of the latter. So many people seem to be using Ring cams and that begs the question whether that means wired CCTV cameras are now obsolete. My own gut feeling is that I don't want a...

Hi Woody No its just a regular street. In other words I have a wall at the very front of my front garden and the is a footpath is just on the other side of that. The garden fences that divide the gardens run at right angles to the footpath and run from the front of the house to the front...

Anybody able to shed any light on this? Thanks

Hi I live in a Conservation area but PD has not been withdrawn. I note that the planning portal states that a wall/fence/gate can not be greater than 1m if next to a pavement. I'm on a hill and have a wall already but want to add gates. Some of the piers of my wall are already slightly above...

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Thanks. I'll go with the Accoya then.

Thanks, very helpful. Out of curiosity, if you were having a timber entrance door made would you go for the dimensional stability of accoya or the 'hardness' of sapele? Cheers

Thanks. Is Accoya 'softer' than Sapele? As a result will an Accoya pick up dents easier than Sapele? Cheers

Hi I'm looking to have a timber entrance door made. A lot of the high end companies are pushing Accoya due to its dimensional stability, durability against rot and ease of painting. I'm using a local joiner for the job rather than one of the high end (re over priced) companies. He is happy to...

[/url] Hi Owain I take your point that there are water saving showers out there but what I'm trying to figure out is which is the better combination 1) Two showers both fed off a combi or 2) One shower fed off a combi and the second being electric Or is there no difference??

Hi A new fuse board and wiring is being fitted anyway so that is not an issue. I'm not sure about modern high output combis being ok with two outlets though, even the manufacturer's own websites say that combis will not work well with more than one demand