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Thanks for your replies, I'll give it a go.

I've bought some magnetic door sensors (CQR SC570) but the lip of the upvc doors I want to fit them on is as thick as the sensors themselves. If I screw the unwired side on the face of the door it won't actually line up with the part screwed to the door frame when the door is closed, it'll be...

Thanks, that has set my mind at rest. I'll look into getting the whole lot serviced as you suggest.

I've just moved into a new house which has a Baxi Bermuda 552 fire and back boiler heating system. The fire operated OK the first time I tested it and hasn't been on since. Today I had to turn the electricity supply off to do some electrical work and it occured to me that doing so might have...

No thanks, I figure I'll just build a faraday cage in the middle of one of the rooms and spend all my time in there. Anybody else have any recommendations for their favourite/bell boxes sensors? What's your "go to" kit that you'd install in your own house if you were fitting a new system?

Thanks for your recommendations. The Pyronix KX15-DTAM sounds like a good bet as it can be adapted to curtain or normal dual-tech mode as needed, the added flexibility could come in handy. I had been thinking of fitting mostly dual-techs throughout the house but then it occurred to me that...

I'm looking to buy some decent internal movement detectors, some door sensors and a bell box. I'm spending a fair bit on the alarm itself so no point scrimping on the other elements. Can anybody recommend some good makes/models of: Magnetic door sensors (the surface mount type, they are...

Thanks, that's very helpful; particularly the mention of the Android app and the email/SMS service, I think I've found the site that offers both. With those capabilities added I think I can do most of what I require with the Galaxy Dimension. Now I just need to cost the two systems out and...

Thanks for your reply. I have been looking at the Honeywell stuff but I'm not sure about how I would go about getting my computer to talk to the controller. I've read about a remote monitoring suite that can communicate with it over IP but that seems pretty expensive. I've also seen a thread...

Hi all I've just bought a new house and plan to fit an alarm. I'll be installing it myself; I'm a competent DIYer, I've run cable for IT networks and have experience of programming languages/software. I have been looking at the Comfort II Ultra system from Cytech...

The program I used to produce the drawings is called Sketchup Make, it is a free download (for non-commercial use) from here: http://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-make It's just about the easiest 3D design tool to use, you draw flat shapes and then push and pull them around to make them...

It sounds like I'll be okay, I was a bit worried for a moment that the distance would mean that I'd barely get enough gas trickling out at the far end to boil a kettle! When it comes to running the pipe from the gas meter up to the ceiling can it be buried in the wall? The existing pipe is...

Ah, now I understand. Long runs and bends restrict the flow so it becomes harder to feed appliances that consume a lot of gas. Hopefully my boiler will be quite small but, as you say, I'll get the fitter to advise on what he thinks best. Thanks for your advice, gigz.

Hmm, I hadn't considered that either. In the new layout the run from the gas meter to the tee is 18ft. From the tee to the cooker is 12ft. From the tee to the boiler is 28ft. I was thinking of getting an intergas boiler and asking the plumber to advise on the size based on the eventual...

Thanks for your reply, Tony, that's a relief! I was worried there would be some sort of regulation on how far you could run gas pipes inside a house. I hadn't thought about putting the boiler in the loft but on reflection I think it might cause problems for later jobs in the house. One of...

Hi all, I'm just about to buy a new house and have a lot of changes planned. The first step is replacement of a back boiler/tank heating system with a combi-boiler. Ideally I'd like to install the new combi at the rear of the house but the gas supply is at the front - I was wondering whether it...