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I've plaster boarded my garage conversion with TE board and bought self adhesive jointing tape and compound. After reading some guides I understand how to tape and fill the joints but I am not sure how to do the corners properly. Firstly there is a gap in one internal corner where the width...

My cameras record these things but it takes quite a while to fill the motion detection part of the hard drive. The worst thing is spider webs across the camera during the night as they catch the IR light and trigger constantly. I think this is the amount of time it sticks on each camera in...

I haven't attached that cable to be honest so I am not completely sure. I think it would have to be something metal and grounded rather than wood. IMHO its a good system for the price. Picture quality and reliability is fine. From some experience with "proper" CCTV DVR systems the user...

Any monitor with a VGA connector should be fine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector Almost all monitors will have a VGA socket but some may only have a DVI which you don't need: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface Many monitors have more than one input and a...

Same system I've got! What do you think of it? Monitor wise I probably wouldn't bother with Maplin. Try online like ebuyer or dabs.com. You don't need widescreen and 15" will probably do so aim to spend £50 or less. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/158910 Or you can probably get a used one...

Ok don't want to cause another "Help with wiring in electric hob tonight" but as this box comes with no instructions I have tried to work it out myself as below. Can someone confirm that I have labelled this correctly? Also the armoured cable earth just terminates with a nut around the cable...

I've bought a new flush metal CU and now need to decide whether to call someone in (and perhaps pay for a days labour!!) or do it myself. As a competent DIYer am I vastly underestimating this job or should it be as it appears which is quite straight forward? How much does it cost to notify...

There is an RCBO on the ring main. Its a long story.... not what I asked the electrician to fit but he didn't charge me so I settled with it.

may I ask why you ask? :)

I'm looking for a plastic, perhaps flush fit so it looks nicer in the converted room.

Had a bit more of a look at this today and it seems very straight forward to go and buy one myself. Only question is the earth from the armored cable is the sheath and currently terminates on the case of the metal wylex unit. Would I need a special adapter or something to connect this to a...

I don't have a split load consumer unit. I'm guessing if I did then an RCD would cover the garage but it doesn't unfortunately. RCBO could be a quick solution but really I was thinking a modern CU would look nicer and probably be safer as I am converting the garage into a room. The guy who...

So should I glue (Gripfill?) the Kingspan to the brickwork first? Is there an acoustic insulation value in fixing the studs a few mm away from the Kingspan and filling the voids with rockwool?

I was perhaps naively thinking it would take a couple of hours as there are only couple of sockets and light fittings are easily accessible (not that I know anything about what the test involve!). House CU was changed about 18 months ago so in good order. Seems that because the current unit...

I have been quoted a days labour for the above job. There is nothing complicated involved other than change over the existing 25 year old Wylex unit for something with an RCD. Does this sound right including testing an notification?

Should I put the DPM on the wall first or after the kingspan?

Ready to embark on my garage conversion this weekend I have just bought a load of Kingspan boards. I am planning to put the boards against the wall behind timber studs then put 12.5mm plasterboard over the top. However everything I read seems to have a different approach to this so I have a few...

[/url] You can adjust them but they don't have a motorized pan/tilt as breezer says. For that you'd want to search for PTZ cameras but they are a lot more expensive so I'm guessing you don't want them. The domes just look less intrusive than normal cameras on stalks. The other camera looks...