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  1. Mrjollyjoe

    External pir or beam sensor recommendation.

    believe it was the AFQ-0001, (aka TD) perhaps i was unlucky, to be fair it was sun facing and never got false alarms due to this? it went in the bin yesterday so no warranty claims, i did carefully check and set the distance as per the instructions and the turn dial underneath. looked at the...
  2. Mrjollyjoe

    External pir or beam sensor recommendation.

    i had a texecom external pir which was ok not great, it did not always clock movement at furthest reach but sadly its died, power to unit but does not register movement. tried rest still not joy. Only 2 years old. It was average at best i would describe, (and not cheap £60 i believe) only there...
  3. Mrjollyjoe

    Best Wired Smart Alarm

    ive had texecom elite for around 2 years with smart com so you can access it remotely to arm disarm and receive notifications, (just need to be in wifi or 4g area) i highly rate it and its easy to modify with expanders etc. app is ok and works well for me.
  4. Mrjollyjoe

    Zone types texecom elite

    You will have to excuse me, i wrote the above badly, i only have 2 entry exit (front doors) all other zones are guard. I believe your suggestion will work perfectly, great that it can even work with or without the system armed! thankyou very much for your help, Joe
  5. Mrjollyjoe

    Zone types texecom elite

    There is a hefty choice of zone types for this alarm, most of mine are entry/exit then the rest are guard, i have an external pir which monitors a yard, this is currently on guard but in area 'b' in area b i have the bell turned off so if its active i just get a notification through...
  6. Mrjollyjoe

    My DIY extension

    good job looks neat (y)
  7. Mrjollyjoe

    My DIY extension

    Looks good nice neat job, dont under estimate how much concrete you footings will take and how heavy it is to move get plenty of people, wheel barrows showel rakes etc to flaten it out. also make sure wagon has plenty on to mix. my neighbours a lemon and had to barrow about 5 cube with no...
  8. Mrjollyjoe

    My old mixer...

    bang an load of larger rocks in it for a while they will clean it
  9. Mrjollyjoe

    Pir 'double nock' settings

    just on std setting i believe its medium sensitivity. you answer prob mean double nock not required. By dual tech i assume you mean microwave and pir?
  10. Mrjollyjoe

    Pir 'double nock' settings

    What do you set your at, i can select double nock in zones and the default time is 7 seconds, i dont want any false alarms but not sure waht time people really go for is the default acceptable, i did have it turned off but the were super wick. What would everyone recommenced as default i.e...
  11. Mrjollyjoe

    Doing up my first property

    basic hood bosch are even not that dear, my experience of taps is cheap are sh1t, ive replaced every cheap one ive fitted, you want chrome plated brass, thats said ive got decent ones from screwfix/b&q (same group) etc just check materials they often have stuff on offer or end of range too, ive...
  12. Mrjollyjoe

    fixing a shelf to hollow plasterboard

    i dont think card board would hold 2 skins of plaster board, have to tested it with screwdriver to see if its solid?
  13. Mrjollyjoe

    Out door work top

    look on ebay for granite off cut or strip outs could be odd sizes but would be ideal if you cut them to fit
  14. Mrjollyjoe

    My DIY extension

    ha ha ive done 2 barns on building notices, they were not impressed with first but ok with second. You have excellent clay there should be sound footings. you could always move door to you new bathroom to make it on suite, if thats you new master bedroom, works well making that a...
  15. Mrjollyjoe

    New Build Barn conversion Building Inspector

    we had to do epc, think its just new new homes i.e even conversion (ours barn conversion). dint have to do water thing though. Im in N Yorkshire
  16. Mrjollyjoe

    My DIY extension

    Why so deep with footings? you have sound clay just below surface if your into good clay you should be fine. If your in good clay here regs are happy at 2 foot, even if its not clay but its hard. Its more concerning if you in soft wierd crap or in fill, that looks good stuff. when you happy...
  17. Mrjollyjoe

    Do I need planning permission??

    Its over 2.1 i think for planning, (in this area at least) even then its more of an issue if your creating a new wall where there previously was not one, you prob be fine to move it even at that height with no PP. If it was me i would get right on it no issue there as far as i can see (y)
  18. Mrjollyjoe

    Smartcom push notifications?

    I have a feeling im prob making a simple mistake, ive installed wintex created new account selected elite 24, then ive selected connect, select connect via smartcom, enter code i generate on texecom connect app on my phone (logged in as engineer) enter that as prompted, it pauses then accepts...
  19. Mrjollyjoe

    Smartcom push notifications?

    ive tried that, im connecting from a pc wireed on same network as the smartcom, perhaps thats my issue do i need a wireless device like an ipad?
  20. Mrjollyjoe

    Smartcom push notifications?

    ha ha i get the notification its the app vs email aswell, if anyone has tips to connect to panel via smartcom from a pc with wintex would be handy, it says it possible but vague on details, Cheers Joe
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