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hi having trouble getting any info out of retailers (including the often-recommended Max@mapp). I want a system with app based alerting (over internet) AND sms based alerting (for when my receiving devices is simple GSM only - might be in poor reception area). Happy for the internet app comms to...

ok thanks. thats pretty detailed and full featured kit! not sure I have the time to learn all of that, might be better to pay someone who already knows it and get the potential option of an ARC etc. any pros on here cover milton keynes area want to quote for this? been doing the maths on what...

true, but also an architecture of opening incoming ports via upnp to provide the remote usage capability. been looking at hik's ezviz , hard to tell for sure but seems to be moving to a client->cloud server model?

thanks. how did you get the details for the pyronix system? installer manuals specifically, if I can't read those I can't shortlist it.

hi hoping if i give you guys some requirements i can get some steer. after recent burglaries in neighboring houses i need to put in a system for deterrence and piece of mind. the local method appears to be (as we are a quiet area with plenty of non-overlooked gardens) is destroy largest rear...

hi I have a newly professionally fitted kitchen, one unit is a tall builtin freezer unit. we originally put an AEG freezer in it, but it was incredibly noisy, we were convinced it was dodgy, so it has just been swapped for a Liebherr, and the noise is still there. The noise is NOT the usual...

yep. at top and bottom.

just bought a hudson reed sloane vertical. supplier website clearly shows flow and return BOE. Rad even supplied with the plastic to-be-removed plugs in those positions. on inspection, there are no internal baffles in the pipe across the bottom. thus if fitted BOE (as most would do with a...

hi I have a danfoss two port zone valve with a danfoss HP-22 actuator. the output microswitch is sticking on (pump / boiler being activated by it when zone is inactive). This exact same thing has happened several times before over the years, I used to have a BG service contract on the system...

if its a replace job I'll get the guy who fitted it back he can claim it on warranty from his merchants I expect. just checking I am not going insane, before dragging him back... i.e. at 7 o-clock fully anticlockwise it should defo be shut?

can someone sanity check for me as I am troubleshooting a zone that is coming on when it really should be off. It is NOT the head or anything electrical, the motor is moving freely and as and when expected etc. the issue is, the valve body is be open regardless of the position of the spindle...

hmm ok thanks. for 20 quid I'll give it a shot then. I guess the best tool for the job is the electricity meter itself. however mine is a type with a digit readout only so no indication of realtime, which I assume I would get from a smart meter... have asked my energy supplier when they plan to...

thats all great. however still the same question remains - is there a reasonably priced clamp on meter that will give accurate readings at low (< 2 amp) current levels on household circuits?

so are these devices untrustworthy at the low end / too much error margin? and thus need to do a meter reading maths method on the the low load point to get valid reading?

been round killed all that "house infrastructure" stuff such as boiler, loft tv amp etc already. hence why my method now is to shut down by ring , trace and then I will find it and either go "d'oh" or "eeenteresting...." looked at the screwfix one, annoyingly min current 2amps... I assume...

hi I have a "your loop" energy monitor on my electrical supply. Its been pretty good at helping me find things that are using energy in my house. It shows the at-rest load of my house (everything switched off / unplugged that can be) around 350W constantly, which is working out around £1 a day...

just wanted to update and thank all for their help. 3 weeks ago my installers came back (for free). honeywell opentherm controller is now fitted, pump control is driven from boiler not from evo bdr, viessman DHW demand box is now fitted (wired to activate when DHW calls). System is now a logical...

separately down into the floor, its on opposite side of room (approx 1.5 metres away) from the toilet. it doesn't join the toilet waste inside the house. it almost certainly does so underground outside somewhere.

room has an outside wall and double glazed window, with a night vent thats always open, so always has some airflow. the smell only comes on flush, its not there under "steady state". toilet has internal cistern overflow, its modern back-to-wall unit with boxed cistern. I considered damp but I...

yes there is , and I'm not 100% sure its not. however the feeling is that the smell appears as soon as you've flushed, not after the hand wash, but could be wrong. not getting the smell at the mo so can't check.