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Hi all Just wondering if anyone knows if my home contents insurance is void without a working burglar alarm? I've been though the booket and cant see anything. I have the silver Halifax home and conetns insurance. Please also see photo. I've read though everything but can't find the answer...

Ohh it was just additional information that the socket outdoor and kitchen Sockets were added to circuit 3 the electrican added as a sticker on outside of the RCD unit. Nothing important. Can I ask him to add the burglar alarm to any circuit as would rather it was added to the loft circuit...

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Thanks so the Alarm can be added to the lights circuit? Can the alarm also have a Fused Connector Unit (FCU) so if faulty I can simply switch it off and nothing else in the breaker it's attached to will be affected?

Thanks I'll ask the electrician when he comes to reconnect the burglar alarm to fit either a double pole switch or a plug I can remove from a socket. There's no plug on the end of it at the moment. I presume it will still need to be added to one of these breakers in the picture but I can...

Hi all Our burglar alarm was cut, disconnected when we got the house rewired. It's not connected to the new RCD box. I am going to get the burglar alarm reconnected but wanted to know if its possible to connect it in such a way that it's on a fuse spark or isolated so if it becomes faulty I can...

Hi all We recently got the house rewired and for some reason they cut the cables to the burglar alarm from what I can see. Do you think it's possible to reconnect the wires and get it working again? Also do you think this alarm turns itself off after a while if a false alarm and we are on...

Hi all We moved into our new home recently and had a rewire and the electricians cut the wires to the home alarm. So not sure if it can be reconnected? If not we want to add some additional security to the home, especially when on holiday. We do have a ring doorbell but it's not reliable as...

Thanks all. I don't care how it looks. I just want it to be the strongest and longest lasting least maintenance as possible driveway. Which would that be and what would need to be done to ensure this? Ie certain procedures etc? Is the gravelly aesthetic little bits of gravel ontop? What do I...

Hi all Can anyone please recommend the best type if drive way to get? We currently have a monoblock but it's sunken in places and want to get a new driveway. I really hate the weeds that come in between the monoblocks so wanted to maybe get concrete. I got a quote from a company who said...

Hi all, Anyone know how I can get th dimensions, plan and sections of the house? As we would like to get a quote for making the loft a habitual space, however the builders I spoke to requite a rough plan to give a ball park quote. It maybe it will be out our budget for the work. I have been...

Thanks. No the end of the USB cable was against a plastic bag someone had put on table and it melted a hole in it. Only thing that was melted was the end of the USB cable. The multi socket plug had no damage to it at all.

Hello all Just wondering if we get a loft conversion and we get a company to do this, do they have to be or recommend that they are, regulated with a specific governing body? And if so who? Thanks all

Hi all We noticed a plastic burning smell and a little smoke and discovered the end of the USB Type C seems to have melted the black plastic on the end. It was not in use at the time and I presume someone had put a plastic bag on top of it as it had melted a hole in the plastic. Why did this...

Thanks just gotta find one of the back door now..

Hello all Is there any way to automatically close a door as our kids love to play in garden and always leave the kitchen and back door open. If either one of these doors closed automatically either kitchen door or back door it would make life so much easier than having to get up and down...

Hello all Can anyone recommend at b and Q etc a spray I can spray on some metal to stop rust and corrosion? Thanks all

Hi all Please can someone tell me how I can make a manhole cover for my decking? Do I just cut a hole in the decking and connect the parts together?? And make some kind of rim for them to fit onto underneath? Will I need any extra wood? If so what type of wood would I need? The one on the...

Hi all Does anyone know possibly how I can fit a rat flap in here. The pipe is 6" but the chamber above only allows access of about 4". We have a 6" rat flap? Hoping someone can help please?

Yes goes straight though all the neighbours properties and then into the road.