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Hi Need some help before I purchase the wrong system for my home. I am after a cctv system, am on a very tight budget, around the £100 mark (don't laugh) I already have a spare sata 750gb hard drive that i'm going to use in the dvr. What i am looking for is a dome camera cctv system...

I have a problem with only one wall socket downstairs. Sometime when I plug in an iphone, kettle etc it trips out. Not always though. If I plug these into other sockets on the same run I don't get a problem. Any ideas?

It is in a 3 bulb unit light so cannot really have a normal bulb in the fitting as would look weird i guess. The fitting in question is a landing so has 2 switches attached. What are my options?

Hi I have just replaced 240v 50w gu10 bulbs with 240v 48smd gu10 leds. The problem i have is when they are switched off the 48 leds are lit faintly, the only way to stop this is to put back one of the original bulb, obviously do not want to dot this as i want them all to match and plus the...

Hi At the moment I have solor powered led globe lights fixed along my fence at around 2metre intervals. What I am after doing if I can is to get the lamps to be powered from my house electric and do away with the solor element. My house is at the start of the run and the last lamp is about...

I have led lights by the plinth on my kitchen cabinets. They are powered by a dc12v 2a power supply connected to a socket under the kitchen. My problem is that when the plinths are put on the kitchen the power socket is behind them so no way to turn on or off. Is there a way that i can add a...

Hi Have been using this site for a while and find it a great help, here's my latest question: Moved into this house about 2 years ago, am now ready to change/add alarm zones etc but now find that I have had a leak in the garage and soaked my Instalation manual. Has anyone got one they can...

Hi I am in the middle of tiling the floor and soon I will be tiling into the door threashold of the cloakroom that has floor tiles also. My question is what do I use to join the 2 different tiles together, do I use an edger but have not seen one for tiles up to tiles.

Ok thankyou for the advice,just another question but what did you use to remove the wax after laying and grouting, it's just that obviously I want it to be as easy as poss but dont want to stain etc the light grey grout I will be using.

You may find it easier to stop the drill bit skating all over the tile if you stick some masking tape on the tile and drill through that

I have purchased some 600x600 polished porcelain tiles from B&Q and the instructions on the box say they have a wax coating on them and to lay and grout before you remove the coating with a wax remover. Then to seal them. I have been given conflicting advice, have been told to seal them before...

Just a thought but may use 22mm copper pipe, could buy a few tubes and when finished take them back and say I didnt need them!!

Am in the process of planning to lay block paving. I have no screed rails so guess I'm off the the timber yard to buy wood to use but can anyone tell me what is the best size to get as I obviously need the wood to be straight but also I dont want to have the wood too large so it take ages to...

Obviously cement, but can I use sharp sand instead of normal sand and gravel etc?

Dumb question...I am laying some channel drainage incorporated in my block paving, I know I have to bed them down and haunch them but what do I use for this? If it is concrete what is the mix.....i.e sand and what??

Hi No work done recently, no triggers and fuse is fine. No idea what to do now???

Hi As the title says I have an Accenta G4 panel connected to an ADT bellbox (plastic yellow one). I initially had some trouble connecting these both together but after some expert advice on this forum i got them to work. That was about 9 months ago and it has worked perfectly up to now. I...

Hi We have a Smeg A1 Opera has gas hob and electric fan oven and plugs into a regular 13amp socket. Anyway this morning it kept tripping the rcd that covers the whole kitchen whilst trying to cook our Sunday roast. First off I turned everything else off in the kitchen just leaving the Smeg on...

Alarm all working now.....success at last. Thankyou again