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Hi there I have permission to paint, I mean that is not the issue here mainly the mould that could be harmful to health. FYI - I have a list of alternations I requested prior to moving in and all approved.

Hello there Sorry here we go. As you can see I have put some anti mould paint on to stop it and almost within an hour the rooms smell better. It’s the slanted bit where we seem to get mould, I wonder if lost insulation would actually warm this bit up. I cannot currently get in the loft but...

Hello there Just moved into a new rental house. when we viewed the house there was some mould on the corner on the ceiling, during the process we were told the landlord fixed the problem of the guttering. Some mould has appeared in the upstairs toilet and bathroom on the egde of the walls where...

Thanks guys I will get a battery tomorrow and give it a go.

I connected a different 12v charged battery (car) to the alarm and checked it and it still went off

Without mains power the panel dies and external sounder goes crazy. I need to replace an MCB in my CU and the alarm is making this very difficult. Looks like I will have to buy a new panel but gives me an excuse to get something with at least an extra keypad for upstairs and ability to have a...

Hello did some further testing. Connected a 12V DC feed directly to the battery cables and check with multimeter 13v present turned mains off and alarm sounds. No resistors look bad and none are on the back of the PCB. Looks like the thing needs to be replaced.

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Hello all I have an old accenta g3 alarm panel which was installed into my house when the house was built. When I switched off the fuse board this week to do some other work the alarm sounds and the panel is dead. I checked the battery and it’s reading 0.3 Volts. After removing the battery and...

Your other dial is radiator temp and this is set to frost protection, my old boiler had an ECO setting for both water and rad temp but it was never down at the bottom. I would turn both up to half way and see how you get on.

Hello A combi boiler heats water up for you instantly. The dial is to choose the temperature of the water. Sean

Hello All I am interested in a nest thermostate. My current boiler is a BAXI standard boiler pretty new with a programmer underneath it current set to always on as I have lived in my new house for month and cannot be bothered to mess with it. I have two zones conservatory and rest of house...

Hello all I have a TV which is painted in a specific colour. The TV was scratched during my house move. I spoke to the manufacture who has said the colour is NCS S 8500-N shine 20 Any idea where I can get a tester pot of this NCS colour? I can google it and it’s the right colour. I spoke to...

Hello So the reason is I have a Bang and Olufsen home automation interface which talks to different devices using drivers. It has things like Lutron, Nest and loads of others, I does not seem to have the panels you mentioned but I get your point and then it would be super smart. Do any of...

I already have one battery nest protect to replace the smoke alarm in the hall, if the detector is connected to the alarm can I just Connect the two positives together, same with the negative cable, remove the interconnect wire. And finally check if I am using NO or NC and either tie them...

Good morning all I have recently moved house and my new house has a Citadel XRI alarm since the house was built in 1998 The alarm is working fine with multiple PIR's. I think its connected to the smoke alarms as when I open one of the old smoke alarms they have alarm wiring inside and there is...

Hello all My plans that went into building control said in the floor I should have 75mm xtratherm hyfloor insulation board. Can I use kingspan thermafloor of the same thickness or does it have to be exact? Cheers all

Hello All Our garden wall is english bond and around 6 courses high. The wall is falling to peices and i will rebuild it. I have some questions. Whats the best way to clean the old victorian bricks? Do i need to put in a small footing for 6 cources? Cheers All

Hi all Today I pulled up a piece of the kitchen floor so see if I had any sleeper walls and found this little creature. Is this a death watch beetle? I am itching all over after finding this think, yuk.

Hello All My edwardian house has half suspended wooden floor and half qauary tiles. The whole thing is being extended into the out building and this will mean a screed layer right abck to the wood. the seperateion from wood to concrete is shown in the pic below with a white line. I need to...