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Once again, thanks everyone for your help :D I'm going to give it a crack tomorrow - just in case I manage to set it off tonight and make the neighbours very happy! :oops:

All, firstly thanks for your help and such quick responses. Sounds like this SMS business is a bit of a minefield! With regards authorising the code, How do I do that ?... I have what the installer told me was the 4 digit eng code, but when I enter it I just get a message saying additional...

Hi I have a Honeywell Galaxy panel installed. It's been in place for several years - I don't have maintenance or monitoring in place but it is set-up to Send a text to my mobile if there is an trigger. With the alarm part-set I inadvertently opened a door causing a false alarm. I entered the...

Opps Thanks for the advice.... This is all a new world to me, so just to clarify, If I were to go down the paint by hand route, it would need to be an acrylic primer followed by egghshell? Thanks again Brittas

Hi... We've made some MDF furniture and want to paint it... We're probably going to finish it with an eggshell but was after some priming advice. Should we be using Zinser BIN or is there something better for MDF? I think it's going to be painted by hand, although a friend has offered me...

Hi I need to add a spur for a single socket to the downstairs ring main. I know that the proper way to do this is to feed a cable into the one of the existing sockets and connect to the ring main that way but that would mean chasing out the brick wall and therefore a redecoration job. :cry...

Hi all A quick bit of advice please. I'm intending to build a pergola with 125mm Sq uprights and was wondering what the best way of securing them in the ground is? I was going to stick them in the ground by about 50cm with Post Crete but am concerned that they'll rot and then I'll be left...

Hi My Nephew has a rover 400 on a 1999 plate. He's recently driven across a massive pothole and said that he had a a big thud. He thought that he might have damaged the suspension but has noticed that he's been getting some fibre/material coming out of the exhaust - is this likely to be...

Hi We have decided to go back in time and instead of having fully fitted carpet, have a stair runner. Problem is the paint that on either side of the stairs is lifting and cracked so needs to be removed. I went out today and spent £12 quid :shock: on a lead paint test kit, which when I...

Hi, I'd be really grateful of some advice on solving a problem with our central heating system. We've noticed that it keeps getting air in the system which is leading us to believe that we have a leak somewhere. It's a gravity fed system with all exposed pipes through the whole property, so...

We decorated a room about 5 months ago and have noticed that the white eggshell on the skirting boards etc has already started to yellow. I have seen it loads of times in the past with white gloss so hoped eggshell might be better. :cry: It's not a cheap make and it was a brand new tin when...

Thanks very much for the advice. It sounds much easier than I first thought. Do you have any advice on the best method of painting to avoid brush lines.... The painted furniture you see in shops seems to be very flat and even but I guess this has been sprayed?

Hi We have some pine wardrobes that appear to have a waxy finish on them but definately not varnish. My partner says she'd like to paint them cream, but I'm concerned that this will require massive preparation to the point where we wish we'd never thought about it. I'm a reasonable...

I have a 1930's house with a bay window at the front. The brickwork above and below the bay has Portland stone 'corners'. The previous owners have at some point painted the stone with White Emulsion, which over the years have flaked and looks a complete mess. :roll: I wanted to bring...

I used the plaster cove adhesive...the pre mixed one in the tub.

I've taken down the nasty polystyrene coving in my house and replaced it with gyproc plaster cove. I've done lots of coving in the past and have never had any problems but this time, some months after I've put it up, I'm getting cracks around the join between wall and cove. The ceiling edge is...

We have a problem with the Hot water in that it's only coming out of the taps in a trickle. It runs quite quickly for the first 20 seconds then slows to a trickle. It's the same from all the taps in the house. To add a ' further fly in the ointment' our very nosy little cat decided to lay on...