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Hi to all. I'm off to Homebase tomorrow for a bog-basic Yale HSA6200 alarm at £75. I need a few extra door/window sensors. That got me wondering if they were vibration sensors as well. From what I can see they aren't. Found a company that's Yale installers, and in his blog he says Yale shock...

Now I've got problems. As you can see from the photo, I've got rain coming in under the Visqeen? Following previous suggestions, the drawing shows I used the proper - expensive - tape to stick an extra length of visqeen to the cut-off piece in previous photos. (The tape in the photo is just duct...

Thanks Stephen, sorted now. John

Thanks again Woody. The base and life just got better. Thanks to all who replied to me. John PS. I can't figure out how to thank people. Googled it and it said top right of a post is a thanks button. I can't see one anywhere.

Thanks Woody. I'll certainly protect it as you suggested, combined with Tomfe's suggestion. I didn't know the frame and DPC need to be mortared, as it doesn't mention that, so thanks for the info. As for getting the builder back, I'm rubbish at confrontations and complaining. You're right, of...

Thank you tomfe. I missed this as I was adding to my previous post. I had thought of that but wasn't sure it would be right. I think you probably know a lot more than me so I'll do that. Thanks for curing my insomnia. John

This is what I thought he would do. Every conservatory site I looked at used the same drawing. I didn't show him it because I assumed he'd know how to do it. He only put a 100mm pad in. Said with 6" of dolomite whacked down first it would be going nowhere. John

Thanks for taking the time to do that Woody. Almost right except the visqeen goes under first brick, then he's cut it off to go up the inside just to the top of the first brick. He says by doing that the top brick will allow any damp to breathe through it. As I said, he's an experienced builder...

As above Freddie, missed that while doing the last reply. Sorry. There's no outer skin. I did worry about that when he did it. He said he'd get engineering bricks so water couldn't soak through. Am I completely stuffed or has anyone any suggestions. Other than rip it out I hope. Just had a...

Sorry Woody, I missed your reply. I was messing trying to reduce the photo when you posted. Thanks for that. From the last photo are you saying the visqeen is wrong? The concrete pad is just below the garden level. The bricks you can see then take it up to almost level with the decking. When the...

Ok, I'll have another go. He laid a sheet of visqeen in the hole and filled it with concrete. When it set, he pulled the excess visqeen back over the sides of the concrete onto the floor. He then laid bricks on it, using it as a DPC. He then cut the visqeen to cover the inside of the lower...

Not sure what doesn't make sense? There's a full detailed explanation with a photo. What have I missed out? Nope, just re-read it and in my world it makes perfect sense. Give me a clue, please. John

Nnnooooooo.......... sorry. Lost me there.

Hello all. Builder finished laying my conservatory base. He dug a big hole, put in the hardcore, put sand on, put the Visqeen in up and over the sides then concreted. Later he pulled the Visqeen back over the concrete and laid the 2 rows of a single wall I wanted. The conservatory is full height...

Thanks for that motorbiking. That sounds ideal to me. Thanks again to all. John

Garyo. I went for the other option. Save heating in the winter, then open doors, windows and put the fan on in warmer weather. If we get some. ;)

Thanks for the quick responses. John D. No cables or anything going in the floor. Thanks. Motorbiking. I researched first and found that putting insulation under the concrete means you are warming up the concrete above which is like a block of ice. A waste of heating it said. Better to have...

Hi! Just had a base put down for a conservatory, which I'm erecting myself. Originally I was putting 4" Kingspan on top of the concrete floor. Now, I'd like to raise the floor another 2". Purely for cost, I was going to use 2" polystyrene. I put that on my downstairs floors 6 years ago, then...

Hi. The projector is about 11 years old, and still going strong. However, it's only HD ready. It only has VGA and S Video inputs. Just sticking my Virgin HD box into a VGA adapter wouldn't give me HD out of the projector. I can't remember all the details, but I looked into it a few years ago...

Thanks for the replies. However... I was looking at my 12 month old box in the house when I asked. The new one has a VGA output as well as all other outputs! So, problem solved. Thanks again. John