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Hi, When we bought this house, we inherited a prefabricated double garage at the bottom of the garden. The garage is on a 20ft x 18ft concrete base which has a few hairline cracks and is a bit rough-and-ready but is in generally good condition. The base was originally 18ft x 18ft but...

Well thanks to everyone who replied, I didn't get the "how-to" advice that I was looking for but I can understand why. I guess it's back to google! It's a great shame that confidence in the Police actually doing anything (let alone catching criminals) is so low that householders actually...

I've already been told by the local police that any evidence my cctv system gathers is inadmissible in Court because the DPA in the UK requires that you have to inform someone in advance if you intend covertly videoing them (no, I'm not joking, check it out if you don't believe me). As for...

No, I promise you it's not a wind-up. As for research, that's why I came to this forum, I guessed if anyone knew how to do it, it would be someone here!

ok, car battery? would that work? or would the jolt be negligible?

My point precisely...............if electricity can be used to protect property via fences, I don't see what's wrong with using it to protect property via a metal door. Electricity is electricity is electricity surely? As a commodity, it's actually probably the most effective deterrent...

Thanks for the positive answer :-) At least someone had the courage to stick their head over the parapit and risk getting it shot off :-) The problem is, I use the garage for parking my car so a fence isn't the most practical solution.

Well, I'm not sure that most criminals in society today have pacemakers or weak hearts! As for CCTV, alarm and floodlights acting as deterrents......no they won't, I have all three.............the crims simply smashed the floodlight and even though my infra-red CCTV clearly identifed who they...

We have a garage which has been subjected to at least three dozen attempted break-ins over the past five years. Now, my insurance company have said enough is enough and they aren't prepared to insure the garage........the police are useless ("we don't attend the scene where criminal damage is...

Apologies to all, didn't look before I leaped!

I'm just trying to get an approximate cost for the following: 20ft x 16ft breezeblock outbuilding/garage with some sort of apex roof. Nothing fancy to start with, ignore the cost of doors. The roof material can be corrugated asbestosy type material. Footings etc would need to be dug. We...

Outstanding, that worked a treat!! Many thanks!

Thanks for taking the time to reply although I've probably not explained things too well; I've had a play around with the wiring but still can't get the lights to do what they should! Sometimes both hall and landing light come on with one switch and sometimes the landing light only comes on...

Hi, This is my first post so I hope someone can help. My brother has had a go at replacing the light switch in his hall and made the fatal mistake of not marking where the original wires went. So now the hall/landing lighting doesn't work properly; can someone tell me what goes...