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    piggy back of central light in bedroom, is that against any regs?

    thanks for replying, i thought of plan which isnt perfect but I know the philips hue GU10 bulbs can be switched on and off via the app, so we can use that to switch just the downlighters off. tbh your right to get another switch wire in the room is decorated and I dont want putting a wire in...
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    piggy back of central light in bedroom, is that against any regs?

    thankyou for the responses, now as usual i report back to the boss and shes says i guess we can put two downlighters instead of one of the bulbs, and then one other bulb which was initially which i think it is ok regardless of what light and no issue with additional wattage but thought i...
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    piggy back of central light in bedroom, is that against any regs?

    hi all we have a central pendent light in the bedroom and my wife wants an edison fancy bulb type light hanging over my daughters desk. Can i just route some new flex into the loft space and then piggy back in the original light fitting into the ceiling. any risks with this? its possible she...
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    new shower pump fitted, and now radiators are coming on

    hi im not 100% sure, i bought a positive head pump im sure because fo the distance the tank is in the loft and it being in a vented room.
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    new shower pump fitted, and now radiators are coming on

    hi all, recently had some work done on our bathroom, had a shower pump fitted, the plumber still has second fix to do. a couple of questions where things are hapening now and werent before the pump went in. the pump comes on when the shower as it should, however when the hot tap is run...
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    help need trying to hide where these pipes come out the wall

    [/url] Thanks for the link that's exactly what I'm looking for, will see how much the postage is. If the room wasn't wall papered I'm get the nut sorted properly.
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    help need trying to hide where these pipes come out the wall

    Hi there I'm looking at some some of silver coloured collars to fit over some pipes leaving the wall, bought some but they don't fit but trying to google something similar.
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    two way dimmers in the room, want to change them

    thank you so much for the replies, made it all seem understandable now. I'll just going to try to get a blanking plate, those GET ones are £16!!!! seems expensive for a brushed effect blanking plate. And i'll get a dimmer for the other switch, something like this looks ok...
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    two way dimmers in the room, want to change them

    thanks all for the replies. For me the switches are at either end of the room, the one with all the wires isnt really used or needed (it was once a kitchen so perhaps it was used more often then) so if its easier and judging for the replies (really easy) i just wrap those choc blocks in...
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    CCTV and setting the DVR to viewed on line.

    hands up to the guys that install cctv for a living, man i started at 1000am and finished at 19.30hrs. absolutely knackered i cant even lift my arms!! all installed and connected up. ive type in my ip address and brought up the cameras so i can view them online... still unsure how to...
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    CCTV and setting the DVR to viewed on line.

    didnt manage to get it working last night, im going to install the system today and hopefully play around tonight with the settings. just before i start, i had another look. i'm with sky broadband so ive gone into my router to forward the ports. originally i chose 80 as the default but i...
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    CCTV and setting the DVR to viewed on line.

    Thanks i think ive got myself confused now... first time doing this so apologies for all the questions, im only glad i havent had a couple of beers. under the DDNS management settings ive added the device, ive copied the serial number across but when i save it the serial number is alot...
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    CCTV and setting the DVR to viewed on line.

    ok thanks, its working and i can see it on my laptop now... just trying to set it up from the app on the iphone and on a windows phone.. on the app you have to put in a the device doman... actually i think ive missed a step and havent forwarded the ports from the router (sky)
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    CCTV and setting the DVR to viewed on line.

    hi quick question im looking at my configuration on my dvr, gone under network settings, is it the ipv4 address or the ipv6 address that i need
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    CCTV and setting the DVR to viewed on line.

    Thanks for the replies, didn't know about the free dns website...
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    CCTV and setting the DVR to viewed on line.

    hi all, i bought a 6 camera set up Hikvision for my home. I plan on installing hte cameras tomorrow. I had a play around yesterday and set up two camera via the DVR with a HDMI into my tv just to see the picture quality etc. All very impressive. I want to be able to view on a ipad, windows...
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