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When you say do it piecemeal what do you mean, use an adhesive that takes longer to go off? The solid floor is slightly uneven, can I use a liquid latex like this one? http://www.transtools.co.uk/store/prod_3354/sealants-and-adhesives/builders/level-master-liquid-latex-5-litre.html

Thanks for the reply. Yes it is a solid floor, just under 4 square meters. I do have a score and snap type cutter that I used to tile the bathroom walls so will try that before I upgrade and buy anything else. I always enter and leave my property by the back door and so do visitors, so...

I am going to lay 300 x 300 brown porcelain tiles to an indoor porch. The tiles are 9.5mm thick. The area is 1.2 meters by 3.2 meters. I just read the sticky above but want to make sure I have understood it all. I will use a powdered fast drying adhesive like Feb fastset 5kg. Use 4...

Thanks for the replies. I like those electric curtain tracks, how much were they? I would need one set for Patio doors and one other window. But for 2 of the rooms a timer lightswitch would be perfect. Is his the type of thing...

When I am away from home I have timers which I use to turn a couple of lamps on and off at the chosen times but I would really prefer my ceiling light to come on as I think this looks more like someone is at home. I have heard a couple of times recently that some people set their ceiling...

Thanks for the replies. I telephoned BT and signed up for "Privacy at home" which is free. I am looking for a new telephone to buy that has a screen to show who is calling but I understand I wont be able to bar with held numbers unless I pay £3.91 a month to BT. I was hoping the new...

I am still using a Telephone which has not LED screen so I cannot see who is calling or any missed calls. I would like to update my Telephone to see the numbers of all the missed calls I have received when I am out but would still like a corded phone and do not want an answer machine. I...

I am grateful that I was steered away from buying a CCTV system from Maplins. But you have to start your search somewhere, for me it was Argos, Maplins and then after posting on this board I was told about buying direct from China. I was cautious at first as I had never bought off ebay before...

Fantastic! Thanks so much.

Rob thanks very much for your help. I appreciate it. I had downloaded VLC mediaplayer and Quicktime 7 but cannot get them to play my files. I followed your instructions and logged in and downloaded vcredist_x86.exe and setup.exe and then installed them to my PC. I also needed to install...

I have a neighbour that is a real pain in the neck. She complains when I am working outside building a wall or laying slabs. Last year I took a window out and cut out bricks with a petrol grinder so that I could fit a door on the side of my garage and she moaned about the dust. So I was...

Thanks for your help Rob. I have it set up as I want it now but just need to work out how to play back what I backup. I had no luck with the SD card, it recognised it, accepted it, copied the file but the is nothing on the card when I go to view it. So I bought a 4GB USB DataTraveler. The...

You think a power saw is most suitable for the job, ok. I will go to the hire shop but don't know if they have stihl.

I have finished laying the main part of the patio and just have 8 600x600x50mm concrete slabs to cut into the edges. I need to hire a tool to cut the slabs, which would be the most suitable? Slab splitter. Hydraulic Ram. Power saw.

I have had a chance to set the system up now and on the whole I am very impressed with it. The picture is very clear but lacking some colour. Where the power adapter plugs into the back of the DVR it is a loose connection and pulls out easily disconnecting the DVR. I have set the...

Yes it is a 12VDC connection. The length of wire and seperate instruction page was packaged with the remote control. The main user manual that came with the system is easy to follow (in good English) but this seperate page is losing something in the translation. I will copy one of the...

:) Like you I have 1 3 pin mains plug and 4 BNC connections for the cameras and an adapter. The system is working fine but in with manual came a 1 meter length of wire, on each end is a metal ring ( I don't know the correct term). It is for prevention of static discharge. There is a tiny...

I have just bought a CCTV DVR and it came with a 1 meter length of wire with difficult to understand instructions. I can see where I need to attach it on the DVR but where should the other end be fixed to? I have my wooden floorboards exposed, should I fix it to them?

Is there a limit to how much you can plug into one socket? I ask because in the bedroom that I use as my computer room I only have 2 single sockets. One of those sockets is behind the bed, so in the other single socket I have 4 socket surge protected entension. Into the extension I have...

Thanks for clearing that up, those links were helpful. Did you attach the static discharge cable that came with the DVR? It is only about 1m long and my DVR is off the ground by 2m, I could extend it and and screw it to the floor boards or will it be any good if I screw it to the back of my...