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Thanks guys, had another look at this today and found the controller hidden away in the 3rd floor riser. Seems totally propriatary with hand soldered PCBs. I did see a header on the PCB with a bit of cable soldered to it which was marked Test, although I was scared to apply 12V to it i case I...

Does anyone recognise this outdoor station of an intercom/access panel for a block of flats? It has a Bell 61 speech unit, but I have spoken with Bell who state it isn't their system. We are having problems with people gaining access to the communal areas, and are looking to disable entry via...

It is a completely "fake" fireplace, and is on an internal wall between the lounge and the hallway. It is just a mantle piece, with no chimney at all. The "stove" is an electric fire, and has been on a fair amount. Not as much as the central heating, but still used almost daily for a...

That appears quite possible with the vertical cracks, although they aren't straight lines. The cracking starts and finishes roughly where the old door would have been. This doesn't explain the horizontal cracks though!

Many thanks. Yes the cracks sound hollow behind. I can understand the new plaster cracking but for the untouched plaster on the other side of the wall it seems a little coincidental. Is it understandable for a bit of movement with the new weight to the wall? Does the weather have...

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Thanks for the quick reply. The images don't show up too well, so I've tried to highlight the areas of cracks. The reverse of the wall in the hall.

Hello, I recently had a wall skimmed, and then wall mounted my TV to it. As the weather has got colder the plaster has started cracking. The wall is mainly solid block, although there is a small area of plasterboard where a door used to be. The TV is mounted to studs in the plasterboard...