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Good evening all. Please can you recommend a wireless cost effective alarm that is actually reliable. I will be changing to wireless in a few years and want to start learning about them. If you could recommend the type of texecome/pyrnonix on or brand ect. What do you think about Yale and...

Hi All, I appriciate your time to read this. We have had an optima compact alarm for about 18 years, when the house was built. It was only serviced once after install, so yes the battery was not working etc. In about 2020/21 the transformer burnt out, we dont set it all the time so didnt...

Hi All. In our fire doors they used to have concealed door closers. They where taken out about 7 yrs ago. There is now holes in the doors, is the Everbuild Everflex Fire Mate Intumescent Acrylic Sealant – Fast Curing – Permanently Flexible – Fire Resistant – White – 295ml...

Hi All, I was pressure washing my back yard today ready for winter they get verry slippery, i use a Karcher. I have recently got a new hosepipe it is a hose lock one, It was working fine for probelly 15 mins, then suddenly the water wouldnt go through the pipe. I took the end off the...

Hi all We have a powder fire extinguisher, possibly we got it in 2020-2022 cant remember when but between them years. I do check it weekly, And over the past few weeks, I have noticed the gauge is going up to high pressure, What should i do about this, discharge it a bit, when it goes to red...

Hi, We are installing a fire door closer in our house, we are unsure how to do this as have never done this before. I feel as though it is the wrong way, it just dosent look right compared to some others. Unfortunately, there is no video for this product. As you can see the door will not fully...

Hi all, I am needing to put a cctv camera up in my back garden, the problem is it wouldn't be possible to run a direct ethernet cable from the camera to the internet box, so i found out you can get these things (don't know what they are called) and you plug them into a plug socket which would...

Hi All, We are decorating the living room and we have this annoying box for the tv its freesat Gurang box but it isnt working proppely , we can use the remote propely only get a few channels and the cables just look really messy, so we are wondering if there is any other system we can use or a...

Hi all, I am wondering where you MUST have fire action notices not where they are good to put but where they MUST be put I noticed this statement in one of our fire safety guidance books "A Fire Action Notice located correctly adjacent a red manual call point." (not a guidance book just for our...

Hi all, Thanks for taking the time for reading this just need some guidance on classroom fire doors/other information on fire doors As im sure you can guess a lot of the classrooms have been supplied door wedges to hold the fire doors open, (intended to hold the doors open during lessons) is...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone knows, if the fire service physically check/make us check the emergency lighting works (e.g isolate the mains in front of the safety inspector to visually check they are working?) or is it just the log books for testing? Thank you Also, if the emergency lights are...

Hi All, Thank you for helping me with this, i appreciate your help! I need a cctv system. It will most likely only have 2 cameras as maximum. The cameras will be used outdoors (front and back gardens). Ideally have audio, but is okay if it doesn't. I have WIFI but i think it will not be strong...

Hi all, My grandparents has a conservatory built about 4yrs ago, the gas meter (which used to be outside but is now inside due to the location of the conservatory)is also in the conservatory. We currently have 2 mains smoke alarms in the bungalow in hallways but if there was a fire in the...

Hi All, My outside light is buzzing, only out up about 3/4 weeks ago, its not like a low buzzing as some lights do but extremely loud like a qeen bee, its scaring me , i have turend them off by the pir remote so i can have the other lights on just that off Please advice me , Its the first time...

Hi All, The transformer has reached its end of life in the panel for the security alarm system, It was put in 2006, when the estate was built. The electrician said its the transformer, i am struggling to find one as they are no longer made, is there any other transformers i can use?