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Recently the door contact isn't registering when the alarm is set... If I type in the code and leave the house there is no change in the sound from the keypad, and when you come back in the house, the keypad doesn't beep to get you to disarm the alarm but will go off if you pass a PIR. I...

I've been struggling with how to make a 135 angle in a stud wall... If I consider there to be 2 separate walls and simply choose my angle and connect them together then the plasterboard on the outside will be floating for about an inch on both walls and I'll have trouble nailing on a corner...

I can only get the central heating to work if the DHW has been running first to get the gas to flow and ignite, when the water is turned off the boiler stays alight and the radiators heat up. I figure this rules out the programmer (timer on the boiler) as I can also use this to turn the...

Could do with a few tips on the following...may be a bit of a long post, and partly a rant! I got a local electrician in to install a mains fire alarm including smoke detectors and sounders, and to do a periodic inspection. All went fine at the start and progress was looking good so when...

I'm replacing an old internal door in an old frame with a new fire door. The frame doesn't have a separate door stop that I can remove and refit so I need to increase the depth of the original rebate to hold the thicker door. To complicate matters the legs of the frame have shifted in...

The shower is an 8.5kw shower. It's only about 3 months old and has been working fine until Sunday. When I'm using it, it runs fine for 2-3 minutes then the water stops and the power light goes from bright orange to dim orange. The customer services team said to check for loose...

Hello, I have a Chaffoteaux and Maury MX2FS gas combi model MX224NAT. When the central heating is on I can get hot water in the kitchen or in the bathroom. There is a problem if the hot taps are running in the bathroom then the cold is turned on in the kitchen. The water in the hot tap...