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A few years ago I fitted a Scantronic 500r+ alarm system which I now understand has been superseded. The 535r door sensor seems to have developed a fault i.e. the red LED stays lit when the batteries are changed and the system will not allow a reset. Has the unit failed or could be that...

Does anyone know why some compression fittings for copper pipe are sometimes fitted with copper olives and at other times with brass ones. Is there any advantage of one over the other Regards Peter Lloyd

I live in a bungalow with a kitchen backing onto an integral brick garage with a single leaf brick wall dividing them . I’m looking to cut a hole in the this wall (with lintel) to take a built-in oven ,freezer and fridge and I’m planning to construct a timber frame housing on the garage side...

I live in a bungalow and last year my neighbour installed a condensing boiler with on exhaust which hits the corner of my property and in cold weather the front and side become saturated with condensate . I have asked him to redirect the horizontal exhaust but he refuses as it complies with the...

Can anyone Please advise. I am looking to tile a bathroom floor which is a concrete slab previously covered in an asphalt material and I was considering using a self leveling cement mix prior to laying ceramic tiles but Ive just come across a board called aquapanel which claims to be suitable...

My next door neighbour is planning to replace an existing window frame currently glazed with frosted glass with one of clear glass. The widow is approx 1250 mm from bathroom window and the floor level of the adjacent buildings floor is approx 300 mm above my floor. If he carries this work out...

I am looking to ceramic tile a bathroom floor in a bungalow which had been previously tiled over asphalt. The old tiles have been removed along with the asphalt which was cracked. Will I be OK using a self levelling compound to provide a good sub floor or would you recommend relaying the...