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    How many times will an external alarm battery go off?

    Hi, I've disconnected my alarm inside and the ringer outside, but now the battery alarm is randomly going off every now and then. 3 times so far. It's difficult for me to get to. Any idea how many times it might go off before it dies? thanks AH
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    Splitting ADSL and Telephone on Spurred Telephone Wiring

    Hi Telecoms Experts, I currently have a spur telecoms wiring in the house and the adsl is really poor (0.3Mbit) (it dropped off from 1.0 recently for some unknown reason). Here's the layout: Anyway, i disconnected all the sockets from the junction box in the loft and connected a...
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    Painting rim at bottom of front of house

    Hi, there is a 1ft high rendered rim at the bottom of the front of houses on my street (usually pebbledash above) - 1930's house. Most houses have this rim painted black. I want to paint over it. I asked the paint shop man (big paint trade shop) if it needed special paint on it - he said no...
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    Bath Seal on Shower Screen coming away

    I've a curved shower screen and the seal along the bottom has been ok for nearly two years. Now at either end the plastic on the inside of the curve is coming away from the glass (inwards towards the inside of the bath) meaning that when showering, water goes straight over the top of the seal...
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    Looking for Reeddrop glass for window

    hi, am looking for a piece of reeddrop glass (1270mm (vertical) x 350mm (horizontal) for an old porch. It's discontinued (and i know it's not modern thick stuff), but i've one pane to replace to keep it all matching. Anyone help? I've contacted a couple of glass merchants to no avail...
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    Repace Wooden Door Sill

    hi, the base of the vertical sections of my porch are rotten, and so is a large chunk of the door sill, so i'm looking to replace these bits. My plan is to cut a 2 to 5 inch section off the bottom of the vertical wood sections and then try and get the sill out and replace it, then glue some...
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    Paint velux window frame?

    hi, has anyone any experience with painting a wooden velux window frame? How did it go? Any problems? (i want to paint mine white as they don't fit in - and i don't want to buy new white windows) thanks
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