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Hello all Took the plunge an have gone for a Hive setup. Boiler has a mechanical timer fitted an no other wired/ wireless stat fitted Removed the bottom panel of the boiler an can see the main feed on the far left. Then its currently wired as CN CI CL all of these go to the mechanical clock...

Hello after buying Hive light bulbs with the little hub etc, I quite fancy connecting the boiler up too, so bought a Hive Active Heating Multizone.... I don't own any other heating kit from Hive. Will the thing I bought work without buying any other Hive heating "kit". The reason I'm worried...

Hello I would like to replace my cheap setup with something that is half useful - current setup is rubbish an is hard to distinguish what the cameras record (joys of buying a "kit" from eBay) I'm looking at Hikvision, as they seem to be recommended by loads of peeps? But there is literally...

Yallo, just installed a pair of 1200tvl floureon cameras under the eves using Cat5/ baluns testing the cameras before i fitted them, quality was super clear...but when i have fitted them the video looks quite grainy the cable length is only about 15ft runs to the dvr, which lives in the...

Just bought a folding camper, (basically a trailer with a tent attached to it). The inside is really dated, so the mrs wants to paint all the woodwork inside. all the wood is vaneered fake wood stuff (exactly like a caravan). now im guessing i will need to prime all the wood - any...

Afternoon all we currently have a R8 alarm (i think) fitted to the house, during the day, our dog stays in the kitchen area that has a PIR fitted, the dog keeps setting the alarm off - so i have decided to change the PIR to a "dual technology" type i have bought a Texecom "Premier Elite...

Morning all the keypad on my father in laws alarm is playing up, in that some of the buttons on the keypad dont work if he was to buy another keypad, could we just do a straight swap or would we need to totally reset the alarm (programs etc) the panel he has at the moment looks like...

I have a 10ft x 10ft shed that i work most nights in rebuilding a motorbike (mrs has refused me access to the house with bike bits) The shed is made from t&g shiplap. i have clad the inside of the shed with sheets of 10mm mdf, which has stopped any draughts, but i now have voids in between...

evening all we are looking at removing an ancient leaking shower cubicle in our house (which current is leaking into the room below) my mrs would like to have a bath instead of the shower cubicle an have a glass panel for the shower the bath room is tiny, 10ft long x 8ft. i will need to...

Morning all hopefully someone can point me in the right direction basically a mates house has an adsl problem, he is getting a speed of 30kb so i changed filter no effect i then unscrewed the face plate (NT5) an plugged into the test socket - he got a speed of 5mb !! so the prob is...

Morning all i started replacing my guttering on the weekend but i have hit a snag literally. there is a BT anchor point attached to the fascia board under the gutter. this is in the way of the new gutter im pretty sure i cant just remove it (we dont have a phone line, but the cable...

morning all i need to level my front garden as at the moment its more like the somme than a garden it has quite a lot of stones mixed in an being in the North West the soil is basically clay. i need to break up all the sods an clods to level it an hopefully turf it. is it recommended...

Morning all i was given a petrol lawn mower which has a briggs an stratton classic 35 engine. the engine runs (after a new plug) but seems to surge an runs basically a bit lumpy. there is no throttle on mine, so when you start it, it just runs then you release the brake which stops the...

Morning all im running SWA cable to my shed from the CU in my house im also going to run alarm cable to the shed, Im told i cant run the SWA with the alarm cable together as the alarm may pick up interference from the mains cable how far away from each do the cables need to be kept...

hello all we live in a semi detached house on the side of the building (not attached) we have three drain covers, 1 soil pipe if that makes sense when we use the shower/ washing machine etc two of these grids over flow with water - nothing else has come up yet. when no water is running...

Hello all right straight away sorry if this is a stupid question but.... i would like to add an additional zone to our alarm, i think its an R8 is it just standard phone wire i need to run to the PIR? also what type of PIR do i need I'm pretty sure the alarm was reset not that...

hello all we recently bought a house with a Veritas alarm installed been reading throught he user guide an it mentions that you enter the "pin" to set the alarm, on our alarm you can just press "set" an it will arm is that ok?? also i have tried to reset the pin (the code you put in to...

hello one and all, i have recenly bought a house with my girlfriend and the house has a Texecom Veritas 8Compact alarm fitted. all has been well with it until yesterday.... it wouldnt set last night an everytime you pressed a button on the panal it would do a different "beep" than it had done...