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Update:- It was indeed an exchange issue and has been fixed today by BT. They were supposed to come around today to fix the issue, but we got a call in the morning to say it's been fixed at the exchange. My wife was a bit startled when the home phone actually rang and it was BT informing us...

After a fair bit of research, I opted for a Texecom Premier 24 panel with texecom PIR's, keypad and sounder. I spent a whole weekend reading the installation manual (which I had to get separately as it didn't come with the panel), and another weekend installing it. I went for a pretty basic...

I'm trying to set up a bit of home automation so I can trigger off events based upon the outputs of the texecom panels. Is there a PC to USB based input card that can read these signals? What i'd like to do is to set the texecom panel to output signals on arm/disarm/alarm Cheers

Just to be sure, I took our phone to my mums and tried it there - it rings no problem. Took it back to the house and tried the 17070 number with ringback. The phone didn't ring at all, and when I picked it up (assuming the ringback was working) I got the 'line test complete' message. I'm putting...

It's one of the new ones as it was installed last year by BT. We didnt' have a chance to test it out since the whole house was being refurbished, so the issue could have been there from the beginning. On their advice, i've tried connecting the phone directly to the test socket, but that doesn't...

Thats the weird thing - the caller just hears ringing as normal without any disconnections etc. If I pick up the phone when it's ringing, it connects as normal. I tried it by standing near the phone and calling it with my mobile. Initially I thought it must be the phone but it does the same...

We've got a weird problem with our BT line, where our phone doesn't ring when someone calls. Everything else works fine (making calls, broadband etc) but the phone just doesn't ring - weird! We've tried a couple of other phones and i've tried a different adsl splitter but it still doesn't...

I never got on with myhammer. Try some of the other ones and you might find one you like.

I have used the mybuilder site to request various jobs around the house. These are real jobs and have eventually been done by someone from the site, or another person recommended. The ones that got the job through the site were the ones who took a little time out to read what you've asked for...

Thanks - it probably is exactly as you say due to air humidity and the wood shrinking. Will try the methods of increasing air humidity. All T&G's are glued, although i'm not sure how well because where the floor is bouncy it feels like the glue joint might have broken. If we did decide to...

Floor was installed about 3 months ago and problems started in the last month or so since the cold weather. The base is 1" WBP plywood screwed onto joists with celotex insulation between the joists. The walnut is 18mm thick and approx 120mm wide (think it's 123m), and are random lengths...

Sorry to hijack this thread, but we've got a similar problem with a 123mm wide walnut floor that was installed floating on my insistence after reading posts on this board. The wood was left for several weeks to acclimitise and it was installed floating on a plywood base (was relatively flat...

I had a few samples of the Krono Narrow range of laminate. Didn't go for it in the end as they didn't have the colour we wanted but it seemed decent enough for the price.

Tried painting with a microfibre roller sleeve yesterday - found it really easy to use and it made a DIY'er like me produce a really good quality finish. How do these compare to non microfibre roller sleeves, and is there a better alternative for emulsion paint on plastered walls? I found...

We've had our bannister / spindles replaced with oak and I wanted to find out the best finish we can put on it. I've been told we can use a few coats of Danish Oil on it, but i'm not sure if that is durable enough to keep dirt out and keep it clean (especially from kids) We don't mind if the...

So if a problem arises over time, creating the expansion gap would fix it? I don't mind doing that as it makes my life a bit easier now, but if i'm very likely to get into problems later then i'd rather sort it out now. The subbase is plywood and the flooring was installed when it was...

With the conversations i've had with him, I doubt that would happen unfortunately.

I've read the instructions that came with the floor and they recommend a 15mm gap all around the perimeter. Installer claims floor has been installed correctly - no luck there unfortunately. What would you guys do in this situation? I can get the skirting put on as is, or create the...

Hello, We've had a hardwood wooden floor installed but no expansion gap has been left around the edges of the floor. The installer is adamant that as he has nailed and glued the floor no expansion gap is necessary. After reading the posts on this site I think that an expansion gap is indeed...