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Is it OK to bring a bunch of cat 5 cables up behind a skirting board and into a metal backbox through a couple of suitably grommeted knock outs? I plan to put a fascia on it with the brushes on so it looks neat. Worried about any field effects etc..from having a metal back box. .

Front bedroom of my victorian semi is A)Very cold B)And has old lath and plaster ceiling and old cracked coving.. I don't want to take ceiling down because of the mess but thinking about lowering the ceiling. Room is 11 foot tall and so hard to heat with rads. So was thinking of taking off...

hi , i am refurbishing a room which currently has two radiators in it. i want to remove both, bin them, and carry out a load of work e.g. soundproof one wall knock all the plaster off the opposite wall fit insulation and then fitted wardrobes etc. At the end of the work i'll move the position...

Pyronix Enforcer installed. Downstairs sensors and contacts level AB One landing PIR level A. Enforcer panel is in cupboard upstairs somewhere so using a wireless arming station keypad in the hall. The front door contact final exit. The hall PIR next to it 09 An adjacent room PIR also 09 as it...

Hi, I've just bought a hikvision kit, 4 cameras and a recorder. The cameras have a port for an ethernet cable and a short flying lead for the dc supply. I wanted to have all 4 cameras, their power cables and ethernet cables going to one location where the recorder is. The longest run is about...

Hi. I bought a pyronix Enforcer Kit 3 which comes with a deltabell module. I also bought a deltabell x lightbox. So I don't flatten the battery in the deltabell prematurely I was going to wire it to the Enforcer panel power supply off the Io board. Will this work? Do I need to wire in tamper...

Hi. I'm self installing a Pyronix Enforcer and have got the alarm panel mounted and most of the Pirs, door contacts etc mounted and working successfully. My house has an existing automated garage door with keyfobs, I'd like to program a pyronix fob to control it instead. Does anyone know how to...

Advice on how to mount MDF skirting on a porcelain UFH floor. Originally I was just going to fix skirting to the wall (no more nails and screws where required) and rest the MDF on floor. Wondering if I should space the skirting off the floor tiles by 2mm so its a)easier to paint without...

Hello, i'd like to fit internal wall insulation to one of the bedrooms in my victorian semi. I plan to install it throughout the house as i do up each room. A builder did two rooms already (as part of a wall/chimney removal) and he did it with metal studwork, kingspan and plaster board. He...

In our Victorian semi the back of the house has a solid floor. It's about 50m sq over 3 rooms. I want to fit under floor heating and i'm dubious about the overlay systems on offer because of the thinness of the insulation. I've been advised that to do it properly I should dig out the floor slab...