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I have plans for other home automation tasks so will want a fully customisable server, but I'd like it to work with on camera motion detection to keep CPU load managable. In terms of budget, I'm looking at installing 5 cameras and keep the whole system under £1000, ideally less (doing the...

Sorry, I should have included that! Wall is brick.

Hi, I am looking at setting up a CCTV system around my home, and am hoping to use an old PC as the control station for this using Linux and ZoneMinder. Can anyone recommend a good IP camera for outdoor use, supporting Power over Ethernet (not WiFi), night vision, and built in motion detection...

Hi, I am getting an old vented tumble dryer replaced with a condensing one, so will be left with a hole in the wall in the kitchen. What are the options for dealing with this, i.e. simply leaving as is, stuffing insulation in the hold, using spray insulation to fill it, removing the vent from...

Thank you, I'm new to all this so not sure what you can expect the joits and pipes to look like. So that I understand, how can you tell that pipes have been weeping? From the damage to the concrete or looking at the pipes themselves?

Hi, I've recently removed solid wood flooring from a conservatory, with the intent of replacing it with engineered wood. As the engineered wood is quite thin (13mm), I intend to first lay a sub floor of plywood, then float the engineered wood on top. The old solid wood flooring has been nailed...

Hi everyone, Please bear with me as I'm new to all this. I'm planning to lay engineered wood flooring throughout the house, including the conservatory. I have the flooring itself and 3mm underlay with a vapor barrier provided with it for the purpose of laying the floor floating on concrete...

So is the fact that they look the way they do a sign of there being leaks from them? Or them having been wet from elsewhere? Or do they look "normal" and the only reason to believe they're leaking is due to the concrete being eroded around them?

So, I've done some more digging (literally). The tails have been bent and look fine, but under the cement (now rubble) I found two compression joints in not too great shape. Do these look like they may be the cause? This is now beyond what I'm comfortable addressing myself, but what would be...

Hi, I'm about to lay engineered wood in a conservatory. I've removed the existing solid wood flooring and found that it was resting directly on joists. The old wooden flooring also had what appears to be a DPM under it. As my new engineered wood is relatively thin (13mm), my plan is to first...

So, the towel rail was connected on the outside rather than inside the pipes. The left is facing the same way as it was while the right was turned to allow the rail to be forced off the floor (screwed down with screws where the screw head was corroded and useless).

Thank you, what type of tape would you use for this, and what is the purpose of the tape? The towel rail was recently removed and the valves capped as the connection between the radiator valve and the radiator was leaking. Plan is to replace the radiator valves on both sides and get a regular...

Hi, I am in the process of replacing floor tiles with engineered wood in the kitchen of the house we're moving in to. However, lifting the tiles under where a towel rail had been installed we found a nasty surprise. The pipes appear to go through a concrete slab, but around the pipes there's...