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I'm researching replacement alarm systems for a DIY install and Texecom seems to be the manufacturer that features quite a lot on here and other security boards that I've stumbled across. However, their installation manuals and software (Wintex) on the website are restricted to registered...

I'm planning to look at fitting a set of kitchen cupboards (wall and floor) and associated appliances soon which have come from another kitchen so they weren't designed for the space they'll be going into but so far it looks like should go in ok.. The existing kitchen (that the cupboards are to...

I'm currently doing some decorating in a couple of downstairs rooms and I'm replacing a few old radiators and adding TRVs while I'm at it. The rads are plumbed in with 10mm copper drops behind dot and dab walls. Where the pipework exits the wall it's quite untidy (~5 inch x 3.5 inch hammered...

I have a telephone extension (installed before me) run from the master socket surface mount round a number of doors ways, through walls etc and it looks unsightly so as I'm decorating some of the rooms it passes through I thought I'd sort it out. I have a couple of options on where to install...

I'm in the process of preparing a room for decorating and noticed that some of the existing matt emulsion on the walls (applied by previous owners) can be scraped off relatively easily (some places not so easily). See video here The walls are paramount boarding with a plaster skim but seem to...

I've just started gutting a very dated en-suite which is going to have all new tiling, flooring, sanitary ware etc.. In the shower I've removed the tiles, taken off the frame/door and removed the tray (which was slightly recessed into the wall, I assume to minimise water leaking around the...

I'm about to start wiring a residential property to install a new alarm and was after some advice about what cabling to install.. from reading these forums it seems the general consensus is to install 8 core everywhere to allow adding extra devices to zones or to have spares in case there is a...