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We have an Elite 64 panel, with a Texecom Micro Contact-W on our patio door. This works without issue...until we open the patio door fully. The door opens outwards, so the sensor moves further away from the panel and when we open the door fully the panel starts to beep because it has lost...

I'm hoping that someone here can point me in the right direction. I'd like to find screw cap covers which work with Varilight V-pro dimmer switch plates. Varilight don't make them and the BG Nexus screw cap covers are a little too big. It's a M3.5 screw. Any ideas please folks?

Once again we seek the help of the knowledgable folks here to assist us to deal with the issues caused by an errant builder. Our slate hearth was installed earlier this year and as the photos show has cracked. My questions are 1. Can this be repaired or disguised so that it is safe and doesn’t...

We now have a noticeable gap between our bottom stair riser and newly installed floor which we're not sure how to fill, as it's uneven and doesn't look good. The gap in question is shown in the attached photo. The risers will be painted white. How would you suggest we fill this gap, so that...

Our hearth is sat on a plinth which was supposed to be only 1mm taller than the height of the wood floor which has just been laid, to allow the floor to have an expansion gap beneath the lip of the hearth sat above it. As the photo shows, clearly something went wrong somewhere as the gap between...

I haven't been able to find the answer to this question anywhere, including from a previous post, but time's running out as our flooring is being laid next week! We will have a floor probe running in a conduit, held in place by tile adhesive, in the channel cut into the screed. The channel and...

We have a free standing tap in our bathroom which we need to replace. To see what replacement taps will work we have to remove the base which is shown in the photo covering the tiles. We've unscrewed it from the floor, however we have no idea how to do this and the manual that came with tap is...

As you can see in the photo below, we have a channel cut in the screed for the conduit containing the UFH floor temperature probe to run in. The probe is there to measure the subfloor temperature and prevent it from rising above 27C, which could damage the engineered wood floor which is to be...

We've installed a frameless shower enclosure and for some unknown reason the bottom of the door doesn't close properly, whilst the rest of it does. I've searched here and on YouTube for advice and haven't found anything which has helped and the manual was less than useful. So, once more I'm...

A conundrum for those of you in the know. I found a few of these ridged, small plastic tubes lying around on site today. Any idea what they are please? It's got me flummoxed!

I'm hoping that the experts on here can assist us with this problem. We’ve had 2 showers recently installed and tiled, however in both of these showers damp has begun to appear through the skirting boards directly adjacent to the showers. The attached photo’s show this. Unfortunately we simply...

The builders have made a real botch of the bottom 2 stairs on a staircase they installed, as the attached photo's show. This happened because the staircase they ordered was too short and didn't reach the wall at the bottom, leaving an awkward gap. They told us that it would be an easy fix to...

We’re coming to the end of our renovation thank goodness and have noticed spots of the newly applied plaster which has been up for weeks popping, as shown in the photo’s. Why do you think that this is happening and what we need to do about it please? Thanks

I have to create a 75mm air gap between a joist and the twin walled flue which runs from the stove beneath it. The joist sits below a pitched roof which is made from cement fibre tiles in a single storey side extension. This air gap between the joist and flue is currently 25mm. The 1st photo is...

Having scoured these forums and various others, I've narrowed down the alarm system I'll be installing to either a Texecom Premier Elite or a Pyronix Enforcer system. We only have the ability to wire in the control box, and whilst I recognise that wired is best, the sensors and keypad must all...

As our build progresses we have an engineered wood floor to be installed, along with a free standing stove on a slate hearth. At the moment we have the floor screed down. I’ve read and been given conflicting advice as to what we should do in relation to the hearth and so I’d be grateful for the...

Thanks all for reading this post which I'd mistakenly posted in the stairs forum. We've just had a loft extension completed in our house along with some internal renovation work, the latter of which has opened up the ground floor. The building control officer who visited this week wasn't sure...

Hi, Thanks all for reading this post. We've just had a loft extension completed in our house along with some internal renovation work which has opened up the ground floor. The building control officer who visited this week wasn't sure whether the fire rated pocket door we have (identified by...

Hi All, Happy New Year and thanks for reading. Our builder has suggested that by increasing the depth of the foundation in 1 of the kitchen cupboards, we'll be able to fit an unvented cylinder in there. 66sq. m. of the entire 130sq. m will be heated with wet ufh via a 6 outlet manifold. All...

We're mid-renovation and now have to choose a boiler. After searching and acquiring knowledge in forums, I was hoping you experts here might be good enough to share your advice too. We have a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom terraced house, which will be around 130sq. m with 66sq. m. - the entire ground...