Search results

Evening all. I have an Aperto 868 L automated garage door opener and I'm wanting if possible to add a safety beam to it to retract the door once the beam has been broken for safety. Having done a search online I'm struggling to find one that's compatible and just wondered if anyone knows where...

Evening all. Just after some advice/opinions as I’m thinking of buying an airless paint sprayer to paint the decking and garden fencing. I’ve been looking at Erbauer EAPS 600 and Wagner 250m but unsure which to go for as I don’t really want to be spending loads. Anyone have any experience of...

Evening all. Just after some advice please as I don't know much about computers etc I have a Toshiba 320gb external hard drive which I've had for years now. I've plugged it into my laptop and the drive powers up but does not run. I've took it apart and the hard drive inside is a WD3200 IDE drive...

Evening all. I have a Samsung American style fridge freezer rsa1wtmh1 model and it’s suddenly stopped cooling in both fridge and freezer compartments. I noticed that the compressor and condenser were very hot to touch and the condenser fan was not spinning. I’ve done a reset and it’s displaying...

Evening all. Just wondering if the air admittance valve that's on the soil pipe in the loft could fail and would cause water to gurgle and splutter out if the shower trap when the bath is emptied or the toilet is flushed? My house is a new build and this has only started occurring tonight but...

Afternoon all. I have a cg430 brush cutter petrol strimmer and a couple of days ago it cut out as I think the fuel was low but now it will not start after refuelling. I've checked the air filter and took apart the carburettor just to have a look which all appears fine and I checked the spark...

Afternoon all. Just after some advice and opinions please if I may. I‘m wanting to create a raised bed in the front garden which will mainly contain decorative stones with artificial tree’s & plants in. What I’m thinking is but I’m unsure if it’s suitable to do is to concrete in 8 fence posts...

Evening all. Apologies if I’m in the wrong section as I didn’t really know where was best for my query. I have a Sommer Aperto 868 L automated garage door operator controlled by a Pearl 4018V010, TX55-868-4 fob and I was wondering if anyone knew if this door operator/fob worked with the...

Evening all. I have a metal yard master type shed sat on a osb wooden base. I covered the whole wooden floor with a visqueen sheet before placing the shed on top. I silicone sealed around the outside and inside of the shed base to prevent water coming in and finished it off laying a rubber mat...

Afternoon all. Just wondering if anyone can shed some light, fingers crossed.... I have a Fluke T5-1000 electrical tester and for some reason when testing a 240v circuit my tester only reads 24- I've changed batteries just in case they were low but it's still does the same. Any ideas? Cheers in...

Evening all. Does anyone have any ideas what the fault or issue could be to why tv has suddenly displayed lines after a couple of minutes watching tv? The tv is a Sony Bravia KDL-43W809C Many thanks

Evening all. Have I misunderstood the following please, on my Texecom keypad can you trigger a panic mode? It’s stating hold 4 & 6 together but nothing happens. PA is enabled & PA audible is selected in Wintex. Many thanks

Evening all. I’ve just bought an elite 64 wireless alarm kit but it didn’t include the external bell so I was looking at the Odyssey X-W but does anyone know what the battery life would roughly be before they’d need replacing or would you recommend a hardwired bell instead? Thanks in advance.

Hikvision DS-7204HUHI-K1 Evening all. I have the above DVR and I've just noticed tonight that hik-connect was showing offline on all 4 cameras and when I've logged on the DVR itself its showing status offline (0xe0000104) I've not touched any settings and it's been in a good 6 months and has...

Evening all. I’m trying to set up 2 part arms at home on my elite 24 panel. My setup consists of 4 PIR’s and 4 door contacts, 2 of them being entry/exit timed. My first part arm is a day one omitting only the kitchen pir because of my dog and arming everything else. The 2 part arm is a night one...

Hi, using Wintex on a premier elite 24 how do I program it so I can just press the part arm button on the keypad to part arm the system and also the area button on the keypad to full arm? Thanks in advance

Evening all. I’ve just purchased an Elite 24 control panel and the DBD 0168 LCDLP keypad to upgrade my home alarm system. I currently have a Veritas R8 alarm system with 4 PRI’s (hallway which is entry/exit point, kitchen, living room & integral garage) and one external bell. On looking at my...

Evening all. I’m after a bit of advice please if possible. I currently have a Texecom Veritas R8 alarm system with just 3 PIR’s. I am wanting to upgrade the system to a Texecom Premier Elite 24 just so I can add the smart com to it. Do I just need to change the alarm panel and key pad and keep...

Hi can anyone help? My Beko washing machine froze near the end of its cycle. It Drains ok but intermittently and when I select any program the filter pump whirrs for about 5 seconds and then the whole program freezes and nothing happens. I turn off the washing machine and back on and try any...

Hi, I’ve recently moved into a new build which has 14 rads in total (7 upstairs & 7 downstairs) running off a Tribune XE unvented cylinder. We had a Hive thermostat fitted by British Gas a few months back and for the past couple of days I’ve noticed the 2 rads in the living room are stone cold...