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What would be your go to panel for fitting external IP rated devices? Also, I know pyronix do an IP rated prox reader, but do you know if there's an external keypad / prox reader that will work with either panel, more like an access control gate pad?

Hi All. Here's the situation. I have three warehouses / stores in a remote location. I want to install a panel at each warehouse. These would need to be in an external housing. But what I want to know is, is it possible to trigger another panel from another panel? SO lets say the alarm gets...

Hi All We've had underfloor heating installed and added a multiroom thermostat and receiver. The receiver is by the manifold for the underfloor heating and turns on the pump and opens the valve. I was under the impression that the HUB would send a signal to the receiver at the boiler to fire up...

Hi All The wooden weatherboard on our house has seen better days, and not been painted or replaced for donkeys! (we only moved here a few years ago) Looking to strip it all off and replace with Hardie Plank. At present it's only the 1st floor of the house that's cladded, the ground floor is...

Hi All I'm having problems with the app. I can access the app, see all users, change user settings and set and unset the alarm However, The calendar shows NO events whatsoever and none of the users receive emails or push notifications. Any ideas?

My Builder quoted me £36,000 for an extension back in January, This is a written quote. He's due to start tomorrow and came over on Friday with the payment and works schedule, the price he gave me then had jumped to £48,000 I sent him an email with the original quote and he's now called me...

Hi All, So after a bit of advice. Background.... Last year we purchased a small strip of land next to our new house due to the trees on this land causing subsidence and no one wanting to take responsibility for it. Once we had purchased it we erected a heras fence to stop anyone getting hurt...

Hi All, Recently installed a Premier Elite and I'm getting text notifications of jamming which is obviously something on the band transmitting for more than 30 seconds, probably some dodgy chinese bit of kit somewhere nearby. Anyone know how to turn the jamming notifications off and only have...

So just had an email come through from rightmove for a house. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-42349206.html?utm_content=v2-ealertspropertyimage&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailupdates&utm_campaign=emailupdatesinstant&utm_term=buying&sc_id=16787272&onetime_FromEmail=true#...

Hi All. I'm looking to get some IR beams for our yard. Is there such a thing as a "passive" receiver? I wanted to be able to install one half of the unit the other side of the yard, but it's nearly impossible to get power there. Are there any that are passive or battery operated? Thanks in...

Hi all, I've just taken over a new yard and it has a workshop, office etc. The electrics are a mess, you've never seen anything like it! An example. Stud wall through one stud a twin and earth which comes out the next stud, but we can't pull it through, we remove the board thats...

Hi All I've just taken on a new yard and it has an acros building. The roof is made from old asbestos cement corougated tiles. I'm wondering if we can spray the undersides to insulate the building a bit more? If so can you do this yourself or do you need a specialist?

Hi All, I want to remove the two walls between the two bedrooms upstairs which form an airing cupboard and a wardrobe in each room and then replace these with a single stud wall between the two rooms and have a 3m fitted wardrobe in each room. Both the existing walls are just stud, is...

So this year it's the time to tackle the bathroom. It's not been updated since the property was built in the 70's The bath and sink appear to have been replaced, but probably due to necessity more than anything else. I've attached a plan of the current bathroom and also outlined in red...

Hi All We recently had our backboiler removed from the living room, we've been looking at replacing it with a gas effect fire, but wondered if we could actually replace it with a real fire?

Hi All When I took out the old kitchen I found an old copper waste pipe which went into the soil stack, it was for the old sink. Its been hacked about a bit and just had a bit of plastic and a load of electrical tape round it! Whats the best way to seal this off properly?

Hi there My dad wants to replace an old gate, which is no longer there. The gate is the 5 bar wooden type, at a span of 9' and about 4' - 4'.6" feet high. Im thinking that a 6" x 6" post buried to a depth of 2' in concrete would be sufficient?

Hi All Can someone confirm that when laying floor tiles on underfloor heating mats, you first put down a layer of flexi adhesive onto the mat, wait for this to dry and then do another layer for the tile. i.e. you can't do it all at once?

Hi All. We're currently re-fitting the kitchen and I want to install underfloor heating. The current floor is concrete but i'm worried about the additional height acheived by all the required parts. Insulation board adhesive, 6mm of insulation board, 3mm thickness of heat mat, then the...

Well it's not really. It's more i want to use downlights as the start up time on CFL's is annoying and dimming them doesnt actually save any money. SO, I was going down the hallogen downlight route, I was looking at 13 for the kitchen. 3.2m x 5m in a 3 x 2 x 3 x 2 x 3 formation. BUT, I...