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I have added some wall sockets and added plaster & filler to the surrounding areas to make good. A few days later sanded down and painted with a couple of coats of trade emulsion, however I'm getting a 'lip' around the patch area which makes the patch stand out. I've sanded the area down again...

Hi, i need to wire a single PIR onto my office alarm Wiring diagram for alarm and PIR is further below (Alarm panel top - PIR bottom) I have a NC PIR To wire the PIR as zone 1 would i: Panel ---> PIR Z1 ---> + (Positive) GND ---> - (Negative) NC ---> NC

Can anyone advise a good alarm for £350 that is both wireless/wired and GSM ready or can have GSM added on? I live in a rented house at the mo so will need the alarm to be wireless, however hopefully when i get a house next year will possibly install it as a wired system (depending if i...

Fitted one of these garden tap kits for my mum about 2 years ago I popped around yesterday and the inside self cutting tap is squirting out water just below the tap handle when in the open position (water flowing to outside tap). If the tap is closed the leak stops. Are these taps...

Hi, i want to connect my USB printer to my router so all the laptops in the house can print to it without having to physically connect the usb cable to each laptop to print. I have a HP 2410 all in one printer which has no built in network features...

I was chatting to a client this morning who told me that when you get for example a boiler fitted you should get a corgi gas certificate as well as a building control certificate. He was telling me that not all corgi gas tradesmen are able to completely sign off the work, and so the client...

Just done an oil change and i couldnt get the damn oil filter cover off. I've got an oil filter grip removal tool which i've used on Rovers & Fords in the past but theres no room to even get this attached on the combo. The only way is by socket - does anyone know what size you need? The biggest...

My friend has a stopcock in his hall near the front door, when you turn it to the closed position the hot water stops but not the cold water. Should there be another stopcock because if there is he cant find it, or is there something else that needs to be done to isolate the cold supply? He has...

Went to a job today for a new consumer unit. The bonding for the gas & water needs to be upgraded. Now the customer has just had the kitchen done which is where the mains stopcock is located (under the sink), and doesnt want any cables/trunking present on her new kitchen or anything knocked out...

One of my friends rads stopped working & is completely cold. So far he's replaced it with a new rad with new standard valves, both valves are fully open and the systems been bled. When the bleed screw is opened water comes out of the rad. Its supplied with standard 15mm copper tails. The...

An elderly pentioner has a seized stopcock, its extremely old as i've never seen one like it so i presume its got lead pipe connected to it. the stopcock is embedded in the wall just above floor height so to replace it is going to be extremely difficult as it is as the wall is going to need to...