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SMH gaslighting now...

Maybe you should stick to the topic. I find you comments rude and offensive, especially as my wife is a senior nurse or as you say 'middle management'. So she is responsible for wasting resources ???? She has to deal with deaths of patients due to lack of resource and you (indirectly) accuse...

My wife is a nurse and they struggle for resources as it is. Maybe in your infinite wisdom you could explain where all of the wastage is please, I'd love to hear your theory on that ...... would that be the wastage that couldn't find one of her patients a bed in crisis, who then committed...

Average payback on solar used to be between 11 and 13 years. Given the rising cost of energy, what is the current payback on Solar ?

I know of no reasons why you cant install a wet wet room in a loft. Lots of companies actually specialise in wetrooms for loft conversions.

Ditch the shower tray, tank and wet room the whole room. Replace the opening door with a pocket sliding door. That will maximize your space and make the whole thing feel less cramped. Finally flip the Toilet and sink positions.

A guy was selling 2 BNIB on FB Marketplace. Just dropped on lucky I guess. Yes they are the Zigbee ones. I need one more and TBH I am that impressed I may actually pay the £45. I also added Pushover to Homeseer. Now if anyone opens the side gate to the house, the HUE PIR picks it up and runs an...

I decided that given the increasing rise in electricity I wanted to move some of my external lighting from Timer based Events in Homeseer to PIRs. I dropped on some brand new HUE Outdoor PIRs for £20 each over the weekend, so I have installed them and integrated them into Homeseer to look after...

From the installation manual - https://www.thegallerycollection.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Firefox-Classic-8-Eco-Manual-Rev_B-Nov2018.pdf Clearances If the stoves are to be installed adjacent to materials that can catch fire like wood then the following clearances must be adhered to...

Yes I work in this space. I have a side hustle as a Smart Home Integrator which I have done for 20+ years. Zigbee and Zwave do need their own hubs, yes. You may find that a high end domestic wifi router provides you with adequate wifi (its hard to know without seeing the property) but experience...

I generally advise my clients to start with key infrastructure, which for any smart home is connectivity to the internet. Now for many enthusiasts this will run to installing a lot of CatX structured cable to provide hardwired connection for devices that can be hard wired. This can be a big job...

You can do something similar, but passively. Hot air will rise and accumulate at the top of the house. You can install passive stack vents that allow hot air to escape which will pull in cooler air from the outside by passive convection. In winter you just close the vents to prevent heat loss...

My M700 is similar. I have installed the boundary wire a little too close to the borders (I used the template) so its going to be another afternoon moving them away from the borders. When its taken a nose dive into the borders it tends to do a pretty good hatchet job on the boundary wire (I just...

Yeah installing the boundary wire a ball-ache. What is worse is when the landroid gets stuck on a border, then the wheels churn the wire, and then proceeds to cut it. I have found double end barrel crimps are a good way of repairing and damage done.

You could apply for a 'determined boundary' which would then legally record the property boundary, by the Land Registry. There are a few hoops that you will have to jump through. Details here - https://www.gov.uk/your-property-boundaries/apply-exact-boundary-determined

Good job it was last year. This year the negotiation would have been 'How much are you knocking off the house price to leave that energy eating albatross?'

Most of the time it is about the element of surprise and opening a door quietly provides a much greater element of surprise then spending upto a few minutes trying to smash a plastic door to pieces with a 'big red key'. Its not done because its isnt easy. If it were its what would be used...

I have a Worx Landroid M700 - lawn has never looked better. No more grass cutting at weekends or after work - more sitting in the garden with a beer.

^^^^ This - As former Police officer, attending hundreds of burglaries, I have NEVER been to one where locks were picked. Anyone who believes different needs to get out of their parents basement once in a while. If it were that easy Police would use lockpicks and pickguns, not the big red key...

Most of the high end doors (I mean high end not Solidor) tend to be fitted with electric deadbolts or electric striker plates as they are far more secure than a smart lock. These are or can be wired to a smart module for release. The preference is a striker plate as these can fail secure in the...