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Hi Peter, ok sorry I didn't spot your post here. No I havent bought my swann yet. Though it still seems tempting. Interesting idea yours here & flippin cheap!. Battery though... so Id have to scale up me ladder & change its battery every few days tho?

Well I hadn't considered one TonyT, yet, having only just entertained the whole idea ( finally resigned to it ) yesterday. A better angle is perhaps, "this is what I got my eye on" (as it seems fine value for money, & a known brand afaict).. https://www.toolstation.com/swann-1080p-cctv-system/p88773?utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&mkwid=s_dc&pcrid=515847200351&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=CjwKCAjwzOqKBhAWEiwArQGwaJIEFkiSbcu8Vhea-l0boZCjmRBxIjd3EMios_p2fdlO2Aeg0Y9aXBoC54EQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#reviewTab

Absolutely the best idea. Except I cannot afford it. I should have said the bottom of the pile, is all I can afford sorry if I've wasted anyone's time. I didn't actually know a £150 2 camera swann system was bottom of the pile tbh. But this is all i can afford ( work pollaxed by brexit & covid ). Its really the basics, irrespective of the quality at this juncture, Im trying to figure out. If i can use an ipad for eg (swann lovely phillipino girl on phone said yes.. but I don't see iOS mentioned as compatible ). How the recorder box works: does it record everything/ is that basically the principle with these? So you can dip in to 11.30 am yesterday for a 10 minute view? It might not be that my q's are easily answered on here, if its purely one ' recording ' set up is completely different from another. Thx zh

Thanks, I will email him.. the videos I cannot access/ ipad or line trouble I don't know. Hi epsilonG.. thanks for this, but its pretty advanced for me to understand! Im at a stage so basic, & can only afford a very lowly system, that I am just trying to understand how I might view a camera image for now. Ive just got more info, that being i can connect to the recorder box, with my ipad. I think. Wirelessly too, via the www. Great if so. I think its a case of having the recorder box, hardwired to cameras I understand this, connected to my bt internet hub, in order to then use the ipad as my monitor. Im just getting head around this idea you see/ need to pause! Thanks, zh

Hi chaps, Im finally resigned to consider cctv on my old miners cottage due to prolonged sneaky ( & disgusting ) n'bour behaviour. One suggestion, himself having similar problems, has been a Swann cctv system. Great starting point for me, as I'm a fish out of water in this whole new area of hardware. Would anyone have a basic 2 camera system, they could explain some fundamentals to me? I have read all I can, waiting for Swann to call (...) but Im still a step behind understanding the very basics. Thanks, zoot

Hi John. Thanks alot for this, sorry only just spotted the reply. Been so blustery not ideal to keep gates firmly set to do this final job. So maybe put a bit of tape over the btm of the 2" long tube, insert into a 5" x 5" x 2" (D) hole filled with concrete ? I can nab a big handful of hardcore to mix with my cement & sand.. ithink this makes concrete. Maybe take out the big stones. Then press plate on, smooth of edges off downwards whilst setting ? Im sure simplest job for you, but even this is not so for me! Thanks zoot.

Hi Onoff. Just back & to do last bits/ finish this gate pin hole thing. The diameter of pin is 5/8" = 16mm. Im not sure exactly what the idea is here: do I dig a hole, fill with concrete level with ground surface, then put a bit of tape or something over the tube end ( so concrete wont go up it ) then push this into concrete, put pin down into it to seat its position, overnight-? Then the plate.. erm goes ontop after its set? I cant see what this is for tbh. thanks zoot.

Ah didnt measure that ( im away/ stress break/ more n'bour nastiness ) but i did measure my metal 2" tube.. 17mm inside dia, 21 mm outside. Grateful, zoot

Very kind Peter.. will do pm.

Gonna do this then.. good idea, thanks.

Ive got pretty good at getting significant wads of fluff out my bellybutton John now Ive just turned 5 0 ( shock horror ) so I should be quite adept at this. Tbh its finding an ideal bit of placcy tube.. not quite so easy for me, but I do get your point/ the idea. Thanks, zoot

Hi Peter.. must say Im pretty chuffed. The brown posts look like hardwood maybe, but will fade soon/ gotta keep painting to keep up the charade.. Just put a pic of the plate & tube/ last bits.

Hi Onoff. Yes here.. i get the idea of the mini plinth level with ground. I need to find/ follow a clip tho, as its not registering fully with me.

Hi GW thanks for that. We thankfully have no theft 'proper' here, & my one creep couple, altho pinched something from my car in the drive ( whilst i was in , only a matter of yds away/ my gaze averted from drive area working on my extention build work) I know wouldn't have nerve to pinch my small gate, esp with 2 police visits on my behalf ( tho the harrasment continues without change. 4.5 yrs of it). Kind of you to suggest it. Zh

Cheers Onoff. I think my most 'pro' level of work yet tbh.. Im getting a bit better. Could you say what to do with the centre ground pin recess concrete bit? I have a 2" tube & a plate left in packet.. but Im scratching my hesd looking at them. I realise tube goes upright set in ground only. thanks zoot

Hi Peter.. yes pin! Ive got just about enough/ 2" to go in ground. It has a metal 2" tube ( & small mystery plate w' hole in middle in packet).. so I assume this is set in the concrete thingy area Ive got to do as last job. Anyway, all that time measuring until my brain hurt seems to have paid off:

Well I sort of did this.. but i just still cant get this put water on powder thing, i mean without mixing it. So i mixed it, but thank god it didnt FOff once some powder in. Great. Done. Weird stuff (when you have your bics, i have a mild panic attack. E x p e r i e n c e). Thanks. Last thing to scratch my head over, is the large gap I have under my join of gates. Meaning my rod stopper whatnot, going into the ground, on the bigger 8' gate only ( i think is all i need? )seems like its gonna struggle to reach more than an inch into ground. And does it go into a concrete small whatnot...? IE do i need to dig out a bit, concrete it, put my finger in to make a hole & lie outside all night with the owls?

I must do today. Can anyone else think how this postcrete is even possible now? @Onoff or maybe @PeterWmaybe you could lend an idea? Thanks zoot

Hi John. Problem. Progressing more today 2nd hole dug, post in all ready, stones around base, braced etc.. So I pour buckets of water in... & water dissapears, like theres a big plug hole. 3 full buckets.. just disappearing. Shoot. What do I do?

No I meant i had every single thing wrong! Even the bagel, as it has to be a bap. Is it a bap? Ora roll? Or scone?? Jesush.

I thought it was smoked salmon, & scrambled eggs. On a bagel.

Hi 'GW'. Good thanks for that, will put my loop on the bigger gate then. Just one hole to dig, & job mostly done. (I think you ought to have your scrambled eggs in the shape of a G and a W on your bagels). Huge help as always chaps, appreciated.

Hi there Onoff. I always appreciate/ look forward to your opinions! Great.. I think it looks ace too. Shame a bit high ind you. Yes understand the idea re.brace.. thx. I was wondering if I needed to make a sort of timber surround, to pour in the concrete, to elevate my posts' base by say 4". But if you say its ok at 18".. then that's good enough for me. Besides the tricky post position, & getting the two gates on the same exact line across, other critical thing is the gap between gates. Is 1/2" ok?? i havent factored in more you see. The main issue is positioning my post 2.. mm critical, & far from easy.

Hi chaps. Ok progressing.. but made a bit of a blunder/ gone too safe re.height.. meaning my post setting in on t'other side is now 2" less depth. Just to remind you, I have a full 12" of slope from L to R. Perfect level ( in this position that is.. its a bit off level opened into drive pic 2: but i guess this is n/ a). Near perfect plumb. So my post 2 can only go in about 18" into ground at most. But it does only have a a 4 ft gate hanging from it. What do you think? What side would be the recommendation for the joining loop go, this bigger 8 ft gate?

Hi there Gone West, very helpful info thanks. Yes that seems a good plan to me, I was thinking 16mm too. Yup understand the vertical aspect needs consideration to get bang on. thanks, zoot