4 Simple Reasons Why Choosing CAT 7 Cable Really Pays Off

4 Simple Reasons Why Choosing CAT 7 Cable Really Pays Off

What is CAT 7 cable? A Category 7 cable, more commonly known as a CAT 7 or Cat-7 cable, is used for the cabling infrastructure of Gigabit Ethernet. A CAT 7 cable offers performance of up to 600MHz. Put simply, a CAT 7 cable is what we recommend you use when wiring...
Smart Home Planning, Part 1: What Is A Smart Home?

Smart Home Planning, Part 1: What Is A Smart Home?

What Do We Mean By ‘Smart’? What is a smart home? It’s a question that’s being asked more and more, and often we find that it means different things to different people. So let’s start by taking a look at what the officials say. According...
Why Sensors Make Sense for home automation

Why Sensors Make Sense for home automation

It is safe to say people are talking about Smart Homes and Home Automation. We see it advertised on TV commercials, hear about it on the radio and read about it in magazines. But what is Home Automation and what exactly makes a Smart Home smart? By definition, Home...
DIY Blog: First up, the iKettle vs a regular kettle!

DIY Blog: First up, the iKettle vs a regular kettle!

We managed to get our hands on one of the new iKettles and thought that it was definitely something we wanted to have controlled from Loxone. In theory the iKettle is a great idea, as having devices that are controllable over the network makes it simple to control...
Energy Saving with Solar Thermal Panels & Loxone

Energy Saving with Solar Thermal Panels & Loxone

When you hear about ‘solar’ you’ll probably think of photovoltaic panels that generate electricity (the one the government rather annoyingly cut the feed-in tariff on…). But there’s another form of solar, one that’s been around for...
Protect Yourself From Domestic Water Damage

Protect Yourself From Domestic Water Damage

The recent spell of dreadful weather and flooding has once again brought about some pretty depressing images of people’s homes being ruined by water on the news. Our homes are the most expensive things we’ll ever invest in, so to see them wrecked by water...