Adding two additional sockets

[britishrallying]

Hi,

I live in a terraced house, re wired I think about 5 years ago. Two bedrooms up stairs, bathroom, kitchen, dining room and living room downstairs.

Lighting on two separate circuits upstairs and downstairs as you would expect, but sockets 1 are front room and bedroom #1 and sockets 2 dining room bedroom #2 and kitchen.

On sockets 1 circuit there are 3 sockets, 2 circuit there are 7 sockets plus 1 spur I added to Bedroom #2.

Im plastering Bedroom #1 this weekend and want to add two new sockets. one is easy enough spur from the existing socket, but how do I connect the other?

The room is above the living room where the consumer unit is and I know where all the wires run. I have access to a socket in the living room, that I could connect a junction box under the floor boards in the bedroom, to run the spur, all on the same circuit.

Any help would be most appreciated,

Thanks

Gareth

 

[HDRW]

Why not extend the ring, rather than adding spurs?

Cheers,

Howard

 

[britishrallying]

Ah yes, that would be easier.

Next question, which is best to use:

//www.diynot.com/pages/el/el015.php - extending from existing sockets

or

//www.diynot.com/pages/el/el014.php - using Junction Boxs

With there only being 3 current sockets in the ring and having access to all wires from the consumer unit, extending from sockets would be best then?

Thanks

Gareth