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Around a year ago I had a new kitchen installed with associated wiring, as part of this I commissioned a fully qualified electrician to replace and sign off sign off all wiring in the house. All wires are new colours and signed off to 16th regs.
As part of the above (which I wanted to be quick and cheap), two of the three upstairs bedrooms have only one single gang socket and the third bedroom has one single gang and a double gang socket.
As part of the redecoration of the upstairs bedrooms, please advise if I can undertake the following myself as a DIYer without notifying my local building control:-
1. Replace the two existing single gang sockets with double gangs. I'm not looking for a "bodge" type single gang to double gang convertors. I'm looking to replace both the socket and backbox.
2. Move an existing double socket to a new location 1.5m away in the same room ( I know for a fact that there is sufficient 2.5mm to facilitate the movement without wire renewal).
3. All of the existing sockets are part of the upstairs ring. If the existing single gangs were replaced with doubles, can I add an additional double socket to each ring as a spur.
4. As a better alternative to 3 above, can I extend the existing ring and if so, by how many sockets?
Many thanks
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Around a year ago I had a new kitchen installed with associated wiring, as part of this I commissioned a fully qualified electrician to replace and sign off sign off all wiring in the house. All wires are new colours and signed off to 16th regs.
As part of the above (which I wanted to be quick and cheap), two of the three upstairs bedrooms have only one single gang socket and the third bedroom has one single gang and a double gang socket.
As part of the redecoration of the upstairs bedrooms, please advise if I can undertake the following myself as a DIYer without notifying my local building control:-
1. Replace the two existing single gang sockets with double gangs. I'm not looking for a "bodge" type single gang to double gang convertors. I'm looking to replace both the socket and backbox.
2. Move an existing double socket to a new location 1.5m away in the same room ( I know for a fact that there is sufficient 2.5mm to facilitate the movement without wire renewal).
3. All of the existing sockets are part of the upstairs ring. If the existing single gangs were replaced with doubles, can I add an additional double socket to each ring as a spur.
4. As a better alternative to 3 above, can I extend the existing ring and if so, by how many sockets?
Many thanks
Need Help