Recent content by stevef73

Problem solved - pulled the downstairs wiring free from the stone wall plaster this morning. There is now plenty of slack to reach the new plasterboard wall. Thanks for everyone's help.

Access would be under the floorboard next to the wall where the cable drops to the room below. This board is easily lifted as it has access to the central heating pipes too. Does this count as easily accessible?

Just had a quick check under the flooring in the room above the downstairs room. It is a ring main circuit upstairs. The room above has sockets in roughly the same position as the room below - one double on three of the four walls. Two of the upstairs double sockets have spurs from them feeding...

I'm guessing that the two sockets are spurs - only one cable into the socket. This is existing wiring not something I've put in place myself. I've not followed the wiring into the ceiling but seeing how I'm renovating the room directly above it shouldn't be a problem. I'll lift some boards and...

Hi this is my first post although been a keen reader for months. I live in an old cottage with thick stone walls. I am tanking a downstairs room to solve damp problems and insulate. I need to move the existing 2 gang sockets from the walls onto the new plasterboard lining. The existing wiring...