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Oh no! Hope you feel better soon!

I spent this morning doing a bit of cleaning in our new house, and then after lunch I converted two single sockets into doubles, following guidance from the good people on this very forum! Quite proud of myself now.

And the job is done!!! The socket by my wife’s desk (with the flowery wallpaper) was the one on the ring, so I just used a three core Wago and a length of 2.5mm T+E to extend the wires. The socket by my desk (painted wall) has only one set of wires in it. Given what I know about my house...

Thanks Lee. You have been extremely helpful.

Thanks for that. As I said to Harry it did occur to me after posting that I should switch everything off, so I will do! As for “confirming dead”, I have a socket tester and no contact pen tester from Screwfix so I’ll use these before turning off power and once again after turning off. I’m always...

Thanks Harry. That did occur to me after I’d posted this. To be safe I’ll hit the main switch then.

Ok everyone. I’ve been looking at all the information available to me and I think I’m going to have another go at this. I have ordered a metre of 2.5mm T+E and another metre of 4mm. I have 2 and 3 core Wago connectors that I will use to join the wires. Here is my plan of action: 1. Flick off...

I’ve heard it said that Part P doesn’t apply in Northern Ireland. Can someone confirm if this is the case? And if it doesn’t apply then what does that mean for the DIYer?

Thanks Harry. I have certainly been given a lot of helpful advice - trolls notwithstanding!

Thanks for this. How would I determine the sizes of the cables?

Yeah that’s pretty much the paragraph that was concerning me!

Hi Harry, Based on my detective work (and with the help of a tester pen and socket tester from Screwfix) I’ve determined the following: The two sockets in the study are on different circuits. Socket #1 at my wife’s desk is the one that has 2 sets of wires in it. It’s connected to MCB #7 in the...

Because we have too many things to plug in and not enough sockets and I’m not a fan of overloading extension cables!!

Alright everyone, I’ve been doing a bit of investigation this afternoon and there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to how my sockets are wired. In the CU I have 7 MCBs controlling sockets. Six of those are 16A MCBs and seem to control no more than one or two sockets, and the 7th is a 32A...

And there’s no way that socket could be the first on a spur then?

Thanks John. There are other factors at play here too. At the moment I’m leaning more towards wanting to get someone to come in and do the work for me.

I think I misread the article. I went back and had a look at it and actually I think the author is saying that you can do this as long as the socket you’re replacing is in the ring main and not in a spur. I’m not sure I understand the procedure they’re talking about for testing this. Here’s the...

I’ve got Wagos. What diameter cable would I need in T&E?

Ok well to be honest it’s several factors- mainly because of what Markyd1 was saying but also because I noticed that inside the socket there are two sets of wires and I read that you can’t change single to double if there are two sets of wires. Also the wires are too short to reach inside the...

Thanks but there’s a bit more to it than what Markyd1 said, although he has played a major part in my decision. I opened the socket up today and discovered two sets of wires inside it and I read that you can’t change single sockets to double if they’re like this. I also noticed that the wires...