Just built a new porch on our house, and in the process had to reroute some of the original telephone cabling. What's leftover is now looking a bit manky and I would like to replace it if possible, though Im aware you're not supposed to mess with the master socket in the house...
As it happens I dont actually use this phone line, as its the main BT socket and I'm currently with Virgin. However I dont want to just rip it out for obvious reasons.
So currently the line comes into the house through the wall and terminates in this brown box:
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It then carries on into this small white box:
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Then from there on to the standard BT phone socket.
Ideally I'd like to replace the brown box and the length of cable that joins it to the white box, as both are caked in old plaster. Can I do this and if so are there any handy guides out there with wiring instructions? Do I even need these 2 boxes or can I just fit a small connector and have the cabling run directly into the phone socket?
I had assumed BT would charge me to make good this cabling...
As it happens I dont actually use this phone line, as its the main BT socket and I'm currently with Virgin. However I dont want to just rip it out for obvious reasons.
So currently the line comes into the house through the wall and terminates in this brown box:
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It then carries on into this small white box:
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Then from there on to the standard BT phone socket.
Ideally I'd like to replace the brown box and the length of cable that joins it to the white box, as both are caked in old plaster. Can I do this and if so are there any handy guides out there with wiring instructions? Do I even need these 2 boxes or can I just fit a small connector and have the cabling run directly into the phone socket?
I had assumed BT would charge me to make good this cabling...