capping off phone line

[Thermo]

i have an old workshop at the end of my garden which im about to knock down. It has a phone line coming into it, which is an extension off of the one in the house. I havnt a clue where it is coming into the house, whats the best way to remove it/cap it off, or do i need to trace it back to the other end?

cheers

 

[peterpumpkin]

Hi Thermo, you should find where it is coming from, as a short cct, or a leak to earth in the cable will cause all sorts of problems. It must come from another socket or connection point, just disconect wires and see if it goes dead.
unless it is really old stuff, disconnecting will only cause sockets to go dead,as the bell cct is only in the master socket.
hope this helps

 

[Thermo]

i assume that the extexnsions to sockets just literally spur off, rather than being anything like a ring, so it should be easy to work out?

 

[peterpumpkin]

yes, they are daisy chained in paralell, or star fed, disconnecting a wire will just make dead any sockets down the line.
If a cable is left, and gets damp, this could cause faults to the main line, needing BT to come out and they will charge, so dissconnect all unused wiring