Can anyone advise please?
I want to add a double socket in a bedroom but dont have any easily accessible sockets to run a spur from because those nearby already have spurs.
I think the only option is therefore to extend the ring.
The internal walls in my house are made of Stramit board (compressed straw) which has cable channels built in every 6 inches or so. It is therefore very easy for me to run a cable out of an existing socket up the wall and into the loft and then down into another wall.
My question is - can I extend the ring by removing one cable from an existing socket and joining it directly to a new length of cable, taking the new cable to a new socket and then back to the original socket? Does that make sense?
If so, is it best to connect the new length of cable using a block connector or crimp connectors. Crimps would obviously take up less room in the socket box but are they sufficiently safe/reliable
Any advice greatly appreciated.
I want to add a double socket in a bedroom but dont have any easily accessible sockets to run a spur from because those nearby already have spurs.
I think the only option is therefore to extend the ring.
The internal walls in my house are made of Stramit board (compressed straw) which has cable channels built in every 6 inches or so. It is therefore very easy for me to run a cable out of an existing socket up the wall and into the loft and then down into another wall.
My question is - can I extend the ring by removing one cable from an existing socket and joining it directly to a new length of cable, taking the new cable to a new socket and then back to the original socket? Does that make sense?
If so, is it best to connect the new length of cable using a block connector or crimp connectors. Crimps would obviously take up less room in the socket box but are they sufficiently safe/reliable
Any advice greatly appreciated.