Fitting a new kitchen and ring main. I need to remove a double socket. Its feed from the fuse box from under the floor and goes up the wall to the bedrooms Can I join the cables together and then bury them behind the plaster if so what connections do I use
Ideally you should replace the cable, not join it,
But if you really can't then use crimps (applied with a proper ratchet crimper, not the cheapo squeeze-n-hope type sold for car use).
Then heat-shrink tubing over each join.
Then self-amalgamating tape over the whole lot.
And since you will then have a buried cable with no visible accessory on the wall to alert people to its presence, you must ensure that it complies with the regulations for concealed cables:
Your LABC will probably want to inspect the join, and the protection or depth if appropriate, before you plaster it over. Or are you not notifying them?
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