What it entails to wire in new sockets in these cases?

[CluelessDIYer1]

I'm a DIY dummy but more than that i'm an electrics dunce, TOTALLY!! So jargon will baffle me here. Nevertheless, i'm interested in what the process is here & how easy/costly/disruptive it'll be....

2 rooms in question...

LIVING ROOM:

I imagine this one will be fairly straight forward. It's approx 6.5mtr-x-3.5mtr. As the plasterers have ballsed things up it will be going back to brick work, certainly on 2 walls.

There are currently only 3 double sockets in this room. 1 either side of the chimney breast & 1 on the opposite wall. Not really enough. As for where the TV will be going there isn't a socket near there - we'd need to trail an extension lead.


Now, i don't know how many EXTRA sockets we'll need but i suspect the process will be the same for 1 as it will be for 10 etc.

So what does it entail to wire in extra sockets here?


The wall to the left there has no sockets. A radiator is in that far corner. We would possibly be wanting a tall lamp perhaps in that corner.


In the right corner there is where the TV will be going, again no socket. The nearest is over 2.5mtr away.


Different viewpoint to the above


This wall has a socket to the left of it but nothing to the right. We're not 100% on where the telly would go as it might go in this corner.


Different shot of an earlier photo showing the socket.


That is the only socket on that side of the room - just behind the spirit levels.

BEDROOM1:

Basically this one has been taken back to plaster (so just wallpaper off). There are 2 sockets in this room but they're both over to the left hand side of the room with nothing over to the right. We might want a TV or [something] over on the right requiring power.

What would it entail to wire in more sockets here? Does plaster HAVE to get hacked off in every case? If so what are we talking here?

BEDROOM2:

This one is one of the few rooms that doesn't need any work doing. As such it's all wallpapered & we'd like it to stay that way.
>IF< we were to want more sockets in this room, is there any way to do it without stripping the wallpaper off or not?

 

[HERTS P&D]

You should re-wire before the plastering.

Andy

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Installing new sockets would require either extending the circuit or spurring from a socket outlet to add extra sockets.
The methods used would depend on the type of circuit you have, there are two types of socket circuit, the ring final or the radial. From the ring final you can only take one spurred socket from any one socket on the original ring or you can install a 13A fused connection form a socket on the the ring and have a number of sockets but will be restricted to a load of 13A.
The radial is a little less complicated as you can extend without the need of fused connection or restriction of one spur per socket.
The ring final can be extended but you will need to configure each leg appropriately to do this, so this would mean determining which is the incoming and outgoing leg of the ring and extending from them.
There will be a requirement for cables to be routed within the permitted safe routes and the addition of RCD if not already existing.

You would only be able to extend a circuit without removing wallpaper, by either cutting into and extending circuit within floor/ceiling void or by accessing cables from the reverse side of the wall.
Joints that are not going to be left accessible will need to be of a maintenance free method.

 

[winston1]

While you are at it consider aerial points, satellite points, and CAT5 points near the TVs.

 

[arkie]

HAVE to get hacked off in every case?

Why do i imagine you hacking off the entire wall just to fit a socket lol

If you do a good job filling and sanding you should never be able to see it.

http://youtu.be/1zMGbqJ7M64?t=15s

 

[ericmark]

It's not a case of sticking a socket on a wall wires also need the feed to socket. As to where these wires come from will depend on what is already there.

So job one is find what you already have. Likely this will mean plugging in a meter and finding what spare capacity you have. There is a limit to a ring final of around 106 meters of cable.

So in short it needs some one to visit and test it can't be done with pictures alone we need test results.