Advice required

[Tweezer]

I recently asked an electrician to move 3 sockets from the skirting to the wall above. He has fitted wago terminals to the existing plug on the skirting and extended the wire to the socket above as the wire was not long enough to reach the new plug. Am I able to put the wago blocks into a wago choc block and put under floor board thereby allowing me to remove my skirting and old plug? The choc block will be accessible as carpet is going down?

 

[SJD]

Can you be a little clearer/precise, you mention sockets and plugs - whereas if someone is moving a socket, then there likely won't be any plugs involved!

A photo would help.

 

[David Prosser]

Post a picture as I suspect you mean remove the old back boxes for the sockets.

 

[Tweezer]

Can you be a little clearer/precise, you mention sockets and plugs - whereas if someone is moving a socket, then there likely won't be any plugs involved!

A photo would help.

Sorry it’s a double socket that was moved, I don’t have a photo as I’m away at present, A new double socket was put above the old socket above the skirting and a new wire run from the old socket

 

[David Prosser]

Sorry it’s a double socket that was moved, I don’t have a photo as I’m away at present, A new double socket was put above the old socket above the skirting and a new wire run from the old socket

Are the old sockets still there and usable ?

 

[SJD]

If you want to remove the old double socket / box, then I'd suggest the junction is moved to under the floorboards, using Wago connectors in a Wagobox, which can be maintenance free and doesn't need to be accessible.

 

[DPG]

Did he not complete the work as you wanted? Or is this something you've thought about afterwards.

 

[Tweezer]

the old socket is still there but not usable it basically houses the wago connectors

 

[DPG]

I'd fit blanking plates in place of the old socket fronts.

 

[David Prosser]

the old socket is still there but not usable it basically houses the wago connectors

That sounds dog rough !!

 

[Tweezer]

Did he not complete the work as you wanted? Or is this something you've thought about afterwards.

I asked him to move the sockets and he has removed one socket and then said as the wire was not long enough for the other three so instead of picking up the floorboards he has just connected a new wire through wago connectors which are housed in the old socket
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I'd fit blanking plates in place of the old socket fronts.

I have blanking plates but I need to change the skirting boards and behind the blanking plates are the wago connectors

 

[Zerax]

If it was me... I'd firstly try to wire up the new 'on the wall' double sockets with new cable avoiding the use of any wago connectors and preserving the ring. If this isn't practicable, I'd have wago boxes in the floor void with the correct wagon connectors so that it's maintenance free. I'd then have removed all the old sockets/boxes thus leaving you clear to remove/renew the skirting boards.

 

[Tweezer]

If it was me... I'd firstly try to wire up the new 'on the wall' double sockets with new cable avoiding the use of any wago connectors and preserving the ring. If this isn't practicable, I'd have wago boxes in the floor void with the correct wagon connectors so that it's maintenance free. I'd then have removed all the old sockets/boxes thus leaving you clear to remove/renew the skirting boards.

Thanks a lot that’s great

 

[telectrix]

Thanks a lot that’s great

or you can get a fellow Scouser to come and do the job right.

 

[Tweezer]

or you can get a fellow Scouser to come and do the job right.

If I hadn’t already paid out then I would !! Will bear you in mind for next time

 

[telectrix]

and as a bonus, I'll leave you car with wheels still attached.