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The Telephone Engineerex-BT · Stockport

Phone Socket Installation, Moves & Rewiring

Sockets in the wrong place, wiring that's been added to by four different people over thirty years, or a house being renovated where you want it all doing properly before the plaster goes on. This covers new sockets, moving existing ones, pre-wire work on building jobs, and stripping out old wiring and replacing it with something that'll last.
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Sound familiar?

These are the reasons people ring me about this.

  • The socket is behind where the sofa or the wardrobe needs to go
  • You're having building work or a rewire and want the cabling done before plastering
  • The wiring is a mess of joints, chocolate blocks and old cable
  • A socket is loose, broken or hanging off the wall
  • You've moved in and inherited someone else's wiring

What the job involves

Quoted per job once I've seen what's there. Pre-wire on building work is priced per point.

  • New sockets supplied and fitted, flush or surface mounted
  • Existing sockets moved, including the cable run to the new position
  • First-fix and pre-wire on building and renovation jobs
  • Old wiring, redundant joints and dead cable stripped out
  • Everything punched down to standard and labelled where it helps

Questions

Sockets & rewiring — the usual questions

Can you move a socket to the other side of the room?

Yes. How it's done depends on the room — under the floor, through the loft, in trunking or chased into the wall and made good. I'll talk you through the options and what each one costs before starting.

We're having an extension built. When should you come?

Before the plasterboard goes on, ideally. Getting cable in while the walls are open costs a fraction of what it costs afterwards, and you end up with everything hidden. A quick conversation at first-fix stage saves a lot of money later.

Is it worth rewiring the phone points in an older house?

It depends what's there. If it's sound cable that's just been jointed badly, tidying it up is usually enough. If it's genuinely old two-wire cable that's gone brittle, it's better replaced — especially if you want to use those same runs for broadband or network later.

Do you do work in flats and blocks?

Yes. Block work needs a bit more care around communal areas and permissions, but it's work I've done plenty of. Landlords and managing agents are welcome to get in touch.

Where

Covered across Stockport and Cheshire

Sockets & rewiring in your town — pick the nearest and I'll tell you what's different about the housing round there.

Related

Often done at the same time

Telephone Extensions

A phone point where you actually want one — bedroom, office, garage or shed.

What's involved

Data Cabling & Cable Tidy-Ups

Hardwired network points for home offices, TVs and gaming — plus ripping out the old spaghetti.

What's involved

Phone & Broadband Fault Finding

No dial tone, noise on the line or broadband that keeps dropping — found and fixed.

What's involved
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Need a hand with sockets & rewiring?

Tell me what it's doing and I'll tell you what it'll take. No call-out charge, and a price before I start.

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