hiding wires around a door frame?
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out bt phone socket has the install running wires around a internal door frame and held down with those nail on clips
im told bt dont like you messing with the box or moving it etc
any ideas for hiding or making the job look smart? its just a white painted frame so i was thinking add a thin batton so the wire sits in a channel and filler the gap?
im told bt dont like you messing with the box or moving it etc
any ideas for hiding or making the job look smart? its just a white painted frame so i was thinking add a thin batton so the wire sits in a channel and filler the gap?
I personally wouldn't think twice about moving a BT master socket in MY home, especially if the cables were ran surface around a door frame.
Depending on much work you want to do and how handy you are you could do a few things off the top of my head;
Move it
Run it under the floor?
Remove door facing and run cable in the gap beween the frame and the wall.
Route through the carpet threshold bar if you have one.
Depending on much work you want to do and how handy you are you could do a few things off the top of my head;
Move it
Run it under the floor?
Remove door facing and run cable in the gap beween the frame and the wall.
Route through the carpet threshold bar if you have one.
steveo3002 said:
are they likley to cause agro if the phone line ever plays up?
we dont even use that socket anymore but i thought you couldnt mess with em
If it's just an extension from the master socket then you could rip it out completely if you like. The master socket will belong to BT but extensions sockets are yours and you can do whatever you like with them.we dont even use that socket anymore but i thought you couldnt mess with em
steveo3002 said:
are they likley to cause agro if the phone line ever plays up?
we dont even use that socket anymore but i thought you couldnt mess with em
Just move it. It's not difficult. Unscrew the socket faceplate and the rest will be self explanatory. Makes no odds to BT unless you have clearly bodged it causes a fault.we dont even use that socket anymore but i thought you couldnt mess with em
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Are the cables to the socket or from it? ie. is it the master socket with cables going to an extension or coming from the master socket to the extension?
If it's an extension - do what you like with it and rip it out if you don't need it.
If it's the master socket and you want to move it, even though you're not meant to move it, there's tons of info online about how to do it and change face plates and modify the cabling etc - easy to do but try to use a decent pushdown cable inserter and not the cr*p ones usually supplied with phone kits!
If it's an extension - do what you like with it and rip it out if you don't need it.
If it's the master socket and you want to move it, even though you're not meant to move it, there's tons of info online about how to do it and change face plates and modify the cabling etc - easy to do but try to use a decent pushdown cable inserter and not the cr*p ones usually supplied with phone kits!
I've often wondered this. How would BT know you've moved the box?
Given no-one from BT has been inside my house in the last 12 years, and no-one from BT has been in my parents house in 39 years, where do they keep the records that the box at no 9 Acacia Avenue is to the left of the window?
Given no-one from BT has been inside my house in the last 12 years, and no-one from BT has been in my parents house in 39 years, where do they keep the records that the box at no 9 Acacia Avenue is to the left of the window?
GuinnessMK said:
I've often wondered this. How would BT know you've moved the box?
The engineer, if pedantic, can look at how the connections are made inside the box and if you've used their standard dropwire 10 in your new wiring.If you just move the whole lot without disconnecting anything or running any new cable then they'd have no idea.
steveo3002 said:
it is the master socket im asking about..it has a extension run off that to another room which is what we use now
i suppose theres guidelines where they fit the boxes and where they dont ? if they turn up and its not to b.t spec maybe thats the problem?
No specific guidelines really and these really only apply to brand new lines where new sockets/cables are being installed.i suppose theres guidelines where they fit the boxes and where they dont ? if they turn up and its not to b.t spec maybe thats the problem?
The fact that you have an extension running from this master point might be awkward. How will you connect the extension to the master socket after you've moved it?
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