How to extend ring main and where to channel cable (Domestic property)

[uptown47]

Hi all,

My daughter has asked me to put in a new socket for her. She would like it putting about 10ft from an existing double socket on the same wall. The floor is concrete and her upstairs has just been decorated (carpets etc) so I searched to see if it was acceptable to run mains cable behind skirting (underneath the plasterboard). It seems that this isn't acceptable.

However I found this image on another thread...



This image seems to indicate that it would be perfectly acceptable for me to channel the wall out sideways from the existing socket?

My first question is... is this correct? Is it allowed to channel out sideways from an existing socket in order to put another socket it?

I would preferably like to put the new socket on the ring main (rather than a spur) and I wondered what the accepted method for extending the existing cables in the socket are? Would something like this be suitable?
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The socket will be used to power a 2KW fire electric fire hence me wanting it on the ring main rather than a spur.

(As an aside.. my background is industrial electrics - working inside low voltage panels in a factory with either 24VDC or 415VAC three phase - I'm not up to speed on domestic wiring regulations - hence the questions - but I am able to operate the necessary tools to get this done and have the necessary respect for electricity not to kill myself or others in the process)

Thanks for any help you can give me on this.

 

[Midwest]

Hi Midwest

No offence taken at all. I do have the suitable knowledge to do this job and I can borrow a loop tester from work. But you're right, this is a DIY job as I didn't know what the regs said regarding how to tackle this (all sorted now thanks to the good folks here on the forum) and just wanted to make sure that I did everything correctly.

Cheers

If you are altering the RFC, you should also confirm the continuity of the RFC conductors, IR test, EFLI test (as you mentioned) & RCD test. Not tying to sound highbrow, but of all the circuits to alter in a domestic property, the RFC is perhaps the most important to get right.

 

[uptown47]

If you are altering the RFC, you should also confirm the continuity of the RFC conductors, IR test, EFLI test (as you mentioned) & RCD test. Not tying to sound highbrow, but of all the circuits to alter in a domestic property, the RFC is perhaps the most important to get right.

Thanks Midwest for the information. Cheers