Do I have to use BT to get an extension phone line put into another room?

Question

I assume BT will be more expensive. Can an electrician do it? (I live in Portsmouth if you know of anyone!!)

I want to set up my PC in another room so need a wall socket

There is line there but no wall socket, just a coiled up wire in a recess in the plasterwork.

Answer 1

if the wire is there you can do the work yourself if you want to it's a very easy process to put in a phone line. just when you do put in the line make sure all other phones are disconnected from the rest of the line (just empty phone sockets around your home prior to the work on the extension).

if you dont have a socket on the coil of wire you can get one at most good diy stores. B&Q amongst others. they normally come with full wireing instructions.

but if in doubt about your abilities to follow directions then call in BT as they are responsible for installing and maintaining the phone lines in the UK. I forget what the new vans have on them but BT's line maintenance department has changed name i think it's connections or something begining with a C at least. but you go through your phone provider to get them to install a line telewest or other will normally/ probably send out a bt engineer to do the work.

Answer 2

You can buy a kit to do it yourself. B&Q, even Tesco...

You don't need an electrician, although it can help if you own a drill if you're going to mount the socket on plaster rather than skirting board, and/or if you need to run the cable through a floor or wall rather than through doorways and under carpets.

A few basic skills with wires can mean you can do a tidier job, but you can do without, with the right sort of kit. Depending on distance and complexity of course, but you'll probably do it for under £20.

Answer 3

In America we can do our own low voltage wiring. Pretty much all you need to do is run the telephone cable from the junction box to the new outlet. It hardly calls for an electrician. You may or may not need to tell the telephone company you did this and tell them the REN (ringer equivalency number) of the new phone.

I assume BT stands for British Telecom, so I don't know if this applies to you.

Answer 4

no you can do it yourself. buy a line jack unit from b&q take the coil from the wall and connect the blue wire with white rings to position 2 the white wire with blue rings to position 5 and the orange wire with white rings to position 3. make sure that the extension wire is connected to the nte (your main line box) this should work for you. if you call bt to do it there is a visit charge plus you get charged per hour after that .i am a customer service engineer for bt

Answer 5

No. I have put another phone in another room for my computer using an extension kit before I went broadband. This used the same number as the original phone. Other service providers can install phone lines,such as NTL, if you want a separate phone line/number try shopping around.

Answer 6

Go to your local hardware store and buy an telephone extension kit. They cost around £5.00, if that.
You don't need an electrician, you just need a hammer to knock the clips into the skirting board.

Answer 7

compared to the Km from the echange, some extra meters skill no longer something, ok, if you're making distinct tree./superstar like extensions that would make enormous difference to the ADSL signal yet no longer the voice. The voice will bypass many 10's KM no difficulty and many 100's meters on abode extensions.

Answer 8

Why bother - use a DECT phone, it will be cheaper and much more convenient to buy the new phone than to pay BT for another extension. If its for the internet, wireless is the answer.

Answer 9

Nope, I work for BT, you can either do it yourself with one of the cheap and easy extension kits, or get someone out of the yellow pages.
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Answer 10

Could you get a pair of cordless phones and do it that way? (It'd be the same number though, not two separate lines). There are loads in twinpacks.