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Bill Payer wrote:
I'd say it's making too many unnecessary joints. Do you know where the
ring goes upstairs and back down again? You might well find they are
together. Also if you intend keeping the existing socket positions
upstairs it's making more work.

Well, this is rather the point in doing the job in the first place, ie,
we don't have enough sockets.

I see that - but are you adding to what's already there position wise? If
so you could save some work by using the existing cables - they're likely
longer than needed to the next existing socket so can be cut.

It's a three-bedroomed house with just
one double-socket in each room and a single socket out on the landing,
so doing it the way I originally thought would leave four joints under
the floorboards. Is that too many?

IMHO any unnecessary joints should be avoided.

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