"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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BEWARE - you must disconnect the whole circuit from the phone line
first. This is normally done by removing the lower front half of the
master socket. If it has a one piece front, you're out of your depth
because you aren't supposed to touch it. Best plan then is to get it
converted by BT and then go ahead with the extension.

Ah - my master socket is a one-piece. Strange, as the house I've just moved
into was built circa 1990.

Will BT convert me to a 2-piece master socket for free?

I guess if I were to go ahead and touch the 1-piece master socket anyway,
I'd simply have to detach the wires and reinsert them after the job is done?
Actually, the wires in the master socket aren't fitted very well anyway as
when I had a quick look inside (before realising that it WAS a master
socket) one of the wires in position 2 fell out unbeknown to me and stopped
everything from working. It was simple to diagnose and rectify though. The
socket will be unscrewed again next week as I'm wallpapering and painting.

Daz