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brookie1402

I've taken the old cover off, taped up the wires with insulation tape, and put the new cover on. Looks 100 times better and my broadband/sky are still working so that's all I care about.

brookie1402

Thanks for the replies. We do not use a house phone, we only really use the telephone socket for Sky and also for broadband. When I took the face plate off a few days ago the sky box downstairs still worked. I think I will take the face plate off, tape up the wires, and put the new face plate on and...

brookie1402

Thanks.

I think I'll tape up the end of each wire then and leave is disconnected from the face plate. Will any old tape do - masking, duct, sellotape?

I assume that this won't cause any problems with any of my other telephone sockets I have in the house.

brookie1402

Thanks for the reply. I'm surprised that this is the master socket because from what I've read this should be the socket where the BT cables enter the home. We have a phone socket under the stairs where the BT cable comes in and next to the electricity box. The socket in the photos is in the master ...

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I am absolutely clueless when it comes to anything DIY so I am hoping someone will be able to point me in the right direction. I'm having some decorating done in a bedroom and the telephone socket cover is a weird yellow cover so I bought a new white one hoping to do a quick replacement but have stu...

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