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Thinking about this a bit more. Can you put a deeper back box in and make the repair inside the back box. That would be a great solution.
Airhead-
I think this may work, as I have more than one back box to play with.
I'll disconnect the damaged wire from the socket on the left, then pull it out though the sock back box on the far right.
Then I can wire in a new length of t&e to the socket, and chase it through to the far right socket, which has plenty of room to fit a box behind it.
NotThamesWater
what's this fix for this little fuck up, other than opening up the wall (wood cladding and OSB on the outside, plaster board & PIR on the inside)?
I drilled a hole, and completely neglected to consider the live wires just on the other side.
The short can from the drill bit itself - there's no (apparent) short in the wire now.
Obvs I'd rather not open the wall up, which would be a giant pain, but I'd also rather not burn down the entire building by bodging an unsafe fix.