Landlords certificate Earth bond to Gas

Specialist · May 20, 2017

aimeejessica said:
If the landlord requires a gas safe certificate then he needs an electrical condition report as well. Then the electrician will pick up the omission of bonding to the gas.

Hi & thanks for the reply, but the question was to do with the Gas engineer refusing a certificate for lack of Earth to gas pipework.

topquark · Jun 16, 2017

Part of his/her remit is to check the bonding, here's a snippet from a recent one. Note that a Gas safety cert is required an EICR is advised only.

[ElectriciansForums.net] Landlords certificate Earth bond to Gas

Specialist · Jun 16, 2017

topquark said:
Part of his/her remit is to check the bonding, here's a snippet from a recent one. Note that a Gas safety cert is required an EICR is advised only.

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Thanks for that, appreciate it.

davesparks · Jun 17, 2017

The gas safety (installation and use) regulations are law and therefore free for anyone to view online at legislation.gov.uk

As far as I know the only part of that which relates to installed bonding is regulation 18(2)

"(2) Any person who connects any installation pipework to a primary meter shall, in any case where electrical equipotential bonding may be necessary, inform the responsible person that such bonding should be carried out by a competent person. "

There is also a regulation requiring that temporary bonding be fitted when necessary to maintain continuity while work is being carried out.

snowhead · Jun 17, 2017

davesparks said:
There is also a regulation requiring that temporary bonding be fitted when necessary to maintain continuity while work is being carried out.

That relates only to when a pipe is cut or fitting dismantled .

A temporay strap is used across the break regardless of whether the installation is bonded in case there's a fault current in the pipework which coud lead to a spark at the break in the pipe.
Using one of these;
Rothenberger Continuity Bond With Crocodile Clips - http://www.screwfix.com/p/rothenberger-continuity-bond-with-crocodile-clips/97463?_requestid=36366