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  1. Y

    MC against heating pipes?

    Noticed an old cloth wire coming down the brick wall feeding an outlet on the opposite side of our oil burner is all fray. Was going to replace it with MC but the plumber that was here doing work (why I was back there to take notice of it) mentioned there is some new local rule that they aren't...
  2. C

    Cables touching hot pipes

    Electrician has done rewire, plumber with not much space has some central heating and hot water pipes touching in some places. See images attached. Shown is two rad pipes touching a phone & cat6 cable, central heating touching boiler earth & power, same with hot tap for sink resting on the...
  3. stopconsuming

    How can there be voltage on water pipes?

    Hi everyone, I need some help with an electrical issue I'm experiencing. I recently created a new circuit for an electric oven at my friend's place, and when I returned home, my friend called to say that the two water pipes connected to the boiler were smoking. When I arrived, I first measured...
  4. J

    Copper pipes in crawlspace grounding

    Hello all, The water supply from my water meter to the house is rubber pipe, but my water lines in the crawlspace are copper . Is it code to have a ground wire from the main electrical panel to the copper lines, since there is no metallic pipe to the house, which would provide a ground source...
  5. D

    UK Cat5e and gas pipes?

    Hi guys. so I’m running Ethernet cable and have a question. the cable needs to pass through joists. There’s already 3 holes drilled (correct to building regs). I’d rather not drill another. Two of the holes have central heating pipes and the other is gas supply to the boiler. there’s enough...
  6. DPG

    Bonding of 2 gas pipes

    Morning all, and happy Friday! I feel I should know the answer to this one, but I'm not certain, even after consulting GN8. A friend of mine has a semi-detached house with two copper gas pipes entering, one for the cooker and one for the boiler in the loft. They join together outside and are...
  7. newfutile

    Bonding of Water pipes (plastic incomes)

    Just wondered what opinion people have of bonding of short lengths of copper water pipes, this is in the communal area of flats . above the copper it goes back into plastic and appear to enter the building in a blue plastic pipe
  8. C

    Wires near heating pipes

    had a full rewire in house come to find these wires sitting on top.of central heating pipes is it unreasonable to ask the electrician to mive these.he has been back once to put a save plate inbetween but im not entirely happy,just want some advice
  9. M

    Bonding combi boiler gas pipes

    From my understanding you need to run both a 10mm earth from CU to water stop clock and seperate 10mm to gas, exception being if cable is uncut can link both gas and water together. In a scenario where been asked to change consumer unit but getting to gas pipes of combi boiler is practically...
  10. D

    Metallic pipes and outbuildings!!

    Morning all. Couple of questions regarding the 18th in regards to outbuildings with metallic pipes in them, causing very different answers between a few of us in the pub! Right so. If a metallic pipe enters any building but has an 'insulating section' then it need not be earthed? I do not...
  11. S

    Volts running through water pipes

    I am currently doing a love job and found that the water pipes have 93.4v running through them? the problem i have is that this is intermittent, for about 5 mins at a time? so live for 5 mins then dead then live again? i wondered if anyone had advice before i take up floor and things. i thought...
  12. L

    UK Static bonding of flour pipes

    Hi All Looking for advice if anybody’s got any knowledge on static electricity. been asked to bond flour pipes at work Do you take it back to the nearest panel or take it to a earth spike ?
  13. S

    LED downlights and heating pipes

    Evening all. New to the forum and was wondering what peoples thoughts were on installing downlights near plastic heating pipes ? I was planning to install some enlite E6 LED downlights in my hall way. I somehow managed to pick a spot right in between a couple of pipes. Looks like I'll need to...
  14. B

    EICR CODE too close to pipes

    What is the right code for: a) central heating pipes running directly below a socket (left to right). Could heat from the pipes slightly warm the socket and possibly warm a flex cord of a plugged in appliance if it touches the pipe? Would lagging the pipes solve this? b) electric cable...
  15. diyterry

    Earthing copper pipes .............

    While ripping the old bathroom fittings out I noticed that none of the pipework or fittings were earthed. Should they be earthed and if so what is the preferred method?
  16. J

    Electrical Cables on hot plumbing pipes

    Recently had an extension done. Noticed electrician had run mains electrical cables right on to the hot feed from the boiler which gets very hot. Is this a safety issue? Can the insulation stand the heat for hours on end?..
  17. Daniel Oake

    What are your opinions on bonding water pipes if main incoming is plastic?

    You turn up to a property that had recently had an EICR, reporting that the water had no bonding. The main water stop cock and on-wards was plastic push fits with maybe 400mm lengths here and there (downstairs), but upstairs is still all copper piping behind bath panel and sink pedestals to 2...
  18. Gary Tollison

    Power cables and hot water pipes.

    Hello :) Just been doing some investigations into running power from the CU in the house out to my shed. I lifted the floorboards on the upstairs landing and found that power cables have been laid right next to the central heating water pipes. This can’t be safe, surely?
  19. M

    OSG, bonding plastic pipes etc etc

    Hi all Having a thumb through the OSG and on section 4.5 Main protective bonding of plastic services, it says there is no need to bond an incoming service of the service pipe is plastic....thats kind of a given....my struggle lies on the next page; "Where there is a plastic incoming...
  20. captaincaveman

    Water pipes & wooden structure showing voltage

    Hi. Penny for a thought anyone. I'm still in holiday mode from yesterday... Just been to a house after a plumber refused to touch the boiler (not before getting his £200 call out charge) saying there was an electrical fault and showing the customer his voltage pen light up on the water pipes &...

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