UK How would you fix water pipe in bathroom repaired at previous time using plastic connector?

[gmangee]

How would you fix a water pipe in the bathroom that has been repaired at some previous time using a plastic connector?

 

[DPG]

It can introduce various risks, including leakage, bursting, health hazards, fire hazards, reduced water flow, and increased maintenance requirements.

I think the key factor is that it can affect the equipotential bonding if a non conductive piece is introduced to a metal pipe.

 

[brianmoooore]

It can introduce various risks, including leakage, bursting, health hazards, fire hazards, reduced water flow, and increased maintenance requirements.

Many plastic connectors are totally suitable for joining metal pipes from a plumbing point of view, and are less likely to leak than a traditional metal compression fitting under many circumstances

 

[double Em]

It can introduce various risks, including leakage, bursting, health hazards, fire hazards, reduced water flow, and increased maintenance requirements.

Could you also say that because the plastic connector has been fitted, the metal pipework after the fitting has no channel back to earth. So if an electrical fault was to occur past the point of the connector, that part of the pipe would become live and therefore a shock hazard?

I'm on the same question and I think I understand for the most part that if a plastic connector is used, the current stops there as its not a conductive material, and that you'd use clamps either side of the fitting (#14 i think, though would it be a humid environment and maybe use 15?) to reestablish the electrical connection.