No main water bonding?!

[Thomps]

Just been to do a job at a house and when I came to do the test certificates I couldn't find any sign of a 10mm water bond, there was a 10mm gas bond however.

Now the property is only just 12 months old and on a new estate of 80 houses. I asked the occupier for the certificates when the house was bought, he handed them to me and there is no indication of it on there either. I checked the condition and there are signs of copper after the meter with a 1/2 turn isolation valve.

Am I missing something here or should it be installed? I have warned the occupier about it and he is fine with it at the moment but has no problems with me going back to install some bonding.

 

[Thomps]

It's wrong because when YOU carry out any installation work all bonding and main earthing must be in place before commissioning your work.

Sorry, I must of missed the part that says I have commissioned the work.

 

[glasgospark]

Care to expand further?

no.....

 

[Plonker 3]

Sorry, I must of missed the part that says I have commissioned the work.

So what you filling a cert out for then?

 

[glasgospark]

Sorry, I must of missed the part that says I have commissioned the work.

m8 if your looking for advice and not sarcy comments this is the wrong place sadly

 

[Plonker 3]

no.....

Oh just a waste of time spammer then with nothing to back your argument up with.

 

[MDJ]

Oh dear, not another Time waster who wants information for nothing, wheres the Ban stick, sintra where are you???

 

[Plonker 3]

MDJ.mHe just wants to hear his opinions are right and not what is actually correct.

 

[Thomps]

So what you filling a cert out for then?

I didn't complete the cert, the bonding check is way before any commissioning of the new circuit.

 

[Plonker 3]

But surely that should have been checked in the first visit to the job when you went to asses the job, not once it was completed?

 

[Octopus]

On such a new property the likelyhood is that the incoming supply will be plastic and won't need bonding.

 

[glasgospark]

Oh just a waste of time spammer then with nothing to back your argument up with.

personally dont agree this method , check bonding before carrying out any work
old misses smith calls me up all sockets not working , bonding done love ?
fit a outside light ,bonding done ?
just dont agree
surely presence of rcd could come under this
im sure presence of rcd would be more important than bonding

 

[Plonker 3]

On such a new property the likelyhood is that the incoming supply will be plastic and won't need bonding.

But the OP still needs to test if it a extraneous conductive part, that should maybe help him.

 

[Plonker 3]

personally dont agree this method , check bonding before carrying out any work
old misses smith calls me up all sockets not working , bonding done love ?
fit a outside light ,bonding done ?
just dont agree
surely presence of rcd could come under this
im sure presence of rcd would be more important than bonding

Maintenace and installation work are two different things altogether. All installation work requires bonding in place maintenance doesn't.

Please tell me you have a copy of the BGB

How does a RCD stop a extraneous conductive part being one?

 

[Thomps]

On such a new property the likelyhood is that the incoming supply will be plastic and won't need bonding.

It is supplied via a plastic pipe. Does this mean bonding is or isn't required?

 

[MDJ]

what do you think?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? FFS