Where to bond?

[Jon Bridges]

The regs state that bonding should be made within 600mm of the services entry to the building, or after the meter. So for water, does this mean under the floor boards (ie generally under the front door) or where it appears above the floor boards?

Also just read a previous post where someone had commented that you shouldn't bond to an old lead pipe. Please can someone confirm if this is correct as I can't find it in the regs.

Thanks

 

[robsparky1975]

No bonding on lead pipe,could get very wet overtightening clamp on that,i had a right job friday water main in bathroom at rear,met at front,upstairs,carpets,boards,nearly all day,to the regs they say where reasonably practicable,but they say that and also put within 600mm of consumers side,so a bit of a contradiction in terms,if its a gimp to get to we can bond it at the nearest accessable point and note it down as a limitation of access.i notice a lot of water meters that have 10mm bond across them,but not back to met,so was this how the 15th ed was done,im thinking anything past 1991 had to have water/gas.