bonding for landlord

[glasgospark]

carried out eicr for landlord
no main bonding to gas and water mains
c2 coded
told them we need to run 10mm from main board to each area

the gas is pretty much non accessible , is there anything within the regs or guidance notes that states what to do in tyhe case i.e bond at different point etc ?

 

[sparkee]

bond where you can and notify as deviation from regs

 

[telectrix]

bond as near as possible to the point of entry.

 

[Silly Sausage]

I think the infamous words 'Reasonably practicable' come into play here.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Don't they teach this on the famous 5 Week Wonder Course??

 

[glasgospark]

thought so guys , thanks same house there is a new board fitted around 2-3 years ago going by labeling , circuits labelled ring 1 ,2, kitchen ring
no ring continuity on these circuits , pretty strange to have 3 rings given these readings any advice on what to do from here
i plan on checking every socket for connections ,r1+r2 tests, but failing that im thinking they may not be done on rings

 

[telectrix]

2 cables in each MCB? installed by monkeys? thorough investigation requierd.

 

[glasgospark]

yes all appears to be ring , 2 cables at mcb , labeling etc , but yes further investigation required

 

[KAS1]

My advice is to do the 2395

 

[glasgospark]

got the 2395 mate just looking for second opinion ,

 

[dan86]

must admit, when I read the title of this thread I thought it was about building a rapport with a landlord..!

 

[glasgospark]

:S what ??????????????

 

[Geordie Spark]

:S what ??????????????

Get up your ladder bonny lad .... that one went way over your head.

 

[nickblake]

new board installed 2 - 3 years ago and no bonding to water or gas .... say's it all

 

[glasgospark]

new board installed 2 - 3 years ago and no bonding to water or gas .... say's it all

got one better , main switch is rcd (non compliant) and had a 2.5 cable doubled up with the main tails , i changed it and gave it its own breaker it tripped rcd , who ever done bored change thought this was a good way to bypass rcd to stop the tripping

 

[nickblake]

doesnt i just make you bang your head against wall , here one security company 's electric gates in sister in laws started tripping RCD so i located the fault to a NE insulation fault the gate guys came out and moved it to the unprotected side of the dist board makes my blood boil

 

[BES]

I had something simlar to this only that customer didn't want any floor boards lifting so bonded to gas pipe in garage loft space feeding boiler in kitchen only accessable place near to cu. Used this job for assesment guy from elecsa said ok but what if gas pipe was removed at later date if house layout changed so ended up routing cable through garage loft into bedroom up through main loft down side of house in conduit and bonded in gas meter cupboard

 

[Octopus]

So what code have you give the "rings" then?

 

[KAS1]

Where there's a will there's a way as they say

 

[telectrix]

i thought it was "where there's a will there's a pack of relatives".

 

[glasgospark]

So what code have you give the "rings" then?

C2 , going on the basis its rings with broken ring continuity

 

[Knobhead]

C2 , going on the basis its rings with broken ring continuity

That’s an assumption not proven fact.

 

[glasgospark]

That’s an assumption not proven fact.

All points to being correct first instance it's a house with 3 cct's for sockets and it's labeled ring, so a pretty decent assumption TONY

 

[Geordie Spark]

All points to being correct first instance it's a house with 3 cct's for sockets and it's labeled ring, so a pretty decent assumption TONY

Assumption is the mother of Cock Up.

 

[Plonker 3]

Never assume any thing, as all it does is makes a --- out of U and ME

 

[GLENNSPARK]

carried out eicr for landlord
no main bonding to gas and water mains
c2 coded
told them we need to run 10mm from main board to each area

the gas is pretty much non accessible , is there anything within the regs or guidance notes that states what to do in tyhe case i.e bond at different point etc ?

why is the gas non-accessable?..

i mean how is the meter man supposed to...well, read the meter?

 

[Knobhead]

Never assume any thing, as all it does is makes a --- out of U and ME

Nice one DillB. It’s definitely something to remember