Earth grounding rods, can they be fully buried ?

[chrisd1]

I'm a landscaper not a sparky. I'm doing a garden at the minute where they have 2 grounding rods sticking out next to the front door about 100mm-150mm from the ground. Guessing one is an old one as it has no connection. But the other it connected i was going to encas them in with the stairs but do they need to be accessible? Or can I build the stairs around them and totally cover them ?

 

[James]

it should be accessible, that doesn't mean it cant be covered but a little hatch or similar would be good so it can be accessed.

 

[Brother Blue]

The one that is in use needs to be accessible for testing and maintenance.

The top of the rod should be just below ground level in an inspection pit.