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Topic Title: water bond Topic Summary: plumbers !! Created On: 28 January 2013 04:52 PM Status: Post and Reply |
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 28 January 2013 04:52 PM
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Upon arriving to 2nd fix a kitchen, the plumber has changed everything to plastic from where it enters the house and throughout the kitchen etc. The stop cock is brass, but fitted to plastic pipes... Should i stick a clamp on the stop cock and bond it?
The plumber of course, has just cut it (presumably as it was all copper). Regards Ady ------------------------- Resistance is futile. |
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28 January 2013 05:05 PM
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What possible point is there in bonding a brass stop cock in plastic pipework is the question you need to ask yourself -
regards OMS ------------------------- Failure is always an option |
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28 January 2013 06:04 PM
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Don't be daft Ady1, if you do that you might as well bond the door hinges too ! !
Dave. |
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 28 January 2013 06:11 PM
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One Local REC used to insist you bonded the metal window frames in council housing stock.
Caused no end of fun 
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28 January 2013 06:15 PM
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I would be routing bond to catch the rest of the water copper pipe work
------------------------- Dougie Power Plus Electrical.co.uk My mission is to live as long as possible......so far so good! |
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28 January 2013 06:19 PM
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I would bond after the stopcock Dougie if the rest of the installation was copper but the OP stated that it's all been changed to plastic,
Dave. |
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28 January 2013 06:23 PM
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I would bond after the stopcock Dougie if the rest of the installation was copper but the OP stated that it's all been changed to plastic, Dave. Ahhh didn't read it all, I would be wanting my copper back at £1 a meter :-) ------------------------- Dougie Power Plus Electrical.co.uk My mission is to live as long as possible......so far so good! |
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29 January 2013 07:55 PM
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Obviously - most of you recognise me as a regular poster - and no idiot (possibly).
But a fellow spark who is not registered and had to use the LA in the same situation, was told by their inspector to bond it, as water conducts. Although not an issue, if the stop cock was plastic. Hence the question. My opinion is the same as Dougie - but too late now - all floored, plastered, everything. Regards Ady ------------------------- Resistance is futile. |
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29 January 2013 08:41 PM
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Obviously - most of you recognise me as a regular poster - and no idiot (possibly). But a fellow spark who is not registered and had to use the LA in the same situation, was told by their inspector to bond it, as water conducts. Although not an issue, if the stop cock was plastic. Hence the question. Ady Might as well re-route the 10mm to where the copper installation re-commences then? As the old installation might still be EEBADS reliant, I don't know what else has been upgraded obviously. The water would still conduct from there as well 
------------------------- I am prone to talking complete bol***ks at times, please accept my apologies in advance. |
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29 January 2013 10:23 PM
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What possible point is there in bonding a brass stop cock in plastic pipework is the question you need to ask yourself - regards OMS Isn't it possible to travel (of some sort through the water)? |
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29 January 2013 10:38 PM
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Perhaps this is a good point to re-introduce Paul Cook's excellent (if poorly titled) paper: http://www.plasticpipesgroup.com/pdfs/earthbonding.pdf - Andy. |
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30 January 2013 07:52 AM
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I liked the title!
EEBADS - ADS = EEB Remove the middle E and you got EB which stands for Earthed Bonding ! ------------------------- Regards, Ebee (M I S P N) Knotted cables cause Lumpy Lektrik |
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