Hi there,
Gas meter is exernal and pipe enters property under suspended floor, where it stays until well after its first branch. I can bond where it enters the property as I'm told I should by the regs (and this is also just within 600mm of the meter for what it's worth) but of course that'll be under the floor. Is a floorboard inspection hatch sufficient that the bonding connection can be considered accessible for inspection/maintenance? i.e. what's least bad - accessability requiring a slight carpet corner peel, or ignoring "...or at the point of entry to the building if the meter is external" and extending my equipotential zone outside the building into the meter enclosure?
Similarly, my water incomer is lead - mmmm. Only for about 18" before it becomes a full plastic installation, but I assume I still must main bond the lead bit. Again all under the timber floor, but this can be made slightly more accessable with a hatch in the base of a kitchen cupboard - no carpet to peel.
Advice appreciated as always,
Liam
Gas meter is exernal and pipe enters property under suspended floor, where it stays until well after its first branch. I can bond where it enters the property as I'm told I should by the regs (and this is also just within 600mm of the meter for what it's worth) but of course that'll be under the floor. Is a floorboard inspection hatch sufficient that the bonding connection can be considered accessible for inspection/maintenance? i.e. what's least bad - accessability requiring a slight carpet corner peel, or ignoring "...or at the point of entry to the building if the meter is external" and extending my equipotential zone outside the building into the meter enclosure?
Similarly, my water incomer is lead - mmmm. Only for about 18" before it becomes a full plastic installation, but I assume I still must main bond the lead bit. Again all under the timber floor, but this can be made slightly more accessable with a hatch in the base of a kitchen cupboard - no carpet to peel.
Advice appreciated as always,
Liam