Bond not reconnected..

[amfisted]

We're having a woodburner installed in place of a coal effect gas fire, so I employed an RGI to cap off the supply to the fire. The pipework for the gas fire enters the property from the meter through the outside wall and into a fitted wardrobe in our spare bedroom, so he capped off the supply to the fire in there. An earth bonding strap was attached to that gas pipework, inside the wardrobe, when the electrics were checked and the bonding was updated two years ago.

However...in disconnecting the fire he cut off the length of pipe to which the earth strap was attached and left it hanging in mid air. I didn't know this until I examined the job after he had left.

I do of course intend to ensure that the earth is properly secured to the live gas pipe that leads to the meter, but should he not have pointed out that this needed doing rather than just walking away and leaving me to find out? He did us a favour by coming to our house early evening after a long day and I wouldn't necessarily have expected him to spend more of his valuable time reattaching the strap; but certainly to tell me about it.

Or was I expecting too much?

 

[EFLImpudence]

Well, he could have mentioned it.

Do you have other gas appliances and is the pipe bonded where it enters the property for these?

 

[securespark]

Pretty ****ty work. As a RGI, he should know about the pertinent electrical regulations.

 

[amfisted]

Well, he could have mentioned it.

Do you have other gas appliances and is the pipe bonded where it enters the property for these?

Yes, we have a cooker and a boiler. Those appliances are connected to the same length of pipework which was bonded until my RGI removed it, but as far as I can see they're not individually bonded, no. Should they be?

 

[EFLImpudence]

If the gas pipework goes from your wardrobe to the rest of the house and appliances then yes,

he should definitely have reconnected the cable - and it should be reconnected now.

No, not individually bonded - just where it enters the premises.



I would complain to the company or individual if I were you.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

If the pipework was bonded the gas engineers should have left it bonded, even if amending the original pipework. If this was beyond their scope, they should have mentioned to you prior to proceeding with the work, so that part of the work could have been arranged.
Gas Safe engineers, know and are tested and accessed on the importance of earth bonding.
Get them back to sort it out, even if it is not critical to the continuity of the bond, it should not be left loose and dangling freely from the pipework.

 

[amfisted]

Thanks again all.

I probably already knew the answer to my original question, but I needed the opinion of this forum's experts to give it some oomph.

I'll get back onto him rather than doing this fairly simple job myself.