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So what I've done is leave the earth going from stopcock to cu (taking the scenic route through the bathroom) but not bonded it to any pipework in the bathroom. Sound acceptable? Thanks

Lol fair enough, I thought as much. I removed the mcb after I removed the shower. Probably to stop someone switching it on.

Nope, the boiler is on the other side of the room and will be in a cupboard when bathroom is done. Does this mean they don't need bonding?

Simultaneously accessible? The light fixture and switch (pull cord) are on the ceiling. It wouldnt be possible to touch both if thats what you mean?

Its certainly getting abit complicated. How difficult would it be to move the light circuit to the rcd protected side of the cu? If i did that i wouldn't need any bonding, correct? I can also add some plastic pipe to the hot water so it doesn't need bonding, would that make it simpler?

Ok I'm still confused, its only the cold water line that has any plastic pipe in it. Hot water is copper pipe with mostly plastic fittings and and ch is all copper/metal. The boiler is in the bathroom and is rcd protected, should I bond the earth coming into the bathroom with the ch pipes...

Oh and I know it says shower but that was removed years ago and there are no plans for a shower..

Its 30 and its just the lighting that isn't protected by the rcd.

This is the consumer unit, it does say rcd on it and it has a test button. What does this mean for my bonding? Can I just go from stopcock to consumer unit (through the bathroom) and just remove the excess cable? Or is that not even necessary? Cheers

I just replaced the copper pipe above the main with plastic, the incoming main is still lead and the 2 stopcocks above it are brass. So i should leave the earth connected to the metal part and going to the bathroom and presumably on to the consumer unit? How do I know if the circuits are...

I've been renovating my bathroom and the kitchen below and started replacing some old copper water pipes with plastic. The old lead main and stop cock remain along with the odd bit of copper (i ran out of plastic pipe). The hot water is still all copper although most of the fittings are plastic...

Many thanks!

Great, so to switch which side controls which light id just switch the cables on left on the old to the right on the new one? Theres an earth going to the backplate, should i move it to the earth terminal on the switch? thanks

Thanks for the reply. The markings on new switch are COM1, COM2, L11, L12, L21, L22. To confirm i understand correctly, left hand side (all red) would go 1way - L11 2way - L12 COM - COM1 and right hand side 1way (blue) - L21 2way (red) - L22 COM (yellow) - COM2 Cheers

Can someone be super helpful and tell me which wire goes where on this new light switch, i believe that 1way corresponds to l11 & l21 and 2 way to l12 & l22 but not sure if it matters which way around the com wires go. The current switches are wired the wrong way around (left switch controls...