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Does anyone know the answer from the gas regs perspective?

[/url] Thanks for the link Riveralt. I've read through it and I'm sorry to say I'm still non-the-wiser. I think it's quite simple though, if I can take up a little more of your time. In your first comment you mentioned electrical cables. The British Gas engineer said that the earth...

Thanks Steve, very helpful. I'd feel a bit aggrieved to do the trunking myself since I've paid £3k for a new boiler, powerflush etc. but I take your point. The thing is, we only installed the earth bonding because the electrician (rightly) said that it was standard regs to have one.

Okay, so now I'm really confused. Just had another British Gas engineer over and he said that the earth bonding DEFINATELY needs to run along the gas main because that's it's purpose. If there's an electrical charge from another source of electricity, the earth bonding will solve the problem...

Hi again Riveralt, could you let me know which regulations you are quoting? Is it possible the Electrician is following some other regulations? Many thanks lorry108

Hi there I've had a new boiler installed and the electrician on the job noticed that the gas main wasn't earthed, which I paid him to do. British Gas have since said that the earth wire should not have been attached to/run along the gas pipe. He said that according to current regs, there...