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Is there anyway of getting the electrician to downgrade the original assessment from C2 to C3?

One is under the stairs, the other is about 12 ft away in the kitchen - no easy way of getting wire without surface mounting or drilling through walls.

So even with a 6mm earth surface bonding you would classify it as a C3 rather than a C2? Sorry I don't know what a Adiabatic is?

this is what is effectively there at the moment, I guess I could DIY it and replace the wire for a 10mm to no longer a C2 Issue.

The electrician marked earth bonding to gas and water as a C2 on the electrical safety cert. but then quoted me 600+Vat to have the work done.

Is this 10mm earth? is it going all the way back to the consumer unit?

Ive had a similar recommendation made by my electrician who was saying he needs to run earth cable from there CU to the gas and water pipe. He mentioned the earth wiring needs to be 10 mm.

my house was build in the 70s/80s, the wiring and consumer unit are the original. I am planning on moving house so undertook a electrical safety check. the main findings were that gas and water pipe need to be bonded. the current bonding is apparently 6 mm - new regs mean it should be 10mm so I...

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Its for the kids -- so not so easy to throw away lol

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