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So as I understand it now it is fine for the basin, Sink, toilet to be bonded to the pipes but not directly to each other as they are only spaced within a metre of each other along the same pipe. But the shower and its water pipes must be bonded to these main water pipes as well. Good I was...

Thanks again That clears things up. Its back to what I originally thought and understood . What about compression joints? When I test the continuity they seem OK. Stuart

Confused again. Ban-all-sheds wrote with regard to the DIYdoctor link http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/bondingbathroom.htm However the diagram on this link shows all the pipes and electrical appliances connected by earth cable as is supposedly suported by the other answers here. The...

Thanks, that confirms what i thought. It was the iee site showing only bonding to the pipes and the advice about running it back to the CU which was confusing me.

I am trying to get clear advice on what supplementary bonding is required in my bathroom. My house is 30 years old and I have just renewed the bathroom suite and added an electric shower. Originally the electrics in the bathroom consisted of a ceiling light and a wall fan heater. There was no...

thanks for the quick reply . that sounds good.

I am installing a new electric shower. I have taken advice on the cable and am now having to install a new dedicated consumer unit as the old hard fuse box has no room. I understand both a MCB & RCD are needed and have purchased these. Most diagrams show the RCD connected after the MCB. However...

I am installing a new shower in my bathroom. I have to run new cable about 8 - 10m to a 10.5KW shower. Through observing this website and talking to an electrician it seems a 10mm cable and 45A protection will be sufficient yet another website states that 16mm cable and a 50A protector are...