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Afternoon all. Firstly - I should preface this comment with the fact that I have a sparky coming next week - but I'm just trying to get my head around it so I don't look like an idiot when he comes round!!
The situation is thus... I'm in the process of putting a new bathroom in for the mother in law. All has gone well. I've used a mix of copper piping and these new fangled push fit tee's and elbow's and everything is plumbed in and working perfectly.
The main supply from the street is metal and has a corresponding earth strap on it - which I assume may either a) terminate at the CU, or b) is the end of an earth bond and the pipe itself is the termination.
The next section of pipework is also copper, up into the toilet, where it is joined to some UPVC fittings that were already in situ. This branches up into the loft to supply the header tank (in copper) and also into the bathroom through the wall (in UPVC), where I have connected copper pipe to it. All of the remaining pipework is copper, but with UPVC fixtures and fittings, including the sink taps, bath taps, and shower.
I've tried to do some research, but normally only dealing in wood - the electrical side of things has me perplexed, somewhat! I understand that the reason for earth bonding is to introduce a continuous ground - but surely the use of these plastic fittings, renders that useless?
Should I have done the whole bamming thing in UPVC, thus removing the need for the earth?
As I said - I have a sparky coming round - but forewarned is forearmed.. .and if there is anything that I can do relatively easily to make it less work for the sparky might be beneficial!
Cheers all,
Tom
The situation is thus... I'm in the process of putting a new bathroom in for the mother in law. All has gone well. I've used a mix of copper piping and these new fangled push fit tee's and elbow's and everything is plumbed in and working perfectly.
The main supply from the street is metal and has a corresponding earth strap on it - which I assume may either a) terminate at the CU, or b) is the end of an earth bond and the pipe itself is the termination.
The next section of pipework is also copper, up into the toilet, where it is joined to some UPVC fittings that were already in situ. This branches up into the loft to supply the header tank (in copper) and also into the bathroom through the wall (in UPVC), where I have connected copper pipe to it. All of the remaining pipework is copper, but with UPVC fixtures and fittings, including the sink taps, bath taps, and shower.
I've tried to do some research, but normally only dealing in wood - the electrical side of things has me perplexed, somewhat! I understand that the reason for earth bonding is to introduce a continuous ground - but surely the use of these plastic fittings, renders that useless?
Should I have done the whole bamming thing in UPVC, thus removing the need for the earth?
As I said - I have a sparky coming round - but forewarned is forearmed.. .and if there is anything that I can do relatively easily to make it less work for the sparky might be beneficial!
Cheers all,
Tom