Hi,
Looking for a bit of advice, please.
I'm midway through updating a Victorian terrace and I'm looking at the electrics... The house will be a rental, and I'm aware the EICR will fail as they CU has no RCD protection and is very old. I'm happy to do get that sorted, but I'm less sure about the bonding.. At the moment, there's a continuous bonding run from the CU to the water entry point. There's no bonding to the gas as far as I can see (the gas comes in right next to the water). Running a new length of bonding for the gas will be a seriously invasive job. My question is, will I fail the EICR without dedicated gas bonding? I keep seeing the word "practicable" being floated about from the regs. It's far from "practicable" for me to run a new, dedicated gas bond. Am I scuppered, or will the water bonding suffice?
Thanks!
Looking for a bit of advice, please.
I'm midway through updating a Victorian terrace and I'm looking at the electrics... The house will be a rental, and I'm aware the EICR will fail as they CU has no RCD protection and is very old. I'm happy to do get that sorted, but I'm less sure about the bonding.. At the moment, there's a continuous bonding run from the CU to the water entry point. There's no bonding to the gas as far as I can see (the gas comes in right next to the water). Running a new length of bonding for the gas will be a seriously invasive job. My question is, will I fail the EICR without dedicated gas bonding? I keep seeing the word "practicable" being floated about from the regs. It's far from "practicable" for me to run a new, dedicated gas bond. Am I scuppered, or will the water bonding suffice?
Thanks!