Hello everyone, I have a detailed question here.
As I understand it so far, I don't have any of this in my house.
I.E No bond to the water, gas supply or central heating.
I am planning to do this myself, but not a qualified electrician.
I have read the official jargon on the subject, and also the posts here but still a bit unclear to me.
Can anyone tell me if i'd transgress any regulations if I do the following;?
1. fitting 10mm2 earth to the water supply within 600mm and before a T connection.
2. Fitting 10mm2 earth to the within 600mm of the gas meter and before a T connection.
3. replacing the earth from the fusebox to the MET as it looks both a bit thin (4mm2 I think) and frayed at the end. it's also currently attached to the met by a connector block and looks a bodge job.
4. fitting an earth block. (daft question: a "4 way block" has 8 terminals on it does that mean 2 screws per 1 earth connection?)
5. there is no earth on the wiring loop for the lighting. The brass chandeliers are earthed to the cold water supply in the loft, so was going to attach them to the earth block.
Also, the wiring and the fusebox is about 50 years old. the wiring is in good condition, but if I get an electrician to replace the fusebox, would they be obliged to replace all of the wiring?
As I understand it so far, I don't have any of this in my house.
I.E No bond to the water, gas supply or central heating.
I am planning to do this myself, but not a qualified electrician.
I have read the official jargon on the subject, and also the posts here but still a bit unclear to me.
Can anyone tell me if i'd transgress any regulations if I do the following;?
1. fitting 10mm2 earth to the water supply within 600mm and before a T connection.
2. Fitting 10mm2 earth to the within 600mm of the gas meter and before a T connection.
3. replacing the earth from the fusebox to the MET as it looks both a bit thin (4mm2 I think) and frayed at the end. it's also currently attached to the met by a connector block and looks a bodge job.
4. fitting an earth block. (daft question: a "4 way block" has 8 terminals on it does that mean 2 screws per 1 earth connection?)
5. there is no earth on the wiring loop for the lighting. The brass chandeliers are earthed to the cold water supply in the loft, so was going to attach them to the earth block.
Also, the wiring and the fusebox is about 50 years old. the wiring is in good condition, but if I get an electrician to replace the fusebox, would they be obliged to replace all of the wiring?