In the next few weeks once the post Christmas rush is over I hope to rip out the kitchen and put a new one in. The problem is the existing CPC cable from the consumer unit to the kitchen sink pipe (main water pipe coming into the house) is built round the existing unit which is about 50 years old and I need to rip it out.
I plan to install the new cable round the back of the void and then clamp into onto the cold water pipe. At the moment the cable is simply wrapped around it with no mechanical fixing.
Also I noticed there is a plastic compression joint supplying the water to the bathroom should I bridge this with an earth wire and two clamps in order to restore the continuity?
As for the new cable I put in, can I simply make a connection to the old one as longs as the join is accessible? E.g in a covered chocbox under the cupboard under the stairs?
I plan to install the new cable round the back of the void and then clamp into onto the cold water pipe. At the moment the cable is simply wrapped around it with no mechanical fixing.
Also I noticed there is a plastic compression joint supplying the water to the bathroom should I bridge this with an earth wire and two clamps in order to restore the continuity?
As for the new cable I put in, can I simply make a connection to the old one as longs as the join is accessible? E.g in a covered chocbox under the cupboard under the stairs?