Hi
I’m in the middle of (slowly) re-fitting my kitchen and every now & then I’m finding small things that need rectifying. When I ripped out my sink cupboards where the incoming water pipe is (stop cock) I noticed no earth bonding at all. The whole house is copper piped (water/central heating) and as a result of seeing this I’ve wandered all over and cannot see any earth bonding at all.
My incoming gas supply has an earth connected that disappears into the main fuse box somewhere (just above it|) so my question is, can I earth my water supply next to the stop cock and simply attach it to the earth on the gas supply? The water supply is about six foot away thru a small wall.
Also would it be okay or necessary to earth pairs of copper pipes that run parallel to each other, for example in my hot water tank room there loads of pipes running up & down next to each other and in the garage etc.
Thanks
I’m in the middle of (slowly) re-fitting my kitchen and every now & then I’m finding small things that need rectifying. When I ripped out my sink cupboards where the incoming water pipe is (stop cock) I noticed no earth bonding at all. The whole house is copper piped (water/central heating) and as a result of seeing this I’ve wandered all over and cannot see any earth bonding at all.
My incoming gas supply has an earth connected that disappears into the main fuse box somewhere (just above it|) so my question is, can I earth my water supply next to the stop cock and simply attach it to the earth on the gas supply? The water supply is about six foot away thru a small wall.
Also would it be okay or necessary to earth pairs of copper pipes that run parallel to each other, for example in my hot water tank room there loads of pipes running up & down next to each other and in the garage etc.
Thanks