Fixed wiring test

[FatGit]

Just had a house fail one of these for:

Upgrade the main earth conductor to 16mm
Upgrade the main equipotential bonding to the water

I don't see why I need to do it seeing as both the bondings were up to regs when installed,, even if reg have changed since.

 

[RF Lighting]

What code were these jobs given on the certificate?


It's hardly the end of the world to do the two upgrades and keep every thing above board

 

[davy_owen_88]

I don't see why I need to do it seeing as both the bondings were up to regs when installed,, even if reg have changed since.

For your own safety and that of your wife/kids etc?

 

[FatGit]

I don't see the danger. The Water bonding is in 4mm, but is under cover all throught the run. Consumer Unit main earth is 10mm.
I think that £217 is a bit much for that work.

 

[Spark123]

A Periodic Inspection Report is undertaken to todays standards. Anything which is picked up which does not comply with todays standards will be noted in the observations and recommendations.
BS7671 (AKA the IEE regs) is not retrospective, however it is in your best interest that it is done. If you require any work carried out on the insallation in the future then it will need to be remidied before that can be done anyway.
If you have a gripe with the price, get a couple of other quotes.

 

[JohnD]

bonding is not notifiable work so you can do it yourself if you don't mind crawling about a bit.

It is very commonly in need of upgrade on older installations so worth doing before you pay for a PIR (another common thing is lack of G&Y sheathing).

 

[FatGit]

Would I also be able to do the CU main earth myself? I've installed CUs in pre-part-P days and never had any trouble with them (they have been inspected for PIRs).