Gas pipe earth bond.

[hoover]

Hi all. Can anyone tell me if it is acceptable to bond the gas pipe outside of the house rather than just after it enters? The problem is I have to bond a gas pipe- it was noted on a recent pir that it wasn't done, problem is it enters the house through the roof space of a two storey house, miles away from the fuse board. Getting an earth cable up there may be tricky. Looking an easier way out.

 

[Spudnik]

Perfectly acceptable to do it close to the meter.

 

[ezzzekiel]

sometimes you can only bond where you can get to, providing its as close as possible and a note made on certificate stating where it is and why then no major issue.

 

[sparky3366]

Aye...as long as you don't work for a certain ex firm in Wales. That was my reason for them giving me the boot as a gas bond wasn't within 600mm of the meter/pipe entry...

 

[Guest123]

Externally is fine, as long as a standard 951 connection isn't left exposed to the elements.

 

[malcolmsanford]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ that's the one Lenny, OK external if there is a gas meter enclosure, or you can adapt some kind of enclosure around the pipe and label it, but left open to the elements IMO would not be acceptable.

 

[Deleted member 19807]

i would use the blue or green ones not the red.

http://www.legrand.co.uk/en/en/liblocal/pdf/Earth clamps.pdf

or the new plastic type.

 

[dboi75]

I have just been informed by my electrician that we have to bond our gas pipe. The problem is that the gas meter is within a housing on the front external wall of my house and apparently he has to connect this back to my fuse box etc which at the farthest point on the rear of the house. Running this through the house is not an option, and the only opther idea he has is to run a conduit right around the perimeter of the property which will be an eyesore! Are there any other options? Can it just be earthed straight to the ground or is this something different?

 

[scotsparky]

thats totally different.

The electrician is right i am afraid. Without seeing the property i cannot give other ideas.

 

[Dan23584]

I have just been informed by my electrician that we have to bond our gas pipe. The problem is that the gas meter is within a housing on the front external wall of my house and apparently he has to connect this back to my fuse box etc which at the farthest point on the rear of the house. Running this through the house is not an option, and the only opther idea he has is to run a conduit right around the perimeter of the property which will be an eyesore! Are there any other options? Can it just be earthed straight to the ground or is this something different?

The method your electrician has suggested is quite a common one, if you cant get to it through the house.