On Nov 5, 6:36 pm, "Mark" wrote:
"stevelup" wrote in message

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On Nov 5, 5:50 pm, "Mark" wrote:
I'm having central heating installed, 75% done.

Plumber tells me I need an earth wire from the consumer unit to the
outside
gas meter.

This is quite difficult to achieve without leaving lots of earth cable
visible. Are there alternative options for me? Also, as the incoming gas
supply is plastic I can't see the point.

mark

Is your plumber an electrician? Why is he even getting involved in
this?

He isn't. He's not getting involved as he's put it on to me. I was going to
route the cable then have an electrician do the connections but that's not
my question.

mark

Sorry, you misunderstood me.

What I mean is - why has the issue even arisen? How does the plumber -
who is not an electrician - know there is something wrong with your
earth bonding?

Really all he needs to concern himself with is bonding all his
pipework together at the boiler end.

Has he explained why he thinks this extra work is necessary? You might
not even have an electricity supply which requires supplementary
bonding. How long has the current electrical installation been in
place?

Steve