Lobster wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Boxed in a bath with T&G yesterday. Fitted the side panel & was
measuring for the end panel when I saw this
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...s/earth002.jpg

An earth wire screwed into the wall.

Whilst boxing in the side I noticed earth bonding cables connected to
the bath feed pipes, but didn't pay much attention to them. What
would be the purpose of an earth cable fixed to a brick wall?

Is it definitely just screwed to the wall - ie, any chance that it's
connecting to some wire or other buried in the wall?

When did bonding regs originally start? Not that long ago AFAIK, and
interesting that this one is obviously a modern cable.

Just following this up - what I was getting at was that the plaster on
that wall looks as old as Methusalah, and probably predates the
regualtory requirement for bonding, no?

David