£77 for non-existent earth bonding?
 

Hi - I would really appreciate some help with this, thanks: We
recently had a new bathroom fitted, nothing fancy, just a replacement
bath, sink, loo and electric shower. Although we were only ever shown
a single, final figure for the work the fitters left an itemised job
sheet lying around showing that we have been charged £77 for "fitting
of additional earth bonding".

Now, I assume this refers to the fitting of the shower as this is the
only electric work we have had done (all new plumbing is plastic so
isn't earthed) but all I can see is a wire going from the shower,
through the floor to a newly fitted RCD and then into a junction box
below the meter (we have an old on/off box, the shower is the only
thing on an RCD).

So my query is: If the fitters had installed £77 worth of "additional
earth bonding" where would this be likely to be located? Because as
far as I can see all they've done is fitted the shower which was
billed as a separate item anyway.

Again, thanks for any advice.

David

£77 for non-existent earth bonding?
 

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£77 for non-existent earth bonding?
 

On 31 Jul, 10:45, DrC wrote:

So my query is: If the fitters had installed £77 worth of "additional
earth bonding" where would this be likely to be located?

It would either be

a) equipotential bonding in the bathroom, often misdescribed as earth
bonding. This is a 4mm insulated cable connecting various metal bits
in the room

b) or it may be earth bonding at the meter, or from meter to mains
water supply.


NT

£77 for non-existent earth bonding?
 

£77 for non-existent earth bonding?
 

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 02:45:02 -0700, DrC wrote:


Hi - I would really appreciate some help with this, thanks: We
recently had a new bathroom fitted, nothing fancy, just a replacement
bath, sink, loo and electric shower. Although we were only ever shown
a single, final figure for the work the fitters left an itemised job
sheet lying around showing that we have been charged £77 for "fitting
of additional earth bonding".
You need to look at the answers in thread started on July 18th
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.d-i-y/browse_thread/thread/232673f65acf264f/cc4f6adb345b0a41#cc4f6adb345b0a41
or
http://tinyurl.com/yw7jxb


Geo