Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Earthing water bond/water metre (PVC plumbing) is it req 11Jul 29, 2014 8:58 am Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Earthing water bond/water metre (PVC plumbing) is it req 16Aug 01, 2014 7:12 pm https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=44762 My Owner builder journey extending a 1930's Bungalow Re: Earthing water bond/water metre (PVC plumbing) is it req 18Aug 06, 2014 11:09 pm I know I'm late to the party, but as a sparkie I will throw my 2c in. From the description in the first post, earthing is definitely not required. If the water pipe leaves the ground and then goes to non conductive piping in an inaccessible location before it terminates at an accessible point (tap etc) then it doesn't need to be earthed. The only caveat is if it has a possible path to earth through a conductive building element (steel walls etc) then it is recommended they are earthed. In the OP it was said be non conductive piping through a brick wall, so the sparkie appears to me to be correct. AS3000:2007 Figure 5.4 confirms this. DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 3 pipes are coming from upstairs bathroom. 40mm from bathroom sink, 50mm from shower and another 50mm from the bathtub. Highly unlikely that any of these will be open at… 2 857 yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7326 Plumbers 'can be' plumbers, made all the worse by self certification which the building surveyor invariably accepts as proof of compliance! The good thing is that you know know. 3 4872 |