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Why is Earth Bonding important to you and to your home? Find out more.
Earth bonding, also known as equipotential bonding and cross bonding, is critical for any electrical installations to be safe.
Even if your renovation project does not require rewiring, ensure that the kitchens and bathrooms are earth bonded.
Earth bonding will ensure that if a fault should occur causing the metal plumbing, bath, taps, radiators or boiler casing to become live, therefore for current to flow through them, this will not lead to electrocution.
The reason the lack of earth bonding is often missed is because it does not affect the functioning of the electrical circuits in the home.
To check if your project has been earth bonded, look underneath the sink or bath for metal clamps around the copper pipes with green and yellow striped earth cable attached.
If you are building with plastic pipe instead of copper, you don’t need to earth the appliances but you must earth the mains stopcock.
If this is not the case, then arrange for this work to be done as it is a crucial safety requirement.
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