Purchased a house which is insufficiently earthed

G_M

You chose to buy the property. It's yours now. Look after it.

Get 2 more electricians round and ask all 3 exactly what work needs doing and why, and for quotations.

Then decide how much of the work is really needed, and which electrician to employ.

TBagpuss

Surveys don't include electrics or gas as surveyors are not trained as electricians or gas safe engineers.

If you paid of a separate electrical survey then you may have a complaint against the person who carried that out if they failed to flag up the concerns.

However, assuming that isn't the case, then it is 'buyer beware' and it would be your responsibility to deal with it.

knightstyle

Bonding is not required to gas and water pipes when the house has only plastic pipes. But parts which are metal may need to be bonded.
The regs. can be a minefield and as others have said it needs a qualified tradesman with up to date regs qualification to check things.
Our 10 year old house has no bonding at the meters as the pipes are plastic but the metal kitchen sink and the airing cupboard pipes and tank are bonded.

Markbfc22

Thanks for all the replies. For those who may have got the wrong end of the stick looking at some replies, I'm not trying to apportion the blame to anyone, I was just explaining the problem and asking whose responsibility it was before deciding my next step.

I'll get a few more electricians round and look at a EICR and then take it from there.

Lesson for next house purchase, get a gas and electrical safety certificate!

baldelectrician

It is the owners responsibility


For info on wiring checks (EICR's) see link
https://www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk/mediafile/100740439/Best-Practice-Guide-4-Issue-4-.pdf


I would always recommend an earthing system provided by a supplier (then said supplier is legally bound to maintain it)


Call them and ask if your property is suitable for TNC-S (PME) , I hope you get a call handler who knows what you are asking