Cross bonding on new boiler

omega666

Wondering if someone here more in the know could advise.

Last March i got the combi boiler replaced in my apartment with a brand new one at a big cost.

Got it serviced recently by the same crowd and they left a hazard note that there is no cross bonding in place on the boiler

and this cross bonding is necessary to have the boiler safety up to standard in line with regulations. They are looking for 500 quid to do it.

Am i wrong to think this is something that should have been picked up or done when they installed the new boiler last year?

Just wondering if i'm being shafted here!

wilser

yes it should have been done when the new boiler was fitted. The boiler that they fit isn't fitted to current regulations and there is no way that you should be charged for their mistake

omega666

So the plumber is claiming the regulations changed in late 2023 after he installed my boiler and it's now part of Safety regulations to have earth bonding in place on all boilers . Does anyone know if this is true?

Lenar3556

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122449051#Comment_122449051

The current wiring regulations which require equipotential bounding of extraneous conductive parts are in place since 2020. So I don’t think there has been any change to the regulatory position in the past 6 months.

Maybe there has been some RGI guidance to installers as to what constitutes a hazard which should be flagged during a service visit - I have no idea if this is the case or not.

Regardless I think it’s reasonable to ask the installer to clearly outline his position. What precisely does he believe changed last December?

My own view is that the lack of such bonding is unlikely to represent much of an actual hazard in all but the most unlikely of scenarios, but that’s beside the point. It’s a regulatory requirement, and if this fell into his contract of engagement at the time the thing was installed, I would be expecting him to get it done now without additional costs.

Sleeper12

They had to issue you with a RGI cert when they installed the boiler. This is them stating that the boiler installation was up to current regulations at the moment of installation.