AT RISK WATER MAIN EARTH BONDING THROUGH METER BOX BACK PLATE

[chris123]

Could someone take a look at this for me please?
Just had a boiler put in our property on a grant scheme. The boiler is great other than him not cleaning the pipework including gas joints before leaving .
I've cleaned it up and it seems alright.

My other main worry though was what the follow up electrician has done in the meter box;

He's put the water mains bonding from the stop tap inside the kitchen to the main gas bonding clamp on the outlet of the meter which I think is ok (the main gas bonding is in right place),

but he's also drilled through the back plate and through the building fabric into the kitchen under the units and I'm also pretty sure it's narrow cavity wall. Can someone confirm this is "at risk" please? There's not even any sealing compound either on the hole in the box.

Does this come under?
:
The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
PART C
Reg 13.—(1) Where a meter is housed in a meter box or meter compound attached to or built into the external face of the outside wall of any premises, the meter box or meter compound shall be so constructed and installed that any gas escaping within the box or compound cannot enter the premises or any cavity in the wall but must disperse to the external air.

I just don't feel comfortable with it and thought I should give the company the chance to put it right. A new alternative hole could be drilled perhaps somewhere to the right side of the box on the same motar line and this one repaired I would have thought with a slightly longer length of earth cable to replace this one.
appreciate it thanks.
Chris.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yep also it’s modifying the meter box technically as it’s not an approved hole so needs a new meter box and the earth moving externally or via an approved entry

 

[chris123]

Yep also it’s modifying the meter box technically as it’s not an approved hole so needs a new meter box and the earth moving externally or via an approved entry

Thanks for your time and kind help, I'll be in touch with them about it shortly. Much appreciated.

 

[Murdoch]

Yep also it’s modifying the meter box technically as it’s not an approved hole so needs a new meter box and the earth moving externally or via an approved entry

really. that means a large percentage of gas meter boxes need replacing from what I see on my travels

 

[ShaunCorbs]

really. that means a large percentage of gas meter boxes need replacing from what I see on my travels

Yep can only go through where the pipe goes as you can seal eg there’s a spigot

 

[Ben-gee]

Can’t you just seal up where the cable goes through, on both skins of wall, with ct1 etc?
If not, why not?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Can’t you just seal up where the cable goes through, on both skins of wall, with ct1 etc?
If not, why not?

Movement needs to have a spigot so the seal can’t fall out / debond

 

[chris123]

Movement needs to have a spigot so the seal can’t fall out / debond

If the hole in the backplate can't be repaired will it need national grid?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

No it shouldn’t

 

[chris123]

No it shouldn’t

ok cheers, it's just I'd never seen one swapped out before only put on prior to a new service and ecv going in it. appreciate the response thanks very much