Are all taps meant to be earthed

Question

Should all taps in the house be earthed?

Gary · Accepted Answer

Depends on the type of fuse board that is fitted in the property weather it has RCD protection to all circuits or not.
If there is no RCD protection to some or all of the circuits then yes the Pipework should be earthed unless it is plastic pipework.

Albie · Answer

YES,  if the taps are connected to a metal piping system IE copper.   If you have plastic piping then there is no need.

Matt · Answer

If it’s extraneous metal, the way I look at it , is it difficult to bond it ? If it’s plastic obviously not a issue , with the advent of rcds covering most boards these days that helps in regards to the 30ma leakage but weigh it up and make a good call :)

Andrew · Answer

Morning Angie
It’s not a regulation any more to have taps earthed. Although the mains Gas & Water supplies have to be earthed

Benjamin · Answer

Hi Angie 🙂 Merry Christmas.. here’s your answer..

There is no regulation that governs supplementary bonding (earthing) in a kitchen. However, if the manufacturer installation instructions specify earthing and they provide an earthing terminal, you need to earth it

I hope that helps.

Sammy · Answer

aslong as you have bonding to your gas incoming and bonding to your water incoming (stopcock) then the taps dont need earthing.

Aurel · Answer

Only the main water pipe needs to be earthed . 
Thee is no need to earth each outlet , except cases where the reading between pipes is higher than 0.05

Nick · Answer

Taps wouldn’t need to be Earth as long as other things are in place. Such as a rcd. If that’s the case then supplementary bonding isn’t always required

Roland · Answer

not all but main intake ineed to be wire 10mm earth cable to Consumer Unit.
and test.

Ryan · Answer

Exposed and extraneous conductive parts are earthed

Are all taps meant to be earthed

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