gas line/water line bonding for older homes

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Stevenfyeager

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A customer is selling a home built in the year 2000. Home inspector wrote "have an electrician run the correct wire between gas line and water line for bonding" In Indiana, new homes require a single ground conductor connecting gas line to water line to the panel. But I don't know if a house built in 2000 required that or not. I believe that home inspector requests are not required to be corrected if the house met the current NEC rules when it was built. I'm not sure that was required then. ? Thank you.
 
Stevenfyeager said:
A customer is selling a home built in the year 2000. Home inspector wrote "have an electrician run the correct wire between gas line and water line for bonding" In Indiana, new homes require a single ground conductor connecting gas line to water line to the panel. But I don't know if a house built in 2000 required that or not. I believe that home inspector requests are not required to be corrected if the house met the current NEC rules when it was built. I'm not sure that was required then. ? Thank you.
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Home inspections are just barging tools. You are never required to correct anything that is pointed out on a home inspection. You only do what your client wants to pay you to do.

The NEC does not and has never required any bonding for gas piping other than the EGC that serves the equipment that is connected to the gas piping.
 
don_resqcapt19 said:
Home inspections are just barging tools. You are never required to correct anything that is pointed out on a home inspection. You only do what your client wants to pay you to do.

The NEC does not and has never required any bonding for gas piping other than the EGC that serves the equipment that is connected to the gas piping.
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Of course the "grey area" here is the plumber's CSST (corrugated stainless steel tubing), which per manufacturers specs does need to be bonded with a #6 to the water main, panel, or sometimes the ground rods. I have had numerous calls from homeowners and multi-family owners about the gas company requesting this bonding.
 
GerryB said:
Of course the "grey area" here is the plumber's CSST (corrugated stainless steel tubing), which per manufacturers specs does need to be bonded with a #6 to the water main, panel, or sometimes the ground rods. I have had numerous calls from homeowners and multi-family owners about the gas company requesting this bonding.
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I work in Indiana and Kentucky, back and forth all the time. It's so confusing, KY requires water line only, IN requires both water line and gas line. Frustrating.
 
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