Inspector's list.

[FullySprinklered]

Could be old news, but I just encountered a requirement on the grounding of gas piping that I haven't dealt with before.
I went to the customer's house and she showed me the list from the inspector. She's selling her house and has run into a little speed bump regarding the stainless, yellow coated gas piping attached to two different black iron manifolds in her house. There was a link to several You-Tube videos explaining the issue on the report.
It seems that houses that have the yellow pipe (Gastite?), are more likely to burn down on account of the fact that the stainless pipe tends to rupture in the event of a direct lightning strike.
The fix is to ground the iron manifold to the nearest panel ground buss, or nearest ground rod.

 

[hj]

You ground the CSST to the nearest grounding source.

 

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[Stuff]

Verify that it is indeed CSST. The yellow flexible corrugated pipe feeding appliances such as stoves, dryers, water heaters, etc. is not CSST and does not need bonded/grounded.

 

[WorthFlorida]

A quick reference page with answers to commonly asked CSST questions.
http://www.csstsafety.com/CSST-FAQs.html#faq2

Direct Bonding of Standard (Yellow) CSST
http://www.csstsafety.com/Images/CSST-Direct-Bonding-Tech-Bulletin.pdf?v=0SvS40oYMiE

 

[lall095]

You should definitely make that it is CSST first.

 

[hj]

All it takes is ONE LOOK to verify CSST.

 

[FullySprinklered]

The inspector thought so; that's enough for me.

 

[Stuff]

A dumb inspector gives you more work. There is no harm adding additional bonding to a gas pipe system whether it is CSST or not.

 

[hj]

quote; A dumb inspector gives you more work.

That means you are assuming that there ARE "smart ones"?