CSST Bonding Do's & Don't's! (Types of Gas Pipe & How We Bond Them)

Today on Serving Up Plumbing with me, David Butler...we're talking BONDING. CSST Gas PipeBonding that is. Do's, Don'ts, Why, and How To! We're discussing CSST pipe, Arc-Resistant CSST, Black Iron Pipe and all the ways to make sure you are bonding THE CORRECT WAY! Stay safe, make sure you listen to your licensed professional plumbers and electricians, and ALWAYS check with your Code Book. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions!

0:00 Intro
0:38 Types of Gas Pipe
0:46 What is CSST Pipe?
0:51 History of Black Iron, CSST, and Arc-Resistant
1:29 All Gas Pipe Must Be Bonded
1:37 Plumbing Code Book on Bonding
3:10 How To Bond Conventional CSST
3:22 1. Cold Water Bond at Water Heater
4:02 DON'T DO THIS
4:46 Cold Water Bond Locations
5:12 2. Bonding Terminal (Outside)
5:48 3. Electrical Panel
6:34 4. Lightning Rod System
7:04 Bonding Wire Length
7:27 WHY do we bond CSST?
7:45 Lightning vs CSST
8:58 What is a bond?
9:40 Overview
10:06 SUP QUIZ TIME
10:25 Outro

David Butler is a licensed master plumber, who has been serving the Dallas Forth Worth area for over 40 years. Subscribe for more plumbing tips and tricks!

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DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is both opinion of responsible master plumber, David Butler and reference to fact of the International Plumbing Code/ International Fuel Gas Code (codes 2018-2024). David Butler, Serving Up Plumbing and any and all related parties shall not be held liable or responsible for repairs, installations, or work performed by any persons referring to or copying or attempting to copy the activities in these videos or information relating to this channel. Serving Up Plumbing 2025.

Produced by Green Ear Productions and David Butler. 2025.

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[fredwehrhahn]

Excellent video and just the right information that I needed right now. TY

[alex]

Appreciate your video & great point about gas bonding not being in the electrical code - as an electrician I am often asked about this and many people assume it is an electrical code. It is not. I also like your style and have subscribed to your channel. Thanks again.

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[dgrdgr]

David, thank you for this video. I was thinking about gas appliance comnectors. Code requires CSST to be bonded with a bonding wire. Yet every gas appliance in my house and in every house I've worked on has those yellow CSST connectors from the drip leg to the appliance. And not one of them is bonded. How does this mesh with code requirements?

[blackmanops]

The one thing you didn't show and the one thing I need to see, was was the actual "DO" part of bonding CSST. C'mon man!