Gas Home Buyers Report
When buying a new home you want to be sure you don’t have any unexpected expensive bills to repair or replace thegas boiler and any other appliance.A gas home buyers report would find any problems that may be waiting for the new owners.
any problems found are then listed in the survey report.
Once you receive the report you can then discuss whether to carry on with the
purchase or negotiate with the seller re any faults that may have been found.
Most surveyors when compiling your report may state that the heating is working but untested.
This normally means they have turned the heating on and everything starts to heat up.
Most surveyors are not gas safe registered
by law cannot give you a full report on the state of the heating and any gas appliances within the property.
They can only test them by switching the appliances on to see if they work, but that’s it.
The most important part of a gas home buyers report is Safety,
You want to be sure that once you have moved into your new property you are safe.
So what is involved in a gas home buyers report?
Once the test is complete a print out of the results printed off.
Now we start with the appliances
Lets first take a look at the boiler visually,does it comply with gas and building regulations.
Does the flue have any signs of corrosion, internally and externally?
Is the boiler in good working order and safe to use.
The gas rate of the boiler is checked to ensure the boiler is getting enough gas to burn correctly.Undersized gas pipes are quite common on combination boilers.
A full flue flow test is carried out with a flue gas analyzer and the results printed off.
Check to ensure that the correct ventilation is present and not obstructed.
Any faults found are recorded on a gas safe certificate and forwarded on with the gas home buyers report.
The type of boiler is it a high efficiency condensing boiler or an old style gas guzzler as well as the age of the boiler.
Check to ensure that the correct controls are fitted to control the boiler.
Gas fires seem to get overlooked.
Are never serviced, because of this the fire flues tend to get partly blocked overtime with objects falling down the flue.A full flue test is carried out to ensure the flue is working and adequate for the gas fire.
if ventilation is required for the gas fire, check that it is of the correct size and not blocked off.
All other gas appliancesare checked
At the end of the gas home buyers report another gas tightness test is carried out and the results printed off.
A full written report is then put together for the client
Detailing any problems found as well as the costs to put any problems right.
The report is then forwarded on to the client as well as the gas certificate and print offs.
This gas home buyers report applies to both LPG and naturals gas properties.
When buying your dream property you want everything to be right when you move in,that’s why you engage a surveyor to carry out a property report.
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