When buying a new home, you want to make sure you don’t have unexpected costly bills to repair or replace your gas furnace and any other appliances.
A gas home buyers report would find any problems that may be waiting for new homeowners.
When you buy a new home, you hire a surveyor to conduct a survey of the property to make sure everything is as it should be, any issues found are included in the survey report.
Once you receive the report, you can discuss whether to proceed with the purchase or negotiate with the seller about any faults found.
Most surveyors when compiling their report may state that the heating works but has not been tested.
This usually means that they have turned on the heating and everything is starting to heat up.
That’s fine, but there could be a hidden problem that could cost you a lot of your hard-earned money to fix.
Most surveyors are not registered as gas insurance and by law cannot give you a complete report on the condition of the heating and gas appliances within the property.
They can only test them by turning on the appliances to see if they work, but that’s about it.
By conducting a gas home buyers report, this will reveal any hidden issues that may be waiting for new homeowners.
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 will be safe.
So what is involved in a gas home buyers report?
First, a gas tightness test is performed on the gas meter, this will reveal if there is any form of gas leakage. Once the test is complete, the results are printed.
Now we start with the appliances
First let’s take a look at the boiler visually, does it meet gas and building regulations?
Does the chimney have signs of corrosion, internally and externally?
Is the boiler in good working order and safe to use?
The boiler gas rate is checked to ensure the boiler is receiving enough gas to burn properly.
Undersized gas pipes are quite common on combination boilers.
A full combustion flow test is carried out with a flue gas analyzer and the results are printed. This test will reveal if there are any combustion problems present.
Check that the correct vent is present and not obstructed.
Any failures found are recorded on a Gas Safe Certificate and submitted with the Gas Home Buyers Report.
The type of boiler is a high-efficiency condensing boiler or an old-style gas guzzler, as well as the age of the boiler.
Verify that the correct controls are installed to control the boiler.
If there are gas fires inside the property, these are checked again to ensure they are safe to use.
Gas fires seem to be overlooked and never serviced, because of this fireplaces tend to become partially blocked over time with objects falling down the chimney.
A full chimney test is carried out to ensure that the chimney is functional and suitable for the gas fire.
if ventilation is required for the gas fire, check that it is the correct size and that it is not obstructed.
All other gas appliances are checked to make sure they work as they should and have been properly adjusted to gas and building regulations.
At the end of the gas home buyers report, another gas tightness test is performed and the results are printed.
A full written report is then produced for the client detailing the problems found as well as the costs to fix the problems.
The report is then sent to the customer, along with the gas certificate and printouts.
This gas home buyers report applies to both LPG and natural gas properties.
When you buy your dream property, you want everything to be fine when you move in, so hire an expert to do a property report.
Do the right thing and get a gas home buyers report done.
Gas can be very dangerous if installed incorrectly, be safe with your new home and make a gas buyers report.
