Hi all
I am planning on putting a bid in on a house tomorrow. The market is crazy round my way at the moment, houses are literally on for days before they're sold and we've missed out on a few because of dawdling. I viewed 1 on Friday and liked it, I have just received the home report and the hot water section doesn't really make sense to me, ideally I'd get another viewing for a good look at it but I'm almost certain I won't be able to do this as I know there are other interested parties ready to make an offer so I don't want dawdle again.
I will copy some text from the home report below, basically the way I'm reading it is the house has a boiler for heating only and an electrically heater hot water storage tank, it seems this tank does not have a thermostat tho, this makes no sense to me, is it basically saying the element will be permanently on until you manually switch it off somewhere, surely this would cause pressure /overheating issues? I don't know much about heating systems tbh, iv only ever had combi boilers. Anyway I'll copy some of the text below, id really appreciate if someone could confirm if the hot water is from the gas boiler or from an electric storage tank. I remember my parents had an immersion heater years ago and it was a nightmare if anybody had a bath and used all the hot water. The surveyor has also marked the hot water efficiency as only 2 stars.
Heating and hot water Heating is provided by way of a Baxi gas regular boiler located within the Hall cupboard. There is a foam lagged hot water tank also located within
this cupboard.
Heating and hot water
Repair category 2
Notes A gas fired central heating system has been installed. The gas boiler was noted to be of an older vintage.
Main heating: Boiler and radiators, mains gas
Main heating controls: Programmer, room thermostat and TRVs
Hot water: From main system, no cylinder thermostat
I am planning on putting a bid in on a house tomorrow. The market is crazy round my way at the moment, houses are literally on for days before they're sold and we've missed out on a few because of dawdling. I viewed 1 on Friday and liked it, I have just received the home report and the hot water section doesn't really make sense to me, ideally I'd get another viewing for a good look at it but I'm almost certain I won't be able to do this as I know there are other interested parties ready to make an offer so I don't want dawdle again.
I will copy some text from the home report below, basically the way I'm reading it is the house has a boiler for heating only and an electrically heater hot water storage tank, it seems this tank does not have a thermostat tho, this makes no sense to me, is it basically saying the element will be permanently on until you manually switch it off somewhere, surely this would cause pressure /overheating issues? I don't know much about heating systems tbh, iv only ever had combi boilers. Anyway I'll copy some of the text below, id really appreciate if someone could confirm if the hot water is from the gas boiler or from an electric storage tank. I remember my parents had an immersion heater years ago and it was a nightmare if anybody had a bath and used all the hot water. The surveyor has also marked the hot water efficiency as only 2 stars.
Heating and hot water Heating is provided by way of a Baxi gas regular boiler located within the Hall cupboard. There is a foam lagged hot water tank also located within
this cupboard.
Heating and hot water
Repair category 2
Notes A gas fired central heating system has been installed. The gas boiler was noted to be of an older vintage.
Main heating: Boiler and radiators, mains gas
Main heating controls: Programmer, room thermostat and TRVs
Hot water: From main system, no cylinder thermostat