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What the house will actually take.
A property survey for people planning work, across Chertsey and Surrey. Narrower than a PAS 2035 assessment, and quicker.
When this, and when a full assessment
They are different things and the wrong one wastes money either way.
This survey, for private work
You are paying for the work yourself and want the quotation based on what is actually there. Quicker, narrower, cheaper.
A PAS 2035 assessment, for funded work
Any funded scheme requires it. It is deeper, includes a moisture risk assessment and produces a designed sequence of measures.
And always before solid wall insulation
Whether funded or not. Solid wall work without an assessment of what the wall is doing is how retrofit goes wrong.
We will tell you which you need
Before you book either. They cost different amounts and they answer different questions.
What it establishes
Four questions that decide most retrofit jobs, answered before anyone quotes.
- What the walls are
- Solid or cavity, and if cavity, whether it is clean, dry and wide enough to fill. A borescope settles it.
- What is in the loft
- Depth, condition, ventilation, and whether the access will take materials up.
- Whether anything is wet
- Moisture readings where they are warranted. Insulating over a damp wall is the single most expensive mistake in this trade.
- What the services can take
- Consumer unit, incoming supply and pipework, which decide whether a heat pump or a battery is straightforward or not.
How it runs
A date
Usually within a week.
One to two hours
Elevations, loft, services and moisture readings where warranted.
The report
What the house is, what it will take and what it will not, in writing.
A quotation
Based on the survey rather than on assumptions, so the price does not move once work starts.
We say so
If the survey finds something that changes the job, you hear it then rather than mid-installation.
After the report lands
A survey is only useful if somebody acts on it.
The report, in writing
Findings, readings and recommendations, in a document you keep and can show to anybody else.
We will tell you what not to do
Reports generate long lists. We will say which items are worth acting on and which are software defaults or belt and braces.
Work we then do is guaranteed
Two years on our workmanship, in writing, transferable and insurance-backed.
Questions after the report
The surveyor and the installer are the same company.
Two things people ask about next
Both have a page of their own.
The questions we get asked most
How is this different from a PAS 2035 assessment?
It is narrower and quicker. A PAS 2035 assessment includes a formal moisture risk assessment and produces a designed sequence of measures, and funded schemes require it. This answers what the house will take, for private work.
Do I need one before a quotation?
For insulation, usually. It is what stops a quotation changing once the work starts.
How long does a retrofit survey take?
One to two hours at the property, and the report follows.
Will you tell me not to do something?
If the house says so, yes. That is what you are paying for.
Can it be done at the same time as an EPC?
Often, and it saves a visit. Ask when you book.
Often worth doing at the same time
Same team, same survey, one visit where it makes sense.
Book a retrofit survey
One to two hours at the property, and a written report on what the house will take.
- A fixed price, confirmed before we book
- A written report you keep, whoever does the work
- Often combined with an EPC in one visit
- Weekdays 8am to 5pm, on 01932 550828
Book a survey before you commit.
One to two hours at the property, and a written report. It is what stops a quotation moving after the work starts.