North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 11 - INSURANCE
Chapter 08 - ENGINEERING AND BUILDING CODES DIVISION
Section .1100 - N.C. HOME INSPECTOR STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND CODE OF ETHICS
Section 08 .1111 - HEATING

Universal Citation: 11 NC Admin Code 08 .1111

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) The home inspector shall inspect permanently installed heating systems including:

(1) Heating equipment;

(2) Normal operating controls;

(3) Automatic safety controls;

(4) Chimneys, flues, and vents, where readily visible;

(5) Solid fuel heating devices;

(6) Heat distribution systems including fans, pumps, ducts and piping, with supports, insulation, air filters, registers, radiators, fan coil units, convectors; and

(7) The presence or absence of an installed heat source for each habitable space.

(b) The home inspector shall describe the:

(1) Energy source; and

(2) Heating equipment and distribution type.

(c) The home inspector shall operate the systems using normal operating controls appropriate to weather conditions at the time of the inspection.

(d) The home inspector shall open readily openable access panels provided by the manufacturer or installer for routine homeowner maintenance. The home inspector shall report the method of inspection used to inspect the heating system and whether or not access panels were removed.

(e) The home inspector is not required to:

(1) Operate heating systems when weather conditions or other circumstances may cause equipment damage or when inappropriate to weather conditions at the time of inspection;

(2) Operate automatic safety controls;

(3) Ignite or extinguish solid fuel fires;

(4) Ignite a pilot light; or

(5) Inspect:
(A) The interior of flues;

(B) Fireplace insert flue connections;

(C) Heat exchangers;

(D) Humidifiers;

(E) Electronic air filters;

(F) The uniformity or adequacy of heat supply to the various rooms; or

(G) Solar space heating equipment.

Authority G.S. 143-151.49;
Codifier determined that agency findings did not meet criteria for temporary rule Eff. October 15, 1996;
Temporary Adoption Eff. October 24, 1996;
Eff. July 1, 1998;
Amended Eff. February 1, 2007; April 1, 2005;
Readopted Eff. October 1, 2018.

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