Certification first
Open your completion record first
The survey stage starts after training certification so the fieldwork has a named, completed learning record behind it.
Select property
Which building is this survey for?
Survey
Walk through your property and document the water systems that determine where risk can build.
Complexity checkpoint
We're starting with the standard path
Based on your package and earlier answers, this looks like a lower-complexity building. Before we begin, confirm whether any of the following apply.
If any apply, we'll switch you to the fuller survey so you don't miss plant-level checks.
Standard path
Start with the quick system walk
Standard path
Go straight to the building walk
- Outlet pattern first: showers, spray taps, little-used outlets, and anywhere water can sit quietly for seven days or more.
- Simple hot-water reality: confirm this is really a straightforward on-demand or low-complexity setup and note anything that breaks that assumption.
- Occupants and use: vulnerable people, intermittent occupancy, and empty periods change how aggressive the controls need to be.
What to capture
Build evidence, not vague reassurance
- Point identity: tag exactly which outlet or fixture was checked.
- Condition: scale, contamination, infrequent use, poor access, and signs the written scheme is not matching actual practice.
- Temperatures and photos: one reading is not the whole system, but it is still evidence when tied to a real point.
Ready
Start the walkdown
The room-by-room walkdown captures outlets, usage patterns, and condition evidence.
Full path
Start at the plant, not the outlets
- Storage and generation: identify every cylinder, calorifier, heater, and cold-water storage point before you walk the rooms.
- Distribution logic: map loops, secondary returns, dead legs, branch runs, and any part of the system that can drift away from control temperatures.
- Thermostat and control settings: note what the plant is set to, not just what someone says it is set to.
Full path
Then move to the building walk
- Sentinel points and representative outlets: pick points that tell you whether the system is performing, not just the easiest taps to reach.
- Scale and fouling burden: if incoming water is hard, look harder at plant, TMVs, heaters, and spray outlets.
- Drift and change: mothballed wings, old tanks left connected, and temporary fixes are where the full path earns its keep.
Ready
Start the walkdown
The room-by-room walkdown captures outlets, usage patterns, and condition evidence.
Next
Field kit before site
Once the path is set, the next commercial move is obvious: get the thermometer, labels, wipes, and sheets together before anyone walks the building.
Your walkdown
What room are you in?
Back to rooms
What's in this room?
No accessible outlets in this room
Back to rooms
Is this used at least once a week?