Commercial roof surveys in Bradford
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Bradford and West Yorkshire, for the owners and managers of its mills, warehouses, hospitals, colleges, shops and offices who need clear evidence of a roof’s condition. Drone and thermographic surveys, moisture mapping, electronic leak detection and RAAC surveys reach every part of the district, from the city centre to Keighley and Haworth.
The roofs we survey here
Bradford’s commercial roofs tell its textile story: Victorian merchants’ warehouses in Little Germany, mills along the Aire at Saltaire and Shipley, shopping and office blocks in the city centre, and the industrial and logistics sheds that line the M606 south of the city.
The district climbs from the city up the Aire and Worth valleys to Keighley and Haworth, and the higher ground brings harder rain, wind and snow to its roofs. Old mill roofs often carry flat sections and rooflights added over the decades, and the joins between old and new are where leaks tend to begin.
Hospital roofs
Bradford Teaching Hospitals runs Bradford Royal Infirmary on Duckworth Lane and St Luke’s Hospital on Little Horton Lane, and Airedale NHS Foundation Trust runs Airedale General Hospital at Steeton, near Keighley. Electronic leak detection traces water to its entry point above theatres and wards, and moisture mapping shows how much insulation is wet before anything is opened up.
Teaching estates from Great Horton Road to Saltaire
The University of Bradford’s campus is a walk from the city’s two railway stations, Bradford College stands on Great Horton Road, and Shipley College teaches in the heart of Saltaire. Survey visits are fitted around teaching and exams with each estates team.
RAAC and flat-roofed schools
Five schools in the Bradford district, four of them primaries, were on the Department for Education’s final published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. Any flat-roofed school, library or health centre in the district built between the mid-1950s and the mid-1990s is worth a RAAC survey.
Warehouses, shops and offices in the city centre
In Little Germany, 55 of the 85 buildings are listed, most of them merchants’ warehouses built from the 1850s to the 1890s; close by, The Broadway puts its shops under one roof, and Morrisons runs the business from its head office at Gain Lane. Thermography and leak detection find water in the flat sections, gutters and valleys of mixed roofs like these.
Mills, warehouses and the M606 estates
Salts Mill in Saltaire, built by Sir Titus Salt in 1853 and part of a World Heritage Site since 2001, now houses galleries, shops and businesses, and Euroway Trading Estate off junction 2 of the M606 is, by its owner’s account, Bradford’s premier industrial and logistics location. A drone survey records the whole of a long mill or warehouse roof, and thermography marks the wet areas for a closer look.
Surveys before solar on mill and warehouse roofs
On a Bradford warehouse or mill roof that is due to carry solar panels, a condition survey and moisture mapping show what the panels would be covering, so any repairs come before the array and not after it.
How a roof survey works
Request a quote
Tell us about the building, the roof and what you need to find out.
The right survey
We recommend the methods that suit the roof and send a written quote.
Survey on site
A qualified surveyor carries out the survey, planned around your site, tenants and access.
Report on your roof plan
Every finding is pinned to a plan of your roof, online in your dashboard and as a PDF.
Manage your roof surveys online
From a single building in Bradford to an estate across West Yorkshire, approve quotes, follow every survey and open reports in one place, then share them by link so everyone works from the same information.
Areas we cover
- City centre BD1
- Bradford Moor BD2, BD3
- Bowling and Barkerend BD3, BD4
- Holme Wood and Bierley BD4
- Little Horton BD5
- Wibsey and Odsal BD5, BD6
- Great Horton BD7
- Manningham BD8, BD9
- Heaton and Frizinghall BD9
- Eccleshill BD2, BD10
- Idle and Thackley BD10
- Wyke BD12
- Queensbury BD13
- Thornton and Allerton BD13, BD15
- Bingley BD16
- Baildon BD17
- Shipley BD18
- Keighley BD20, BD21, BD22
- Worth Valley BD22
Questions about roof surveys
Can you survey a hospital, school or campus without disrupting it?
Yes. Surveys are carried out from the roof, and visits are planned around clinical areas, term dates and building access. Any method that needs access inside the building, such as some RAAC inspections, is agreed with you beforehand.
Can you check a Bradford school or public building for RAAC?
Yes. A RAAC survey confirms whether panels are present, records cracking, deflection and water staining, and sets out a next step for each area. It is worth considering for any flat-roofed building from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s.
Do you survey mills and warehouses in Bradford?
Yes. Thermography and a drone survey cover long mill roofs and the flat additions built onto them, and electronic leak detection follows the water to the point where it gets in.
Do you offer pre-solar roof surveys?
Yes. Before panels go on, a condition survey and moisture mapping show whether the roof needs work first. Once the panels are up, anything the roof needs means lifting them first, and the bill for that dwarfs the cost of a survey.
What roof systems do you survey?
All the main systems on UK commercial roofs: single ply membranes from manufacturers such as Bauder, IKO, Fatra, Renolit and Sika Sarnafil, built-up felt, liquid applied coatings, mastic asphalt, profiled metal and standing seam.
Can you survey several buildings across Bradford and beyond?
Yes. For estates and portfolios, every building can be surveyed to the same scope, with reports in the same format so they can be compared side by side.
Do you survey listed buildings in Bradford’s conservation areas?
Yes. In Little Germany and Saltaire the survey stays on the roof surface, using thermography and electronic leak detection that need no openings, and nothing is cut into a roof without your agreement.
Do you work on tenanted buildings?
Yes. One report can serve the landlord, the tenant, the contractor and the insurer, so everyone works from the same findings.
How much does a roof survey in Bradford cost?
Cost depends on the roof area, the roof system and the methods needed. Call 0113 868 0097 or start a quote online with the approximate roof area and what you need to find out, and you’ll receive a written quote.
Do you cover the towns around Bradford?
Yes. Surveys cover the Bradford district’s BD1 to BD10, BD12 to BD18 and BD20 to BD22 districts, from Shipley, Bingley and Baildon to Keighley and the Worth Valley.
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