Commercial roof surveys in Chelmsford
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Chelmsford and Essex, for the people managing its hospital, university, colleges, shopping streets, offices and trade estates who need a trustworthy account of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the CM postcode area, from Great Baddow and Writtle to Maldon, Witham, Braintree and Billericay.
The roofs we survey here
Chelmsford’s commercial roofs run from Broomfield Hospital and Anglia Ruskin University’s riverside campus to Bond Street and the Meadows in the city centre, County Hall on Market Road, and the trade and industrial estates on the city’s edges.
Essex’s dry summers and wet winters work flat roofs hard, shrinking and swelling membranes until seams split and laps lift, and the water that gets in then spreads quietly through the insulation.
Broomfield Hospital
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust cares for a population of over 1.2 million people in central and south Essex, and Broomfield Hospital on Court Road is its Chelmsford hospital. Moisture mapping and electronic leak detection find the water from the roof surface, so the wards and theatres below carry on.
ARU and Chelmsford College
Anglia Ruskin University’s riverside campus houses Essex’s first School of Medicine among its modern buildings, and Chelmsford College teaches at two campuses, Moulsham Street and Princes Road. Labs, studios and workshops are surveyed in visits planned with each estates team, so teaching continues.
RAAC in Essex
Three Chelmsford primary schools were on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC, part of more than 60 Essex settings, by far the most of any council. Any flat concrete roof from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s on a school, clinic or council building in the city warrants a RAAC survey.
Bond Street and the Meadows
Bond Street is Chelmsford’s open-air shopping, dining and cinema quarter, home to Essex’s only John Lewis and an Everyman cinema, and the Meadows Shopping Centre opens off the High Street. Electronic leak detection traces breaches in flat roofs over stores and restaurants without lifting the membrane, so trading goes on. Restaurants by the river and the cinema sit under flat roofs that hold water wherever the falls have sagged.
County Hall and Teledyne e2v
County Hall on Market Road is Essex County Council’s main office, and Teledyne e2v’s space imaging team designs, tests and makes advanced space imaging devices at its Chelmsford site. Office and factory roofs are surveyed with thermography and electronic leak detection, and by drone where a roof is big enough to call for it. A council office block and a sensor factory have little else in common, but both rely on a dry roof over sensitive work.
Solar on offices and units
On a Chelmsford office, campus or warehouse roof, moisture mapping and a condition survey should come first, so panels are never laid over a membrane that already lets water in.
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 Chelmsford to an estate across Essex, 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 CM1, CM2
- Moulsham CM1, CM2
- Springfield CM1
- Chelmer Village CM1, CM2, CM3
- Beaulieu Park CM1, CM2, CM3
- Broomfield CM1, CM3
- Writtle CM1, CM2
- Great Baddow CM2
- Galleywood CM2
- Moulsham Lodge CM2
- Boreham CM1, CM2, CM3
- Danbury CM2, CM3
- South Woodham Ferrers CM3
- Ingatestone CM4, CM13
- Billericay CM11, CM12
- Brentwood CM13
- Maldon CM9
- Witham CM8
- Braintree CM7, CM77
- Great Notley CM7, CM8, CM77
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 Chelmsford 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 industrial and trade units in Chelmsford?
Yes. Industrial and trade unit roofs on the city’s estates are mapped by drone and thermography, with access agreed with each landlord or occupier.
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.
Can you survey the hospital and university buildings in Chelmsford?
Yes. Clinical and teaching roofs are surveyed from above with thermography and electronic leak detection, and every visit is agreed with the estates team in advance.
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 Chelmsford 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 shop and restaurant roofs in Chelmsford city centre?
Yes. Flat roofs over shops, restaurants and cinemas are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, with access agreed with each centre’s management.
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 Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford?
Yes. Surveys cover Chelmsford and the CM area around it, from Great Baddow, Writtle and Danbury to South Woodham Ferrers, Maldon, Witham, Braintree and Billericay.
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