Commercial roof surveys in Coventry
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Coventry and Warwickshire, for the estates teams, landlords and manufacturers behind its hospital, universities, shopping centres, offices and technology parks who need reliable evidence of a roof’s condition. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every part of the CV postcode area, from Nuneaton to Leamington Spa.
The roofs we survey here
Coventry’s commercial roofs range from the shopping centres and market of the city centre to University Hospital Coventry on Clifford Bridge Road, the campuses of Coventry University and Warwick, and the technology and manufacturing buildings of Ansty Park.
From city centre blocks to factory sheds, a flat roof lets water in at its laps, outlets and upstands, and the water then spreads through the insulation well away from where it entered. The stain on the ceiling is rarely under the hole in the roof.
University Hospital Coventry and St Cross
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust runs University Hospital Coventry, with 917 beds and 26 operating theatres, a designated major trauma and cancer centre, and the Hospital of St Cross in Rugby, a nationally accredited surgical hub with six operating theatres. Thermography and electronic leak detection check a big hospital roof from above, so its theatres and wards carry on as normal.
The universities and college
Coventry University and the University of Warwick both teach in and around the city, and Coventry College’s campus is in the heart of the city centre. Campus surveys are planned with each estates team so that teaching carries on around them.
RAAC in schools and civic buildings
The Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC named no Coventry school. Schools, offices and civic buildings with flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s are still worth checking, and a RAAC survey shows whether a roof has the planks.
West Orchards, Coventry Market and Friargate
West Orchards shopping centre stands on Smithford Way, Coventry Market has traded on its Queen Victoria Road site since 1958, and Two Friargate offers 134,000 sq ft of Grade A offices over twelve floors. Older shopping and market buildings often carry several generations of roof repairs, and moisture mapping shows which of them are holding water.
Ansty Park and the Manufacturing Technology Centre
Ansty Park, Coventry’s technology park, will provide 1.5 million sq ft of space in 100 acres of landscaped parkland, with the Manufacturing Technology Centre, FANUC, AVL, Sainsbury’s and The London Taxi Company among its occupiers. Large technology and manufacturing buildings are surveyed by drone and thermography, and core samples confirm the build-up where the readings point to wet insulation.
Solar on factory and campus roofs
A Coventry factory, campus or office roof that is to carry solar needs a condition survey and moisture mapping first, so the panels go onto a membrane with nothing wrong underneath 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 Coventry to an estate across Warwickshire, 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 CV1
- Earlsdon CV1, CV3, CV4, CV5
- Foleshill CV1, CV6
- Radford CV1, CV6
- Cheylesmore CV1, CV3
- Lower Stoke CV2, CV3
- Upper Stoke CV2, CV3, CV6
- Wyken CV2, CV3
- Henley CV2
- Longford CV2, CV6
- Holbrooks CV6
- Binley and Willenhall CV3
- Wainbody CV3, CV4
- Tile Hill and Canley CV4, CV5
- Whoberley CV5
- Bablake CV5, CV6, CV7
- Kenilworth CV8
- Bedworth CV12
- Nuneaton CV10, CV11
- Rugby CV21, CV22
- Warwick CV34
- Leamington Spa CV31, CV32
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 Coventry 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 manufacturing and technology buildings in Coventry, such as those at Ansty Park?
Yes. Production halls and research buildings are surveyed by drone and thermography, and each visit follows the site’s own induction and access rules.
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.
Do you survey the roofs of shops and markets in Coventry city centre?
Yes. Electronic leak detection and moisture mapping trace water through flat roofs over shops and market halls, and access is arranged with centre management around trading.
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 Coventry 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.
Can you survey hospital and university roofs across Coventry and Warwickshire?
Yes. Clinical and campus roofs are read from above with thermography, around plant and rooflights, and every visit is planned with the estates team so nobody below has to move.
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 Coventry 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 Coventry?
Yes. Surveys cover the whole CV postcode area, from the city centre to Kenilworth, Bedworth, Nuneaton, Rugby, Warwick and Leamington Spa.
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