Commercial roof surveys in Crawley
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Crawley and West Sussex, for the people who run its business district, airport buildings, hospitals, college and shopping centre and need a dependable record of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the RH postcode area, from Horley and Copthorne to Horsham, East Grinstead and Haywards Heath.
The roofs we survey here
Crawley’s commercial roofs run from the warehouses, offices and factories of Manor Royal and the airport buildings at Gatwick to Crawley Hospital, Crawley College, County Mall and the Town Hall on The Boulevard.
Much of Crawley was built as a new town, so many of its schools, offices and industrial units share flat roofs of a similar age, and similar faults: tired felt, ponding and wet insulation. Units on Manor Royal and around the airport also carry heavy plant and rooflights, and every opening cut through a membrane is another place for water to get in.
Hospital roof surveys
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust runs East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, with more than 700 beds, for a population of some 744,000 people, and provides outpatient and planned services at Crawley Hospital on West Green Drive, which Sussex Community NHS Trust manages. Moisture mapping and thermography work from the roof surface, so outpatient clinics and wards carry on.
Crawley College
Crawley College teaches technical and professional courses on its Crawley campus, home to the Sussex and Surrey Institute of Technology building and new manufacturing equipment. Workshops and teaching blocks are surveyed in visits planned with the college’s estates team, around classes.
RAAC and flat roofs
No Crawley school was on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC; West Sussex’s two were both in Horsham. Flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s on the town’s other public buildings can still hold the planks, which a RAAC survey checks for.
County Mall
County Mall brings more than 80 retailers and over 200 brands together under one roof in the town centre. Leaks in roofs this large are traced with electronic leak detection, so the right patch of membrane is repaired and the mall stays open.
Manor Royal and Gatwick
Manor Royal, beside London Gatwick, calls itself the largest business district in South East England, with over 600 businesses, 30,000 jobs and 9 million sq ft of commercial space across 540 acres, and Gatwick itself is the UK’s second largest airport. Roofs on sheds and hangars this size are mapped by drone, with thermography to find wet insulation, and any visit airside is cleared with the airport first.
Solar on Manor Royal’s roofs
Manor Royal’s big flat roofs are natural sites for solar, and a condition survey with moisture mapping should clear each one before the panels go up.
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 Crawley to an estate across West Sussex, 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
- Town centre RH10, RH11
- Northgate RH10, RH11
- Three Bridges RH10, RH11
- Pound Hill RH10
- Maidenbower RH10
- Furnace Green RH10
- Tilgate RH10, RH11
- Southgate RH10, RH11
- Broadfield RH11
- Bewbush RH11
- Gossops Green RH11
- Ifield RH11
- Langley Green RH10, RH11, RH6
- Forge Wood RH10, RH6
- Copthorne RH10
- Horley RH6
- Horsham RH12, RH13
- East Grinstead RH19
- Burgess Hill RH15
- Haywards Heath RH16
- Redhill RH1
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 Crawley 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 warehouses and offices in Crawley, at Manor Royal?
Yes. Warehouse, factory and office roofs at Manor Royal are surveyed by drone and thermography, with access agreed with each occupier. Big sheds are mapped bay by bay, so the report shows the condition of each section.
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 airport buildings in Crawley and at Gatwick?
Yes. Terminal, hangar and office roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, and every visit is cleared with the airport and kept to its safety and security rules.
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 Crawley 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 hospital and shopping centre roofs in Crawley?
Yes. Clinical and retail roofs are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, with visits agreed with each building’s managers so patients and shoppers are not disturbed.
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 Crawley 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 Crawley?
Yes. Surveys cover Crawley and the RH area around it, from Horley and Copthorne to Horsham, East Grinstead, Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and Redhill.
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