Commercial roof surveys in Croydon
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Croydon and south London, for the people who run its hospitals, college, shopping centres, offices and industrial estates and need a clear account of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every part of the borough, from Norbury and Thornton Heath to Purley, Coulsdon and New Addington.
The roofs we survey here
Croydon’s commercial roofs run from Croydon University Hospital on London Road to the shopping centres of North End, the offices around East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, and the retail parks and industrial estates of the Purley Way.
The borough’s post-war towers and civic blocks have flat roofs that have been patched and overlaid more than once, and water that gets through an old layer can run a long way before anyone sees it. Core samples show what each layer is and how wet it has become, so a refurbishment is planned on facts.
Hospital roof surveys
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust runs Croydon University Hospital at 530 London Road in Thornton Heath, and Purley War Memorial Hospital, its satellite hospital in the south of the borough. Moisture mapping and thermography read the roofs over wards and clinics from outside, so care inside goes on undisturbed.
Croydon College
Croydon College on College Road runs Croydon University Centre alongside engineering and construction workshops, science labs and an esports arena. Workshops, labs and teaching rooms are surveyed in visits planned with the college’s estates team, around classes and practicals.
RAAC and flat roofs
Croydon’s schools and colleges stayed off the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. Flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s still sit on many of the borough’s clinics, libraries and council buildings, and a RAAC survey tells whether they hold the planks.
Centrale, Whitgift and Boxpark
Centrale and the Whitgift Centre share one site on North End, and Boxpark Croydon on George Street gathers street food stalls, bars and events. Electronic leak detection traces water through the flat roofs over malls and food halls without lifting the membrane.
Ruskin Square, Fairfield Halls and the Purley Way
One Ruskin Square, the 184,000 sq ft office building HMRC took for some 2,500 staff, stands by East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls is the borough’s concert hall and theatre on Park Lane, and the Purley Way mixes retail parks, IKEA Croydon among them, with industrial estates. Office, venue and warehouse roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, with access agreed with each building’s managers.
Solar on offices and warehouses
A Croydon office block or retail warehouse needs a condition survey and moisture mapping before solar panels go on, so the array is never laid over a deck that is already wet.
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 Croydon to an estate across south London, 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
- Croydon town centre CR0
- Park Hill CR0
- Addiscombe CR0
- Shirley CR0
- Woodside CR0, SE25
- Selhurst CR0, SE25
- South Norwood SE25, CR7
- Upper Norwood SE19
- Norbury SW16
- Thornton Heath CR7, SE25
- Bensham Manor CR0, CR7
- Broad Green CR0, CR7
- Waddon CR0, CR2
- South Croydon CR0, CR2
- Selsdon CR0, CR2
- Sanderstead CR2
- New Addington CR0
- Purley CR8
- Kenley CR8
- Coulsdon CR5, CR8
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 Croydon 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 retail warehouses and industrial units in Croydon, along the Purley Way?
Yes. Retail warehouse and industrial roofs on the Purley Way 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.
Do you survey the hospital and college buildings in Croydon?
Yes. Clinical and teaching roofs are surveyed with thermography and electronic leak detection, in visits agreed with each estates team so wards and classes go on.
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 Croydon 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 office towers and shopping centres in Croydon town centre?
Yes. Office and mall roofs in the town centre are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, with access agreed with building management so tenants and shoppers carry on.
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 Croydon 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 Croydon?
Yes. Surveys cover the whole borough, from Norbury, Thornton Heath and Upper Norwood in the north to Purley, Kenley, Coulsdon and New Addington in the south.
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