Commercial roof surveys in Derby
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Derby and Derbyshire, for the estates teams, facilities managers and owners behind its hospital, university, colleges, shopping centre and engineering works who need a clear picture of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the whole DE postcode area, out to Belper, Ilkeston and Swadlincote.
The roofs we survey here
Derby’s commercial roofs run from Royal Derby Hospital on Uttoxeter Road and the University of Derby’s sites to Derbion in the city centre, Alstom’s Litchurch Lane Works, and the factories and warehouses of Infinity Park on the city’s southern edge.
Engineering on this scale leaves Derby with acres of long-span roof, where one failed seal or tired membrane can let water travel a long way through the insulation before it reaches a ceiling below. Rail sheds and aerospace halls add rooflights, vents and walkways to the picture, each one a joint that can fail.
Royal Derby Hospital
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than one million people with some 14,500 staff, and Royal Derby Hospital on Uttoxeter Road includes the Derbyshire Children’s Hospital. Moisture mapping and thermography work from the roof surface, so wards, theatres and children’s services carry on beneath.
The University of Derby and Derby College
The University of Derby teaches on several sites in the city, from Kedleston Road, its biggest, opposite Markeaton Park, to Britannia Mill, a restored former textile mill, and Derby College Group’s campuses include the Joseph Wright Centre and the Roundhouse. Old mill roofs and new teaching blocks are surveyed in visits agreed with each estates team.
RAAC in public buildings
Derby’s schools were absent from the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. Flat concrete roofs laid between the mid-1950s and the mid-1990s on offices, libraries and health centres in the city deserve the same scrutiny, and a RAAC survey shows whether the planks are there.
Derbion
Derbion, the shopping centre on London Road, gathers fashion, food, beauty and bowling under one roof, and roofs of that size hide a leak well. Electronic leak detection finds the exact breach in a membrane, and thermography shows how far the water has spread from it. Plant rooms, rooflights and service routes break up retail roofs like these, and every penetration is a likely point of entry.
Infinity Park, Rolls-Royce and Alstom
Infinity Park Derby spans 100 acres south of the city, next to the world headquarters of Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace, and Alstom’s Litchurch Lane Works, opened in 1876, is the UK’s only remaining factory able to design, engineer, build and test trains from scratch. Roofs of this size are surveyed by drone, with thermography to find wet insulation and cores to confirm it.
Solar on engineering roofs
Derby’s engineering halls and distribution sheds have the long, open roofs that suit solar, and a condition survey with moisture mapping should clear each one before an array is fixed down.
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 Derby to an estate across Derbyshire, 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 DE1
- Darley DE1, DE21, DE22
- Arboretum DE1, DE23, DE24
- Mackworth DE1, DE22
- Allestree DE22
- Mickleover DE3, DE22
- Littleover DE3, DE23
- Normanton DE23
- Sinfin DE24
- Alvaston DE21, DE24
- Chellaston DE24, DE73
- Chaddesden DE21
- Oakwood DE21
- Spondon DE21
- Borrowash DE72
- Castle Donington DE74
- Belper DE56
- Ripley DE5
- Ilkeston DE7
- Alfreton DE55
- Hilton DE65
- Swadlincote DE11
- Burton upon Trent DE14
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 Derby 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 factories and engineering works in Derby?
Yes. Long-span roofs over production halls and test shops are mapped by drone and thermography, and each visit is inducted and permitted under the site’s own safety 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.
Can you survey roofs at the hospital and the university in Derby?
Yes. Ward, theatre and campus roofs are surveyed from above with thermography and electronic leak detection, in visits agreed with the estates team beforehand.
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 Derby 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 the shopping centre and shop roofs in Derby city centre?
Yes. Flat roofs over the malls and shop units are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, with access agreed with centre management so trading carries 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 Derby 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 Derby?
Yes. Surveys cover the whole DE postcode area, from the city centre out to Belper, Ripley, Ilkeston, Castle Donington, Swadlincote and Burton upon Trent.
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