Commercial roof surveys in Doncaster
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Doncaster and South Yorkshire, for the owners and managers of its distribution warehouses, factories, hospitals, colleges and shopping centres who need clear evidence of a roof’s condition. Drone and thermographic surveys, moisture mapping, electronic leak detection and RAAC surveys reach every part of the borough, from Thorne to Tickhill.
The roofs we survey here
Doncaster’s commercial roofs range from the Frenchgate centre and the market in the town centre, with the college at Chappell Drive and the infirmary on Armthorpe Road, to the vast distribution sheds of iPort, two miles from where the M18 and the A1(M) meet.
Wide, gently falling roofs on sheds and retail units hold water wherever a gutter or an outlet blocks, and wind across the open land around the town works at laps, seams and edge details. Left alone, a small breach can wet a large area of insulation before anyone sees a drip.
Doncaster Royal Infirmary and Montagu Hospital
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals runs Doncaster Royal Infirmary, a large acute hospital with more than 500 inpatient beds, a 24-hour emergency department and trauma unit status, and Montagu Hospital on Adwick Road in Mexborough. Thermography across ward and theatre roofs, with electronic leak detection on the wettest areas, finds the problem without closing a department.
Further education and degree campuses
Doncaster College teaches at The Hub on Chappell Drive, and its sister University Campus Doncaster offers degrees, both part of DN Colleges Group. Surveys of teaching blocks, workshops and sports halls are planned with the estates team around term and exam dates.
RAAC surveys across the borough’s schools and public buildings
No Doncaster school appeared on the Department for Education’s published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. Flat-roofed schools, health centres and civic buildings from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s are where the material was used, and a RAAC survey is how to rule it out.
Frenchgate, Lakeside Village and the town’s shops
Frenchgate has more than 120 retail stores in the town centre, and Lakeside Village gathers over 45 famous-name outlet stores. Roofs over shops this size carry plant, rooflights and long runs of gutter, and electronic leak detection shows exactly where a leak above a shop floor begins.
iPort and the M18 distribution sheds
iPort, joined to junction 3 of the M18 by Great Yorkshire Way, has its own rail freight terminal, Lidl’s 686,000 sq ft distribution centre and warehouses for Amazon and CEVA. On roofs of this scale a drone survey with thermography finds wet insulation, and core samples confirm the build-up before a repair or a new covering is priced.
Solar on distribution roofs
A Doncaster distribution roof can run to hundreds of thousands of square feet, so moisture mapping and a condition survey are worth doing before solar panels cover any of 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 Doncaster to an estate across South Yorkshire, 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 DN1
- Wheatley Hills and Intake DN2
- Edenthorpe and Kirk Sandall DN2, DN3
- Armthorpe DN3
- Hexthorpe and Balby North DN1, DN4
- Balby South DN4
- Bessacarr DN4
- Bentley DN5
- Sprotbrough DN5, DN6
- Adwick le Street and Carcroft DN5, DN6
- Norton and Askern DN6, DN7
- Hatfield DN7, DN8
- Thorne and Moorends DN8
- Finningley DN9
- Rossington and Bawtry DN10, DN11
- Tickhill and Wadsworth DN11
- Conisbrough DN12
- Edlington and Warmsworth DN4, DN12
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 Doncaster 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 distribution warehouses at iPort and elsewhere in Doncaster?
Yes. Drone and thermographic surveys suit sheds of this scale, and electronic leak detection traces the breach above racking and stock without emptying an aisle.
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 college and hospital roofs in Doncaster?
Yes. Teaching and clinical buildings are surveyed from the roof surface, with each visit agreed with the estates team so lessons and clinics carry on below.
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 Doncaster 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 retail units and outlets in Doncaster?
Yes. Visits are arranged around trading and deliveries, and thermography with electronic leak detection keeps the work on the roof, away from the shop floor.
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 Doncaster 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 Doncaster?
Yes. Surveys cover the borough’s DN1 to DN12 districts, from Thorne, Hatfield and Askern to Conisbrough, Rossington, Tickhill and Bawtry.
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