Commercial roof surveys in Dudley
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Dudley and the Black Country, for the managers of its hospital, colleges, shopping malls, retail parks and industrial estates who need a clear account of a roof’s condition. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every part of the DY postcode area, from Sedgley to Stourbridge.
The roofs we survey here
Dudley’s commercial roofs range from Russells Hall Hospital and the borough’s college buildings to the shopping malls and retail parks of Merry Hill and the industrial units of MultiPark Pensnett at Kingswinford.
In the Black Country, older works and newer sheds sit side by side, and their flat roofs fail in familiar ways: blocked outlets and ponding on tired decks, and splits at laps and upstands that let water into the insulation.
Russells Hall Hospital and the Dudley Group
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust’s largest site is Russells Hall Hospital on Pensnett Road, home to its Emergency Department, its Urgent Treatment Centre and many inpatient and outpatient services, and the trust also runs the Corbett and Guest outpatient centres. Moisture mapping and thermography read a hospital roof from the surface, so the departments under it carry on.
Dudley College of Technology and Halesowen College
Dudley College of Technology calls itself one of the most successful further education colleges in the UK, and Halesowen College teaches at its Whittingham Road, Trinity Point, Shenstone House and Coombs Wood campuses. Workshop and teaching roofs are surveyed in visits planned with each college around its classes.
RAAC in secondary schools
Two Dudley secondary schools were on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. Any school, health centre or civic building in the borough roofed in flat concrete between the mid-1950s and the mid-1990s could hide the same planks, and a RAAC survey answers the question for each roof.
Merry Hill and the Black Country Living Museum
Merry Hill at Brierley Hill brings shopping malls and retail parks together, and the Black Country Living Museum brings the region’s history to life in Dudley. Large shopping malls gather water at their outlets, gutters and rooflights, and electronic leak detection traces each leak to its source without lifting the membrane around it.
MultiPark Pensnett at Kingswinford
LCP’s MultiPark Pensnett on Dudley Road, Kingswinford, holds 177 units across 2,685,447 sq ft, with easy access to the M5 and the M6. A drone survey records a run of unit roofs one by one, and thermography shows which of them are wet before any is opened up.
Solar on industrial and retail roofs
Industrial units and big retail roofs suit solar well, but a condition survey and moisture mapping should come first on any Dudley roof that is to carry an array.
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 Dudley to an estate across the Black Country, 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 DY1, DY2
- Netherton DY1, DY2
- Upper Gornal DY1, DY3
- Gornal DY3
- Sedgley DY3
- Coseley DY4
- Tipton DY4
- Brierley Hill DY5
- Quarry Bank DY2, DY5
- Pensnett DY1, DY5, DY6
- Kingswinford DY6
- Wordsley DY5, DY6
- Amblecote DY5, DY8
- Stourbridge DY7, DY8, DY9
- Wollaston DY8
- Pedmore DY8, DY9
- Lye DY9
- Wollescote DY9
- Hagley DY8, DY9
- Kinver DY7
- Kidderminster DY10, DY11
- Stourport-on-Severn DY13
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 Dudley 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 industrial units in Dudley, such as those on the Pensnett estate?
Yes. Runs of industrial units are surveyed by drone and thermography, with core samples where the readings show wet insulation, and access is agreed with each 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.
Can you survey shopping mall and retail park roofs in Dudley?
Yes. Mall roofs and retail park units are checked with electronic leak detection and thermography, and every visit is agreed with the centre’s management around its trading, so the shops below stay open.
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 Dudley 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 college workshops and hospital buildings in Dudley?
Yes. Workshop, teaching and clinical roofs are surveyed from above, and every visit is arranged with the estates team so classes and clinics go ahead.
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 Dudley 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 Dudley?
Yes. Surveys cover the whole DY postcode area, from Dudley town centre to Sedgley, Brierley Hill, Kingswinford, Stourbridge and Kidderminster.
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