Commercial roof surveys in Halifax
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Halifax and West Yorkshire, for the owners and managers of its mills, offices, factories, shops, schools and hospital who need clear evidence of a roof’s condition. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every corner of the HX area, from Hebden Bridge and Ripponden to Elland and Shelf.
The roofs we survey here
Halifax’s commercial roofs crowd into a steep valley: the Piece Hall, the Woolshops and the town centre’s offices at its heart, Dean Clough’s mills on the slope to the north, the hospital at Salterhebble to the south, and the towns of Elland and Sowerby Bridge along the Calder.
Rain and wind come off the Pennine moors above the town, and every flat roof here has to shed a great deal of water, so blocked outlets, split gutters and tired upstands are where trouble usually begins.
Calderdale Royal Hospital and the town’s clinics
Calderdale Royal Hospital at Salterhebble is one of Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust’s two main hospitals, and the trust’s community diagnostic centre sits in Broad Street Plaza in the town centre. Moisture mapping across ward and plant room roofs shows where water has reached the insulation, without disturbing patients below.
College and school roofs in Calderdale
Calderdale College teaches on its main campus, home to its Inspire Centre and the Salon HX1 training salon, and off campus at its Engineering Centre, Automotive Centre and Mill Studios. Visits to college and school roofs are planned around timetables and holidays with each site’s staff.
RAAC checks for post-war buildings
No Calderdale school was among the 234 settings on the Department for Education’s published list with confirmed RAAC, yet any flat-roofed school, clinic or library built between the mid-1950s and the mid-1990s still merits a look.
The Piece Hall, the Woolshops and town centre shops
The Piece Hall, the Grade I listed cloth hall of 1779 and the last of its kind, holds shops, bars and events around its courtyard, and the Woolshops centre nearby has more than 40 stores and cafes. Electronic leak detection and thermography check the roofs over historic galleries and modern shop units without opening them up.
Offices, mills and the Quality Street factory
Lloyds Banking Group has invested £116 million in its Trinity Road office in the town centre, home to 3,000 colleagues; Dean Clough, once the mills of Crossley Carpets, then the world’s largest carpet maker, now holds galleries, a theatre and businesses; and Nestlé makes Quality Street at its Halifax factory, which has produced confectionery since 1909. Drone and thermographic surveys take in office decks and long mill roofs alike.
Checking a roof before solar goes on
Flat roofs on Halifax mills, offices and factories suit solar panels, but a condition survey and moisture mapping should come before any array, so the membrane it will sit on is sound.
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 Halifax to an estate across West 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 centre HX1
- Park HX1, HX2
- Warley HX2, HX6
- Salterhebble HX1, HX3
- Southowram and Skircoat Green HX1, HX3
- Illingworth and Mixenden HX2, HX3
- Ovenden HX2, HX3
- Northowram and Shelf HX3
- Hipperholme and Lightcliffe HX3
- Greetland HX4, HX5
- Elland HX5
- Sowerby Bridge HX6
- Ryburn HX4, HX6
- Luddendenfoot HX2, HX7
- Hebden Bridge HX7
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 Halifax 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.
Can you survey roofs on listed buildings in Halifax?
Yes. Thermography and electronic leak detection read a roof from its surface, so Grade I and Grade II buildings are assessed without being opened up, and a core sample is placed only with the owner’s agreement.
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 warehouses and factories in Halifax and the Calder valley?
Yes. Drone and thermographic surveys cover the large roofs of the valley’s warehouses and works, and electronic leak detection traces a leak to its source, so a contractor repairs the right spot.
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 Halifax 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 and bank buildings in Halifax?
Yes. Large office roofs with plant, walkways and rooflights suit thermography and electronic leak detection, with every finding marked on a plan of the roof for the facilities team.
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 Halifax 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 Halifax?
Yes. Surveys cover Halifax’s HX1 to HX7 districts, including Elland, Sowerby Bridge, Ripponden, Hebden Bridge, Shelf and Hipperholme.
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