Commercial roof surveys in Leicester
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Leicester and Leicestershire, for the teams who manage its hospitals, universities, college, shopping centres and logistics parks and need to know the true state of their roofs. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the LE postcode area, from Loughborough and Coalville to Hinckley, Lutterworth and Market Harborough.
The roofs we survey here
Leicester’s commercial roofs range from the Royal Infirmary, Glenfield and the General to the city’s two universities, Highcross in the centre, the labs and offices of Space Park Leicester, and the distribution sheds of Magna Park near Lutterworth.
Victorian factories, post-war civic blocks and new logistics sheds all leak in their own ways, and in each the water often runs some distance under the membrane before it shows inside. Thermography from the roof finds the wet patches before the ceiling tiles stain.
The three hospitals
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, the region’s biggest employer with around 18,000 colleagues serving 1.1 million people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, runs the Leicester Royal Infirmary on Infirmary Square, Glenfield Hospital on Groby Road and the Leicester General Hospital on Gwendolen Road. Thermography and leak detection work from the roof, so wards and theatres are left undisturbed.
Universities and Leicester College
The University of Leicester and De Montfort University both have their campuses in the city, and Leicester College is the largest apprenticeship training provider in Leicester. Labs, lecture theatres and workshops are surveyed in visits fixed with each estates team, so teaching is not interrupted.
RAAC in schools
Two Leicester primary schools were on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. The city’s other schools, health centres and council buildings with flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s merit the same RAAC survey.
Highcross and Fosse Park
Highcross Leicester mixes its shops with restaurants, cafés and entertainment in the city centre, and Fosse Park, on Fosse Park Avenue, gathers stores and food outlets on the city’s south-west edge. Electronic leak detection pins down breaches in flat roofs over stores without lifting the membrane, so trading is not disrupted. Shopping roofs carry plant, ductwork and rooflights, and the seals around each are where leaks most often begin.
Space Park and Magna Park
Space Park Leicester, a hub for space research founded by the University of Leicester with industry and government, holds labs and offices, and Magna Park Lutterworth, GLP’s flagship distribution park, has 50 buildings spanning 13 million sq ft, home to Amazon, ASDA and DHL among others. Big distribution roofs are surveyed by drone, with thermography and core samples to find wet insulation.
Solar on warehouses and campuses
Leicester’s warehouses and campus buildings carry a great deal of flat roof, and moisture mapping with a condition survey should come before any of it disappears under solar panels.
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 Leicester to an estate across Leicestershire, 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 LE1
- Belgrave LE1, LE4
- Abbey LE1, LE3, LE4
- Beaumont Leys LE3, LE4, LE7
- Rushey Mead LE4
- Humberstone LE5, LE7
- Evington LE2, LE5
- Stoneygate LE2, LE5
- Knighton LE2
- Aylestone LE2, LE3
- Westcotes LE2, LE3
- Braunstone LE3, LE19
- Glenfield LE3, LE7
- Birstall LE4, LE7
- Syston LE7
- Oadby LE2
- Wigston LE8, LE18
- Enderby LE3, LE19
- Loughborough LE11
- Coalville LE67
- Hinckley LE10
- Lutterworth LE17
- Market Harborough LE16
- Melton Mowbray LE13
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 Leicester 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 in Leicester and at Magna Park?
Yes. Distribution roofs at Magna Park and on the city’s industrial estates are mapped by drone, with thermography and core samples where the readings call for them.
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 hospital roofs in Leicester without disrupting the wards?
Yes. The surveys work from the roof surface, and each visit is agreed with the trust’s estates team so the clinical areas 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 Leicester 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 university campuses and college sites in Leicester?
Yes. Teaching blocks, halls and labs on both university campuses and at the college are surveyed in visits planned around the academic calendar.
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 Leicester 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 Leicester?
Yes. Surveys cover Leicester and the county around it, from Oadby, Wigston and Glenfield to Loughborough, Coalville, Hinckley, Lutterworth and Melton Mowbray.
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