Commercial roof surveys in Lincoln
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Lincoln and Lincolnshire, for the people responsible for its hospital, universities, college, shopping streets and business parks who need a dependable account of their roofs. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the LN postcode area, from North Hykeham and Saxilby to Market Rasen, Horncastle and Louth.
The roofs we survey here
Lincoln’s commercial roofs run from Lincoln County Hospital on Greetwell Road and the University of Lincoln at Brayford Pool to the shops of the Cornhill Quarter, the labs of the Science and Innovation Park, and the industrial units on the city’s edge.
Wind off the open Lincolnshire countryside works at the edges of flat roofs here, lifting laps and flashings and letting water into insulation that rarely dries out again.
Lincoln County Hospital
United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serves more than 720,000 people, and Lincoln County Hospital on Greetwell Road provides all major specialties and a major accident and emergency service. Roofs over wards and theatres are read with thermography and electronic leak detection, so patients and staff below are not disturbed. A large hospital site carries many different roof types, and each is read on its own terms.
The universities and college
The University of Lincoln has its campus at Brayford Pool, Lincoln Bishop University teaches in the city too, and Lincoln College is its further education college. Survey visits to teaching blocks, labs and halls are agreed with each estates team, so lectures and practicals go ahead.
RAAC in the county
No Lincoln setting was on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC, and Lincolnshire’s only entry was Grantham College. Council offices, clinics and community buildings with flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s can still hide the planks, which is what a RAAC survey looks for.
The Cornhill Quarter
The Cornhill Quarter calls itself the most significant refurbishment and new-build retail and leisure development in the heart of Lincoln city centre, with the Corn Exchange now home to an Everyman cinema and Sincil Street’s Victorian streetscape kept. Flat roofs and valley gutters on older shopping streets are tested with electronic leak detection, which finds a breach without opening the roof. Behind the old frontages, many shops have small flat roofs and box gutters that collect leaves and silt.
The Science and Innovation Park
Lincoln Science and Innovation Park is built on the site of the former Ruston Bucyrus factory, and the firm’s old headquarters, Becor House, is now the Joseph Banks Laboratories. Lab, office and workshop roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, with access agreed with the park’s managers and each tenant.
Solar on labs and warehouses
Before panels go onto a Lincoln warehouse, lab or college roof, moisture mapping and a condition survey should prove that the deck and the membrane beneath them are dry.
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 Lincoln to an estate across Lincolnshire, 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 LN1, LN2, LN5
- Castle LN1
- Minster LN1, LN2
- Carholme LN1, LN2, LN5
- Abbey LN2, LN3
- Glebe LN2
- Park LN4, LN5
- Boultham LN5, LN6
- Birchwood LN6
- Hartsholme LN6
- Moorland LN6
- Witham LN5, LN6
- North Hykeham LN6
- Bracebridge Heath LN4, LN5
- Branston LN3, LN4, LN5
- Washingborough LN4
- Nettleham LN2, LN3
- Saxilby LN1, LN2
- Skellingthorpe LN6
- Market Rasen LN7, LN8
- Horncastle LN9
- Louth LN11
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 Lincoln 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 and warehouses in Lincoln?
Yes. Industrial and warehouse roofs on the city’s estates and business parks are mapped by drone and thermography, with access 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 listed and historic buildings in Lincoln?
Yes. Thermography and moisture mapping read an old roof without opening it up, and any access to a listed building is planned with its owner and their conservation advisers.
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 Lincoln 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 shopping and office roofs in Lincoln city centre?
Yes. Flat roofs over shops, offices and arcades are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, with access agreed with each landlord so the businesses below stay open.
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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln?
Yes. Surveys cover Lincoln and the LN postcode area around it, from North Hykeham, Bracebridge Heath and Nettleham to Saxilby, Market Rasen, Horncastle and Louth.
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