Commercial roof surveys in Newcastle
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Newcastle and Tyneside, for the estates teams, landlords and managing agents behind its hospitals, universities, shopping centres, offices and port buildings who want a clear, written view of a roof’s condition. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every part of the NE postcode area, from Gateshead to Hexham.
The roofs we survey here
Newcastle’s commercial roofs run from Eldon Square and the offices around the Quayside to the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman, the two universities, Newcastle Helix and the warehouses of the Port of Tyne.
Driving rain from the east finds every lap and upstand on the city’s flat roofs, and blocked outlets leave water standing on decks until it soaks through into the insulation below.
The RVI, the Freeman and the Great North Children’s Hospital
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest NHS teaching hospital trusts in the UK, runs the Royal Victoria Infirmary on Queen Victoria Road, with one of the UK’s largest maternity departments, the Great North Children’s Hospital on the same site, with 245 beds, and the Freeman Hospital, home to the Northern Centre for Cancer Care and an Institute of Transplantation. Electronic leak detection and thermography find water over theatres and wards from the roof itself, so nothing below has to stop.
Universities and Newcastle College
Newcastle University and Northumbria University are both based in the city, and Newcastle College runs a main campus, specialist centres and an Energy Academy. Survey visits to teaching, research and residence buildings are agreed with each estates team, so teaching is not disrupted.
RAAC in schools and offices
The Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC had one primary school in Newcastle. The city’s offices, libraries and health centres from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s can have the same flat concrete roofs, and a RAAC survey shows whether they do.
Eldon Square and the Metrocentre
Eldon Square brings Newcastle’s shops, restaurants and leisure spots together in the city centre, and across the river the Metrocentre in Gateshead adds a shopping centre and a retail park of its own. Over shopping malls, thermography marks the wet insulation and electronic leak detection traces it to the breach that let the water in.
Newcastle Helix and the Port of Tyne
Newcastle Helix is a 24-acre quarter in the centre of the city built for tech and science businesses, home to the National Innovation Centre for Data at The Catalyst, and the Port of Tyne runs the Tyne Logistics Hub on the river. Labs and offices stay in use as they are surveyed with leak detection and thermography, and the biggest port sheds are surveyed by drone.
Solar on office and warehouse roofs
On Newcastle’s offices, campus buildings and warehouses, a condition survey and moisture mapping go first, so the solar array is fitted to a roof that is known to be watertight.
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 Newcastle to an estate across Tyneside, 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 NE1
- Ouseburn NE1, NE2, NE6
- Jesmond NE2
- Gosforth NE2, NE3
- Heaton NE6, NE7
- Byker NE6
- Walker NE6
- Elswick NE4, NE15
- Benwell and Scotswood NE4, NE15
- Fenham NE4, NE5
- Kenton NE3
- Fawdon NE3
- Westerhope NE5
- Walbottle NE5
- Kingston Park NE3, NE13
- Gateshead NE8, NE9, NE10, NE11
- Whickham NE11, NE16
- Wallsend NE28
- North Shields NE29, NE30
- Killingworth NE12
- Cramlington NE23
- South Shields NE33
- Hexham NE46
- Morpeth NE61
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 Newcastle 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 hospital and research buildings in Newcastle?
Yes. Clinical and lab roofs carry dense plant, so readings are taken around it from above, and each visit is planned around the clinical and research work going on below.
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 office roofs in Newcastle, on the Quayside and in the city centre?
Yes. Office roofs are surveyed with thermography and electronic leak detection, and access is arranged with building management so tenants carry on undisturbed.
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 Newcastle 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 warehouses and port buildings in Newcastle and on the Tyne?
Yes. Warehouse and port roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, with core samples where the readings call for them, and visits work around the site’s cargo and deliveries.
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 Newcastle 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 Newcastle?
Yes. Surveys cover the whole NE postcode area, from the city centre to Gateshead, Wallsend, North Shields, South Shields, Cramlington and Hexham.
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