Commercial roof surveys in Newport
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Newport and Gwent, for the people who manage its hospitals, university, college, government offices, docks and conference centre and need a dependable account of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the NP postcode area, from Caerleon and Rogerstone to Cwmbran, Pontypool, Chepstow and Monmouth.
The roofs we survey here
Newport’s commercial roofs run from the Royal Gwent Hospital and the University of South Wales’s riverside campus to Friars Walk, the government offices on Cardiff Road, ICC Wales by the M4, and the steel sheds and warehouses of the docks.
Big steel and distribution sheds by the River Usk and the docks sit beside older civic buildings and newer offices, so one survey can meet thin single-ply membranes, long runs of built-up felt and old asphalt on neighbouring roofs.
The Royal Gwent and The Grange
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board employs over 14,000 staff across Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and South Powys. Its Royal Gwent Hospital on Cardiff Road gives general and routine care, planned surgery and diagnostics, with over 370 inpatient beds, and The Grange University Hospital is Gwent’s specialist and critical care centre, with 560 beds. Moisture mapping and thermography read their roofs from outside, so wards and theatres carry on.
USW Newport and Coleg Gwent
The University of South Wales’s Newport Campus is a modern riverside campus in the city centre, and Coleg Gwent’s City of Newport Campus on Nash Road has purpose-built construction workshops, a motor vehicle spraying booth and a commercial hair and beauty salon. Workshops and teaching blocks are surveyed in visits agreed with each estates team.
RAAC, from the Welsh Government
One Newport primary school was among the five schools in Wales the Welsh Government found with RAAC, and it funded the remedial works at all five. Newport’s other flat-roofed schools, clinics and offices from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s can still hold the planks, which a RAAC survey looks for.
Friars Walk and ICC Wales
Friars Walk is the shopping centre on John Frost Square, and ICC Wales, just off the M4, has a 4,100-capacity main hall and a 1,500-seat auditorium. Leaks in roofs this large are traced with electronic leak detection, so the right patch is repaired and events and trading go on.
The docks and Cardiff Road
The Port of Newport is, in ABP’s words, the UK’s leading steel handling port, with links to the M4 and direct rail connections, and Cardiff Road is home to the Intellectual Property Office at Concept House and the Office for National Statistics at Government Buildings. Shed, warehouse and office roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, with every visit agreed with the site’s managers.
Solar on sheds
Newport’s steel and distribution sheds offer room for big solar arrays, and each roof should first pass a condition survey and moisture mapping, so the panels go onto a dry, sound deck.
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 Newport to an estate across Gwent, 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 NP20
- Stow Hill NP20
- Pillgwenlly NP20
- Shaftesbury NP20
- Allt-yr-yn NP10, NP20
- Gaer NP10, NP20
- Bettws NP20
- Malpas NP20
- St Julians NP19
- Victoria NP19
- Lliswerry NP18, NP19
- Ringland NP18, NP19
- Llanwern NP18, NP19, NP26
- Caerleon NP18, NP19
- Rogerstone NP10, NP20
- Tredegar Park and Marshfield NP10
- Cwmbran NP44
- Pontypool NP4, NP11
- Risca NP10, NP11
- Caldicot NP26
- Chepstow NP16
- Monmouth NP25
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 Newport 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 steel sheds and warehouses in Newport, at the docks?
Yes. Steel stores, warehouses and industrial units around the docks are mapped by drone and thermography, with access arranged through the port and each tenant.
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 the Royal Gwent Hospital and the campuses in Newport?
Yes. Ward, workshop and teaching roofs are read from above with thermography and moisture mapping, in visits planned with each estates team.
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 Newport 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 government and office buildings in Newport, along Cardiff Road?
Yes. Large office roofs are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, with every visit cleared with the building’s security and facilities teams.
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 Newport 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 Newport?
Yes. Surveys cover Newport and the NP area around it, from Caerleon, Rogerstone and Llanwern to Cwmbran, Pontypool, Risca, Caldicot, Chepstow and Monmouth.
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