Commercial roof surveys in Northampton
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Northampton and Northamptonshire, for the estates and property teams behind its hospital, university, college, shopping centres and logistics estates who need an accurate picture of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the NN postcode area, from Moulton and Duston to Towcester, Daventry, Wellingborough and Kettering.
The roofs we survey here
Northampton’s commercial roofs run from Northampton General Hospital near the town centre and the University of Northampton’s Waterside Campus to the Grosvenor Centre, the warehouses of Brackmills, and the logistics park beside junction 15 of the M1.
The town’s distribution sheds carry vast roofs, where one failed fixing or seam can let water spread unseen through the insulation long before anyone notices a leak below.
Northampton General Hospital
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust runs its main hospital site close to the town centre and is an accredited cancer centre for 880,000 people in Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire, with outpatient and surgical services at Danetre Hospital in Daventry. Thermography and electronic leak detection read the clinical roofs from outside, so the wards stay open. Hospital sites that grow block by block carry many kinds of roof, each with its own weak points.
The university and Northampton College
The University of Northampton’s £330 million Waterside Campus lies between Beckets Park and Delapré Park, and Northampton College teaches at Booth Lane, Lower Mounts and Daventry. Teaching blocks, workshops and the campus energy centre are surveyed in visits agreed with each estates team. Older college buildings stand beside new ones, so each roof is judged on its own.
RAAC in schools
Two Northampton settings, a special school and an all-through school, were on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. Flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s on the town’s other schools, clinics and offices are worth a RAAC survey of their own.
The Grosvenor Centre and Weston Favell
Grosvenor Shopping sits in Northampton town centre, and Weston Favell Shopping Centre serves the east of the town from Wellingborough Road. Electronic leak detection traces water through the flat roofs over malls and shop units without stopping trade below. Older malls often keep their original decks under later overlays, and moisture mapping shows what lies beneath.
Brackmills and junction 15
Brackmills Industrial Estate, near junction 15 of the M1, runs as a business improvement district and calls itself the UK’s leading business and logistics estate, and SEGRO Logistics Park Northampton, beside the same junction, totals over 5 million sq ft with its own strategic rail freight interchange. Roofs on this scale are surveyed by drone, with thermography to locate wet insulation.
Solar on warehouses
A Northampton warehouse or college roof can carry a large solar array, provided a condition survey and moisture mapping first show the membrane beneath it to be dry and 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 Northampton to an estate across Northamptonshire, 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 NN1
- Abington NN1, NN2, NN3
- Semilong NN2
- Kingsthorpe NN2, NN3
- Far Cotton NN1, NN4
- Delapré NN1, NN4
- Hunsbury NN4
- Upton NN4, NN5
- Duston NN5
- Dallington NN5
- Weston Favell NN1, NN3
- Parklands NN3
- Talavera NN3
- Headlands NN3
- Billing NN2, NN3, NN6, NN7
- Moulton NN2, NN3, NN6
- Brixworth NN6
- Roade NN4, NN7
- Towcester NN7, NN12
- Daventry NN11
- Wellingborough NN8
- Rushden NN10
- Kettering NN14, NN15, NN16
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 Northampton 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 logistics warehouses in Northampton, at Brackmills or by the M1?
Yes. Warehouse roofs at Brackmills and the parks by junction 15 are surveyed by drone, with thermography and core samples to confirm where the insulation is wet.
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 the hospital and the university campus in Northampton?
Yes. Ward blocks and campus buildings are surveyed with thermography and electronic leak detection, and each visit is cleared with the relevant estates team beforehand.
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 Northampton 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 the roofs of shopping centres and retail parks in Northampton?
Yes. Mall and retail park roofs are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, and access is agreed with centre management so shoppers are not affected.
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 Northampton 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 Northampton?
Yes. Surveys cover Northampton and the NN area beyond it, from Moulton, Duston and Hunsbury to Towcester, Daventry, Wellingborough, Rushden and Kettering.
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