Commercial roof surveys in Nottingham
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, for the estates, facilities and property managers behind its hospitals, universities, college, shopping centres and science parks who need a clear account of every roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the NG postcode area, from Beeston and West Bridgford to Hucknall, Mansfield and Newark.
The roofs we survey here
Nottingham’s commercial roofs run from the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital to the University of Nottingham’s campuses, the Victoria Centre, BioCity’s labs, the Island Quarter by the canal, and the Boots site in Beeston.
Many of the city’s flat roofs went up in big post-war building programmes on hospital, university and civic sites, and decks of that age are prone to ponding, cracked upstands and wet insulation.
The QMC and City Hospital
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, the largest employer in Nottinghamshire with around 20,000 colleagues, cares for more than one million people at Nottingham City Hospital, the Queen’s Medical Centre and in the community, and the QMC is the only hospital in the country with its own tram stop. Roofs over wards, theatres and plant are read from above with thermography and leak detection, so clinical areas carry on.
The universities and college
The University of Nottingham’s University Park, set around a lake two miles from the city centre, is one of the largest campuses in the country, and Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham College teach in the city too. Visits to labs, halls and teaching blocks are agreed with each estates team, so term carries on. Halls and labs set among University Park’s trees have leaves to contend with, which block outlets and gutters.
RAAC and flat roofs
Nottingham did not have a single school on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. The city still has flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s on clinics, libraries and offices, and a RAAC survey shows what any of them conceal.
The Victoria Centre and the Island Quarter
The Victoria Centre is Nottingham’s shopping centre, and the Island Quarter is regenerating a 36-acre canal-side site, once Boots’ home, with leisure, hotels and nearly 1,000 new homes. Electronic leak detection finds the breaches in flat roofs over malls and restaurants without stripping the membrane. Restaurants and bars bring kitchen extracts and plant onto their roofs, and every upstand around them needs checking.
Boots and BioCity
Boots UK’s Support Office stands on a 279-acre site in Beeston, where ibuprofen was invented and No7 is still developed and made, and BioCity Nottingham, a former Boots research site a short walk from the city centre, offers labs and offices in four buildings. Works, lab and office roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, with access agreed under each site’s rules.
Solar on labs and warehouses
Nottingham’s big lab, warehouse and campus roofs suit solar, and a condition survey with moisture mapping is the way to make sure each one is fit to carry an array.
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 Nottingham to an estate across Nottinghamshire, 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 NG1
- St Ann’s NG1, NG2, NG3
- Meadows NG2
- Lenton NG7, NG8
- Radford NG7
- Hyson Green NG1, NG7, NG8
- Sherwood NG3, NG5
- Mapperley NG1, NG3, NG5
- Basford NG5, NG6, NG8
- Bulwell NG6, NG8
- Bilborough NG7, NG8
- Wollaton NG8
- Clifton NG11
- West Bridgford NG2
- Beeston NG9
- Stapleford NG9
- Carlton NG4
- Arnold NG5
- Hucknall NG15
- Long Eaton NG10
- Mansfield NG18
- Sutton-in-Ashfield NG17
- Newark NG24
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 Nottingham 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 labs and science park buildings in Nottingham?
Yes. Lab and office roofs are surveyed with thermography and electronic leak detection, around fume extracts and plant, with access agreed with each site’s managers.
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 roofs of hospital buildings in Nottingham without closing wards?
Yes. Every method works from the roof surface, and each visit is cleared with the trust’s estates team so the wards and theatres 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 Nottingham 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 campus roofs in Nottingham?
Yes. Campus roofs, from halls of residence to labs and lecture theatres, are surveyed in visits planned around term and exams, so teaching goes on.
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 Nottingham 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 Nottingham?
Yes. Surveys cover Nottingham and the NG area around it, from West Bridgford, Beeston and Arnold to Hucknall, Long Eaton, Mansfield and Newark.
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