Commercial roof surveys in Plymouth
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall, for the people who look after its hospital, universities, college, shopping centre, dockyard and science park and need a sound record of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the PL postcode area, from Plympton and Plymstock to Saltash, Tavistock, Ivybridge and Liskeard.
The roofs we survey here
Plymouth’s commercial roofs run from Derriford Hospital and the University of Plymouth to City College’s campus in Devonport, Drake Circus and The Barcode, the dockyard and naval base on the Tamar, and the offices and labs of Plymouth Science Park.
Wind and salt spray come straight in off Plymouth Sound, so roofs along the waterfront and the dockyard wear at their seals and fixings harder than roofs inland.
Derriford Hospital
Derriford Hospital, run by University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, is the largest specialist teaching hospital in the south west peninsula and the region’s major trauma centre, with a secondary care population of 475,000 and almost 2,000,000 people across the peninsula for its specialist services. Thermography and electronic leak detection read its roofs from above, so wards and theatres carry on.
The University of Plymouth and City College
The University of Plymouth is one of the largest universities in the region, and City College Plymouth runs its main campus on Kings Road in Devonport, with a Regional Centre of Excellence for STEM and a Centre of Higher Technical Innovation and Maritime Skills. Teaching blocks, labs and workshops are surveyed in visits arranged with each estates team.
RAAC surveys
No Plymouth school or college appeared 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 city’s rebuilt centre and its clinics and offices can still hold the planks, and a RAAC survey checks.
Drake Circus and The Barcode
Drake Circus, on Charles Street, holds the city centre’s shops and restaurants, and The Barcode, its cinema and leisure building, stands on Bretonside. Electronic leak detection traces water under their flat roofs without lifting the membrane, so trading carries on.
Devonport and Plymouth Science Park
HM Naval Base Devonport is the biggest naval base in Western Europe, spread over more than 650 acres with 15 dry docks, four miles of waterfront and 25 tidal berths, and Plymouth Science Park’s 25-acre campus is the region’s largest science and technology centre. Workshops, offices and labs are surveyed by drone and thermography, with every visit cleared with the site’s security and estates teams.
Solar by the Sound
Plymouth’s offices and workshops can carry solar arrays well, but salt air takes its toll on what lies beneath, so a condition survey and moisture mapping should come first.
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 Plymouth to an estate across Devon and Cornwall, 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 PL1, PL4
- St Peter and the Waterfront PL1, PL4
- Devonport PL1, PL2
- Stoke PL1, PL2, PL3, PL4
- Peverell PL2, PL3, PL4
- Compton PL3, PL4
- Efford and Lipson PL3, PL4
- Drake PL4
- Sutton and Mount Gould PL4
- Ham PL2, PL5
- St Budeaux PL5
- Southway PL5, PL6
- Eggbuckland PL5, PL6
- Plympton PL7
- Plymstock PL7, PL9
- Ivybridge PL21
- Tavistock PL19
- Saltash PL12
- Liskeard PL14
- St Austell PL25
- Bodmin PL31
- Lostwithiel PL22
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 Plymouth 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 marine and defence buildings in Plymouth?
Yes. Workshops, stores and offices on marine and defence sites are surveyed by drone and thermography, with every visit cleared with the site and kept to its security rules.
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 Derriford Hospital and university roofs in Plymouth?
Yes. Ward, lab and teaching roofs are read with thermography and moisture mapping from the roof surface, 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 Plymouth 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 waterfront shops and offices in Plymouth?
Yes. Roofs along the Barbican, Sutton Harbour and the waterfront take salt and spray, and are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, with access agreed with each landlord.
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 Plymouth 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 Plymouth?
Yes. Surveys cover Plymouth and the PL area around it, from Plympton and Plymstock to Ivybridge, Tavistock, Saltash, Liskeard, St Austell and Bodmin.
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