Commercial roof surveys in Preston
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Preston and Lancashire, for the people responsible for its hospitals, university, colleges, shopping centres and engineering sites who need a reliable picture of a roof’s condition. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every part of the PR postcode area, from Garstang to Chorley.
The roofs we survey here
Preston’s commercial roofs stretch from the city centre’s shops, markets and offices and the university’s campus out to the Royal Preston Hospital at Fulwood, and east to the aerospace and engineering sites at Samlesbury.
Weather off the Irish Sea comes up the Ribble valley, and the city’s flat roofs show it: ponding where falls have sagged, split laps along the parapets, and insulation that has slowly taken on water without anyone noticing.
Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley’s hospital
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs the Royal Preston Hospital on Sharoe Green Lane in Fulwood and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, and is a regional specialist centre for patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria, in cancer, major trauma, neurosurgery, renal and vascular care. Surveying a hospital roof from outside, with thermography and electronic leak detection, keeps the work clear of theatres and wards.
The University of Lancashire and the colleges
The University of Lancashire, formerly UCLan, started life in Preston, where its campus of over 27,000 students and staff has gained an Engineering Innovation Centre under £200 million transformation plans; Preston College has secured £3.6m to transform its construction centre, and Cardinal Newman College is consistently among the highest-performing sixth form colleges nationally. Estates teams book survey visits around teaching, so labs and workshops stay open.
RAAC in schools and offices
The Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC included one secondary school in Preston. Schools, offices and health buildings with flat concrete roofs laid between the mid-1950s and the mid-1990s are worth checking, and a RAAC survey records what each roof is made of.
St George’s and Preston Markets
St George’s Shopping Centre and Preston Markets, with a contemporary Market Hall, a Box Market of customised shipping containers and an outdoor market under a Victorian canopy, are at the heart of the city centre’s shopping. Shopping centre and market hall roofs gather water at their gutters, outlets and joints, and electronic leak detection traces it back to the breach.
Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone
East of the city, the Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone is a brownfield site of more than 100 acres on the former runway beside BAE Systems’ Samlesbury site, home to BAE Systems’ Academy for Skills & Knowledge, Wincanton’s Defence Logistics Centre and the North West Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. Big engineering and logistics buildings like these are surveyed by drone and thermography, with core samples to confirm the build-up.
Solar on campus and industrial roofs
Before panels go onto a Preston campus building, warehouse or office, a condition survey and moisture mapping confirm that the roof underneath is dry and fit to take them.
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 Preston to an estate across Lancashire, 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 PR1, PR2
- Fishwick and Frenchwood PR1, PR2
- Deepdale PR1
- Plungington PR1, PR2
- Ashton PR1, PR2
- Ribbleton PR1, PR2
- Brookfield PR1, PR2
- Fulwood PR2
- Ingol and Cottam PR2, PR4
- Lea and Larches PR2, PR4
- Penwortham PR1
- Walton-le-Dale PR1, PR5
- Bamber Bridge PR5
- Lostock Hall PR5
- Samlesbury PR5
- Leyland PR25, PR26
- Chorley PR6, PR7
- Garstang PR3
- Kirkham PR4
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 Preston 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.
Can you survey aerospace and engineering sites in Preston and Samlesbury?
Yes. Large engineering buildings are surveyed by drone and thermography, and every visit follows the site’s own security and access 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.
Do you survey university and college buildings in Preston?
Yes. Teaching, lab and workshop roofs are surveyed with moisture mapping and thermography, and visits are agreed with the estates team around the academic calendar.
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 Preston 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.
Can you survey shopping centre and market roofs in Preston?
Yes. Electronic leak detection and thermography find water under a shopping centre’s flat roofs before it reaches the units below, and access is agreed with centre management.
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 Preston 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 Preston?
Yes. Surveys cover the PR postcode area around the city, from Fulwood and Penwortham to Leyland, Chorley, Bamber Bridge, Garstang and Kirkham.
Get a roof check in Preston
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