Commercial roof surveys in Reading
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Reading and Berkshire, for the people who manage its hospital, university, college, shopping centres and business parks and need a reliable record of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the RG postcode area, from Caversham and Tilehurst to Wokingham, Bracknell, Newbury and Basingstoke.
The roofs we survey here
Reading’s commercial roofs run from the Royal Berkshire Hospital and the University of Reading’s Whiteknights campus to the Oracle and Broad Street Mall in the town centre, and out to the offices of Green Park and the business parks along the M4.
Behind the town’s brick fronts sit generations of flat-roofed extensions and plant decks, and the business parks add big membrane roofs whose leaks surface far from where the water gets in. Thermography and moisture mapping trace that water back to where it entered, so repairs go to the right place.
The Royal Berkshire Hospital
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust employs around 7,500 staff and serves around 1,000,000 people from seven sites, the largest of them the Royal Berkshire Hospital in central Reading, with over 800 beds across 50 wards and units. Moisture mapping and thermography read its ward and clinic roofs from outside, so patients are left in peace.
The University of Reading and Reading College
The University of Reading’s Whiteknights campus has won 9 Green Flag Awards, and Reading College, part of Activate Learning, has art workshops, care suites, recording studios and performance spaces on its campus. Labs, studios and lecture halls are surveyed in visits agreed with each estates team, so teaching carries on.
RAAC surveys
No Reading school or college featured on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. The town’s offices, clinics and community buildings with flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s can still hide the planks, so a RAAC survey is worth having before any refurbishment.
The Oracle and Broad Street Mall
The Oracle lines the River Kennet with cafés and restaurants beside its shops, and Broad Street Mall, in the heart of Reading, adds high street stores, a cinema, bowling, crazy golf and a gym. Leaks in the flat roofs over both centres are traced with electronic leak detection, so the breach is repaired rather than the whole membrane.
Green Park
Green Park, south of the town, sets 1.6 million sq ft of workspace in 195 acres of landscaped parkland, where 9,000 people work for more than 60 companies. Office and plant roofs on business parks like this are surveyed by drone and thermography, with access agreed with each occupier and the park’s managers.
Solar on offices
Reading’s business park offices and town-centre roofs can carry solar well, provided a condition survey and moisture mapping have shown each deck 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 Reading to an estate across Berkshire, 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 RG1
- Abbey RG1
- Katesgrove RG1, RG2
- Coley RG1, RG2
- Battle RG1, RG30, RG31
- Redlands RG1, RG2, RG6
- Park RG1, RG6
- Caversham RG4
- Emmer Green RG4
- Tilehurst RG30, RG31
- Southcote RG30
- Norcot RG30
- Kentwood RG30, RG31
- Earley RG6
- Woodley RG5
- Wokingham RG40, RG41
- Bracknell RG12
- Theale RG7
- Twyford RG10
- Newbury RG14
- Basingstoke RG21
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 Reading 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 offices and business parks in Reading, such as Green Park?
Yes. Business park offices and their plant decks are mapped by drone, with thermography to find wet insulation, in visits agreed with 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 Berkshire Hospital and the university in Reading?
Yes. Clinical and campus roofs are read from the surface with moisture mapping and thermography, in visits arranged with each estates team so wards and lectures are not interrupted.
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 Reading 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 Oracle and other shopping centre roofs in Reading?
Yes. Mall and shop roofs in the town centre are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, with access agreed with each centre’s 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 Reading 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 Reading?
Yes. Surveys cover Reading and the RG area around it, from Caversham, Tilehurst and Earley to Wokingham, Bracknell, Theale, Newbury and Basingstoke.
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