Commercial roof surveys in Stockport
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Stockport and Greater Manchester, for the owners, landlords and estates teams behind its hospital, colleges, shopping centre, mills and industrial estates who want to know exactly what is happening on a roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every part of the SK postcode area, from Reddish to Poynton.
The roofs we survey here
Stockport’s commercial roofs range from the town centre’s shops, offices and old mills around Merseyway to Stepping Hill Hospital, the colleges at Cheadle and Marple, and the industrial and logistics sheds of Bredbury beside the M60.
Many of the borough’s older industrial buildings have been altered and extended over the decades, so one roof is often several roofs of different ages joined together, and the joins are where water gets in. Newer sheds suffer more from blocked outlets and failing laps.
Stepping Hill Hospital and the clinics
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust runs Stepping Hill Hospital and other specialist centres, with hospital and community services for Stockport, East Cheshire and the High Peak and 24 community clinics in the borough. Roofs over wards, theatres and clinics are surveyed from outside with thermography and electronic leak detection, so the work below them never has to stop.
Colleges and sixth forms
The Trafford & Stockport College Group teaches at Stockport College, Cheadle College and Marple College in the borough, and Aquinas College is a Catholic sixth form college in Stockport. Survey visits are fitted around classes and exams with each estates team.
RAAC in schools and colleges
Six Stockport settings were on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. Any flat concrete roof on a school, college or public building from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s is worth a RAAC survey, which shows what the roof is built from.
Merseyway and the town centre’s regeneration
Merseyway Shopping Centre, in the heart of Stockport, is home to over 90 stores, and Stockport Mayoral Development Corporation, the council’s delivery vehicle for the UK’s largest town centre regeneration, is bringing a million square feet of workspace to the town centre and new life to the Grade II-listed Weir Mill. Old buildings brought back into use and long shopping centre roofs both need a clear record of their condition, and moisture mapping provides it before repairs are priced.
Bredbury Industrial Estate near the M60
Bredbury Industrial Estate lies about three miles from the town centre, less than a mile from junction 25 of the M60, and Chancerygate’s Cromwell Park is adding nine new industrial and warehouse units there. A drone survey records every roof along a run of units, and thermography marks the bays that need a closer look.
Solar on industrial and office roofs
Fitting solar to a Stockport warehouse or office roof starts with a condition survey and moisture mapping, so the array goes onto a membrane with no hidden water beneath it.
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 Stockport to an estate across Greater Manchester, 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 SK1
- Edgeley SK3
- Davenport and Cale Green SK2, SK3
- Offerton SK2
- Hazel Grove SK2, SK7
- The Heatons SK4
- Reddish SK4, SK5
- Brinnington SK5
- Bredbury SK6
- Romiley SK6
- Woodley SK6
- Marple SK6
- High Lane SK6
- Bramhall SK7
- Woodford SK7
- Cheadle SK8
- Cheadle Hulme SK8
- Gatley SK8
- Heald Green SK8
- Poynton SK12
- Hyde SK14
- Wilmslow SK9
- Macclesfield SK10, SK11
- Glossop SK13
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 Stockport 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 heritage buildings in Stockport that are being brought back into use?
Yes. A condition survey with moisture mapping and thermography records the roof as it is before any work starts, so the scope of repairs rests on evidence.
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 warehouses in Stockport, including those at Bredbury?
Yes. Drone surveys and thermography cover warehouse roofs of every size, and core samples confirm the insulation and deck where the readings call for them.
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 Stockport 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 a group of offices or shops in Stockport for one owner?
Yes. Each building’s roof gets its own report, and every report for the portfolio sits together in one place.
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 Stockport 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 Stockport?
Yes. Surveys cover the whole SK postcode area, from the town centre to Cheadle, Bramhall, Marple, Hyde, Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Glossop.
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