Commercial roof surveys in Sutton
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Sutton and south London, for the people who manage its hospitals, research campus, college, shopping centre and industrial estates and need a reliable account of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every part of the borough, from Sutton town centre and Cheam to Carshalton, Wallington, Beddington and Worcester Park.
The roofs we survey here
Sutton’s commercial roofs run from St Helier Hospital and the Royal Marsden’s Sutton site to the labs of the London Cancer Hub, St Nics and the town centre’s shops and offices, and the warehouses and depots of the industrial area at Beddington.
Much of the borough’s public estate sits under flat roofs from the post-war decades, and on those the usual faults are blistered felt, blocked outlets and insulation that has quietly taken on water.
St Helier and the Royal Marsden
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust serves over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey from sites that include St Helier Hospital, home to Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children, and the Royal Marsden’s Sutton hospital on Downs Road treats cancer alongside its Oak Cancer Centre. Moisture mapping and thermography read these clinical roofs from outside, so care inside is not interrupted.
Carshalton College
Carshalton College, part of the South Thames Colleges Group, teaches beside the green spaces and ponds of Carshalton. Its workshops, studios and teaching blocks are surveyed in visits planned with the college’s estates team, so courses go ahead.
RAAC in schools
One Sutton setting, a special school, was on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. The borough’s other schools, clinics and council buildings with flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s are worth a RAAC survey of their own.
St Nics and the town centre
St Nics, on St Nicholas Way, brings high-street names and local independents together with a cinema, a gym and a family fun zone in Sutton town centre. Electronic leak detection traces water through the flat roofs over its malls and units without lifting the membrane, so the shops and the cinema stay open.
The London Cancer Hub and Beddington
The London Cancer Hub, a partnership between the council and the Institute of Cancer Research beside the Royal Marsden, is set to make Sutton home to the world’s largest cancer life science district, with its Innovation Gateway already open for labs and offices, and the industrial area at Beddington is the borough’s most important employment area. Lab, warehouse and depot roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, with access agreed with each site’s managers.
Solar-ready roofs
Solar panels on a Sutton lab, depot or office should go onto a roof that a condition survey and moisture mapping have already shown to be sound, so no wet insulation is sealed in beneath 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 Sutton to an estate across south London, 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
- Sutton town centre SM1
- Cheam SM1, SM2, SM3
- North Cheam SM3, KT4
- Worcester Park KT4
- Nonsuch SM2, SM3
- Stonecot SM1, SM3
- Belmont SM2, SM5
- The Wrythe SM1, SM5
- St Helier SM1, SM5
- Carshalton SM5
- Carshalton Beeches SM5
- Wallington SM5, SM6
- Beddington SM6
- Hackbridge SM6
- Roundshaw SM6
- Sutton North SM1
- Sutton South SM1, SM2
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 Sutton 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 research buildings in Sutton, such as those at the London Cancer Hub?
Yes. Lab and research roofs, with their extracts and plant, are surveyed by thermography and electronic leak detection, with access agreed with each site’s estates team.
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 roofs at the Royal Marsden and St Helier in Sutton?
Yes. Clinical roofs are read from outside with moisture mapping and thermography, in visits planned with each trust’s estates team so treatment carries on.
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 Sutton 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 shopping centre and town-centre roofs in Sutton?
Yes. Flat roofs over St Nics and the town centre’s shops and offices 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 Sutton 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 Sutton?
Yes. Surveys cover every part of the borough, from Sutton town centre, Cheam and Worcester Park to Carshalton, Wallington, Beddington and Hackbridge.
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