Commercial roof surveys in Swindon
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Swindon and Wiltshire, for the people who run its hospital, college, shopping centres, factories, head offices and distribution parks and need a thorough record of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the SN postcode area, from Stratton and Old Town to Royal Wootton Bassett, Chippenham, Marlborough and Highworth.
The roofs we survey here
Swindon’s commercial roofs run from the Great Western Hospital and New College’s campuses to the Brunel in the town centre, the outlet and the National Trust’s head office on Kemble Drive, BMW’s plant at Stratton, and the distribution sheds along the M4.
Swindon’s roofs range from Victorian brick sheds to big modern warehouses and glass-fronted offices, and each kind has its own way of letting water in.
The Great Western Hospital
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs the Great Western Hospital on Marlborough Road, and with the trusts at Bath and Salisbury forms BSW Hospitals Group, whose 17,600-plus colleagues care for over one million people. Moisture mapping and thermography read its ward and theatre roofs from outside, so care goes on below.
New College Swindon
New College Swindon teaches on two campuses across the town, North Star on North Star Avenue and Queens Drive on New College Drive. Workshops, labs and teaching blocks are surveyed in visits arranged with the college’s estates team, around classes.
RAAC surveys
No Swindon setting was on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. Swindon’s other flat-roofed public buildings from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s, its offices, clinics and community centres among them, can still hide the planks, and a RAAC survey tells you where.
The Brunel and the outlet
The Brunel, the heart of Swindon shopping, has over 60 shops, restaurants and cafés, and Designer Outlet Swindon on Kemble Drive brings together brands from Polo Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger to Guess and Joules. Leaks in the roofs over malls and stores are found with electronic leak detection, so shoppers carry on below.
BMW’s plant and the National Trust
BMW Group Plant Swindon fills a 425,000 square metre site off Bridge End Road, making the doors, bonnets, tailgates and other hang-on parts for the MINIs built at Plant Oxford, and the National Trust’s head office, Heelis, on Kemble Drive, is an example of innovative and sustainable building. Factory and office roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, with access agreed with each site’s managers.
Solar on warehouses
Swindon’s warehouses and factory roofs are natural sites for solar, so long as a condition survey and moisture mapping have checked each deck before an array is fixed down.
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 Swindon to an estate across Wiltshire, 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 SN1, SN2
- Old Town and Lawn SN1, SN3
- Rodbourne Cheney SN2, SN25
- Gorse Hill SN2
- Penhill and Pinehurst SN2, SN25
- Upper Stratton SN2, SN3, SN25
- Lower Stratton SN1, SN2, SN3
- Covingham and Nythe SN3
- Walcot SN1, SN3
- Haydon Wick SN2, SN25
- Priory Vale SN2, SN25
- Shaw and Westlea SN5
- Wroughton and Wichelstowe SN1, SN4
- South Marston SN3
- Highworth SN6
- Royal Wootton Bassett SN4, SN5
- Cricklade SN5, SN6
- Chippenham SN14, SN15
- Calne SN11
- Marlborough SN8
- Devizes SN10
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 Swindon 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 factories and distribution sheds in Swindon, such as those along the M4?
Yes. Factory and distribution roofs are mapped by drone and thermography, with access agreed with each occupier so production and deliveries carry on.
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 Great Western Hospital and New College in Swindon?
Yes. Clinical and teaching roofs are read with moisture mapping and thermography 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 Swindon 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 head offices in Swindon?
Yes. Head office and business park roofs are tested with electronic leak detection and moisture mapping, with access agreed with each building’s facilities team.
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 Swindon 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 Swindon?
Yes. Surveys cover Swindon and the SN area around it, from Stratton, Wroughton and Highworth to Royal Wootton Bassett, Chippenham, Calne, Marlborough and Devizes.
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