Commercial roof surveys in Truro
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Truro and Cornwall, for the people who look after its hospital, college, council offices, markets and industrial estates and need a trustworthy record of each roof. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach the TR postcode area, from Threemilestone and Probus to Falmouth, Redruth, Camborne, Newquay and Penzance.
The roofs we survey here
Truro’s commercial roofs run from the Royal Cornwall Hospital and the Knowledge Spa at Treliske to Truro and Penwith College, Cornwall Council’s offices at New County Hall, the city’s indoor markets, and the industrial estates at Newham and Threemilestone.
Atlantic weather reaches Truro from both coasts, and the granite and slate buildings of the city centre sit beside flat-roofed offices and units, so a single street can hold very different roofs with very different faults.
The Royal Cornwall Hospital
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust cares for around 470,000 people, a number that rises in peak visitor seasons, and its Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske, the biggest hospital in Cornwall, spreads its services across the Trelawny Wing, the Tower Block and the Princess Alexandra Wing. Thermography and moisture mapping read the roofs over each wing from outside, so care carries on.
The Knowledge Spa and Truro and Penwith College
The University of Exeter’s Truro Campus is the Knowledge Spa at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, a modern, multi-disciplinary building with its own specialist teaching facilities, and Truro and Penwith College teaches across three campuses, Truro’s a purpose-built hub of 13 buildings. Teaching blocks and labs are surveyed in visits agreed with each estates team.
RAAC and Cornwall’s schools
No Truro setting was on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC, and Cornwall’s one was a further education college in Camborne. Flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s on the city’s other public buildings can still hide the planks, and a RAAC survey brings them to light.
The markets
Truro has two indoor markets, the Pannier Market on Back Quay and Lemon Street Market, with the farmers’ market on Lemon Quay, among the independent shops of the city centre. Electronic leak detection traces water through the market and shop roofs without lifting the membrane, so stallholders carry on below.
Langarth Garden Village and the estates
Langarth Garden Village, led by Cornwall Council, is planned around an energy centre and a deep geothermal district heat network, and the city’s industrial estates at Newham and Threemilestone hold its warehouses and trade units. Unit and community building roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, with access agreed with each occupier.
Solar-ready roofs
Truro’s units and offices can take solar arrays, and each one should follow a condition survey and moisture mapping, so the panels sit on a dry, sound deck.
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 Truro to an estate across Cornwall, 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 TR1
- Truro Boscawen and Redannick TR1, TR2, TR3, TR4
- Truro Moresk and Trehaverne TR1, TR4
- Truro Tregolls TR1
- Gloweth, Malabar and Shortlanesend TR1, TR3, TR4
- Threemilestone and Chacewater TR3, TR4, TR16
- Probus and St Erme TR1, TR2, TR4, TR8
- Feock and Kea TR3, TR4
- St Agnes TR4, TR5, TR16
- Perranporth TR4, TR5, TR6, TR16
- Falmouth TR10, TR11
- Penryn TR10, TR11
- Redruth TR15, TR16
- Camborne TR14, TR27
- Pool TR14, TR15
- Helston TR12, TR13
- Hayle TR27
- St Ives TR26, TR27
- Penzance TR18
- Newquay TR7, TR8
- St Columb Major TR8, TR9
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 Truro 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 industrial units and council buildings in Truro?
Yes. Units at Newham and Threemilestone and the city’s council buildings are surveyed by drone and thermography, with access agreed with each occupier.
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 Cornwall Hospital and the college in Truro?
Yes. Ward, lab and teaching roofs are read from above with thermography and moisture mapping, 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 Truro 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 market and shop roofs in Truro city centre?
Yes. Market halls and shop roofs in the city centre 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 Truro 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 Truro?
Yes. Surveys cover Truro and the TR area around it, from Threemilestone and Probus to Falmouth, Redruth, Camborne, Helston, Newquay, St Ives and Penzance.
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