Commercial roof surveys in Warrington
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Warrington and Cheshire, for the landlords, occupiers and estates teams behind its hospital, colleges, business parks and distribution centres who need clear evidence before committing to roof work. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every part of the WA postcode area, from Birchwood to Runcorn.
The roofs we survey here
Warrington’s commercial roofs run from the town centre’s shops around Golden Square to Warrington Hospital on Lovely Lane, the offices of Birchwood Park and the vast distribution sheds of Omega beside the M62.
Big, flat warehouse roofs collect water wherever their falls are shallow or an outlet blocks, and on older town centre buildings it is the parapet gutters and flashings that give way first. Either way, wet insulation can spread a long way before anything shows indoors.
Warrington Hospital and Halton Hospital
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, formed from Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals and Bridgewater Community Healthcare, runs Warrington Hospital on Lovely Lane, with emergency, cardiac, stroke, cancer and maternity care, and Halton Hospital in Runcorn, which specialises in elective and diagnostic care. Surveys on a working hospital are planned with the estates team, and thermography reads the roof from above without entering clinical areas.
Colleges and University Centre
Warrington & Vale Royal College teaches technical courses, T levels, A levels and apprenticeships at its Warrington and Winsford campuses, Priestley College is a sixth form college in the town, and the University of Chester runs University Centre Warrington for practice-based courses in education, health and social care. Visits to classrooms and workshops are arranged with each estates team around teaching.
RAAC in public buildings
No Warrington setting was on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC, but the planks were used well beyond schools: offices, clinics, libraries and leisure centres with flat concrete roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s can still hide them, and a RAAC survey is how to find out.
Golden Square and Birchwood Park
Golden Square Shopping Centre stands on Old Market Place in the town centre, and Birchwood Park at Risley is home to over 6,000 people and more than 160 companies, among them some of the most prominent in the nuclear sector. Office and retail roofs alike are checked with electronic leak detection, which pins a leak to its source without stripping the membrane.
Omega at junction 8 of the M62
Omega, between Liverpool and Manchester with its own junction 8 on the M62, is the largest mixed-use development site in the North West, with Amazon, Asda and The Hut Group among the occupiers of Omega South and almost £1bn of investment behind some 10,000 jobs. Distribution sheds this large are surveyed by drone, with thermography to find wet insulation and core samples to confirm it.
Solar on warehouse and office roofs
Warehouses at Omega and offices at Birchwood are natural sites for solar, and a condition survey with moisture mapping shows whether each roof can take an array.
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 Warrington to an estate across Cheshire, 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 WA1
- Fairfield and Howley WA1, WA2
- Orford WA2
- Poulton WA1, WA2
- Poplars and Hulme WA2
- Birchwood WA3
- Culcheth WA3
- Woolston WA1, WA3
- Great Sankey WA5
- Penketh WA4, WA5
- Burtonwood and Winwick WA2, WA5
- Westbrook WA5
- Chapelford WA5
- Latchford WA4
- Stockton Heath WA4
- Appleton WA4
- Grappenhall WA4
- Lymm WA13
- Newton-le-Willows WA12
- Widnes WA8
- Runcorn WA7
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 Warrington 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 distribution centres in Warrington, including those at Omega?
Yes. Drone surveys and thermography cover the largest distribution roofs, and visits are planned with site managers around deliveries and shift changes.
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 office buildings in Warrington, such as those on Birchwood Park?
Yes. Office roofs are checked with thermography and electronic leak detection, and access is agreed with the park’s or the building’s management so tenants carry on working.
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 Warrington 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 hospital and college buildings in Warrington?
Yes. Clinical and teaching roofs are surveyed from above, with each visit planned with the estates team so nothing below has to move.
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 Warrington 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 Warrington?
Yes. Surveys cover the whole WA postcode area, from the town centre to Birchwood, Lymm, Newton-le-Willows, Widnes and Runcorn.
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