Commercial roof surveys in Wigan
Roofcheck provides commercial and industrial roof surveys across Wigan and Greater Manchester, for the people who manage its hospitals, colleges, shopping centres, factories and distribution sites and need a plain account of each roof’s condition. Moisture mapping, thermography, electronic leak detection, drone and RAAC surveys reach every part of the WN postcode area, from Standish to Leigh.
The roofs we survey here
Wigan’s commercial roofs run from the town centre’s shops and offices and the Galleries site to the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, the college campuses in Wigan and Leigh, and the factories and distribution centres around the borough.
Wet weather crossing the borough’s open ground finds every weak lap and blocked outlet on a flat roof, and older town centre buildings add parapet gutters that overflow once they silt up. Water that gets past them spreads through the insulation unseen.
The infirmary, Leigh and Wrightington
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a local population of 326,000 from the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, a district general hospital of 513 beds, Leigh Infirmary and Wrightington Hospital, where Sir John Charnley performed the first ever total hip replacement. Their roofs are read from above with thermography and electronic leak detection, around the plant, so the wards below carry on as usual.
Wigan & Leigh College and the sixth forms
Wigan & Leigh College teaches at its Parsons Walk campus in Wigan and in Leigh, and is home to the North-West Construction Technical Excellence College; Winstanley College and St John Rigby College, a Catholic college, teach sixth formers. Visits to teaching blocks and workshops are booked around the college calendar with each estates team.
RAAC in schools
Two Wigan schools, one primary and one secondary, were on the Department for Education’s last published list of settings with confirmed RAAC. The same planks went into council buildings, clinics and offices with flat roofs from the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s, and a RAAC survey tells an owner whether a roof contains them.
The Grand Arcade and Fettlers
The Grand Arcade shopping centre stands on Crompton Street in the town centre, and Wigan Council’s Fettlers scheme is turning the old Galleries into a new neighbourhood with a central market hall, a Hampton by Hilton hotel, a public square, a multimedia centre and more than 400 homes. Neighbouring roofs take knocks and debris from a building site, so a survey before and after the works gives their owners a record to compare.
Food factories and distribution near the M6
Wigan Council lists Kraft-Heinz, Uncle Joe’s, Poundland Distribution, NicePak and AB World Food among the local, national and international businesses the borough is home to, and its M58 Link Road will join the M58 and M6 junction to Pemberton Business Park. Factory and warehouse roofs on this scale are mapped bay by bay by drone, with thermography to find the wet ones.
Solar on factory and warehouse roofs
A Wigan factory or distribution roof is a natural place for solar panels, but only once a condition survey and moisture mapping have shown the membrane underneath to be sound.
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 Wigan 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 WN1
- Wigan West WN1, WN5, WN6
- Pemberton WN5
- Orrell WN5
- Winstanley WN3, WN4, WN5
- Worsley Mesnes WN3
- Douglas WN3, WN5, WN6
- Ince WN1, WN2, WN3
- Standish WN1, WN6
- Shevington WN6
- Hindley WN2
- Aspull WN2
- Abram WN2, WN3
- Ashton-in-Makerfield WN4
- Billinge WN4, WN5
- Up Holland WN5, WN8
- Leigh WN7
- Skelmersdale WN8
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 Wigan 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 food factories and distribution centres in Wigan?
Yes. Large production and storage roofs are surveyed by drone and thermography, and every visit keeps to the site’s hygiene and safety rules.
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 hospital roofs in Wigan, Leigh and Wrightington?
Yes. Roofs over wards and theatres are checked from above with thermography and electronic leak detection, with visits planned alongside the trust’s 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 Wigan 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 town centre buildings in Wigan before and after nearby works?
Yes. A survey before work starts next door, and another once it finishes, gives the owner a clear record of any damage to the roof.
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 Wigan 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 Wigan?
Yes. Surveys cover the whole WN postcode area, from the town centre to Standish, Orrell, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Hindley, Leigh and Skelmersdale.
Get a roof check in Wigan
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