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Chimney survey in Albury, Surrey
Not sure what state the chimney stack is in? We carry out chimney surveys in Albury and across Surrey, with plain-English findings.
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Flashings pulling away from the stack
- Damaged chimney pots and cowls
Do you need a chimney survey in Albury?
Flaunching is the mortar bed that holds the pots and throws water off the top. Cracked flaunching lets water in, and each winter makes it worse. In time, the pots can become loose.
Problems we come across often include:
- Worn or missing pointing
- Damaged chimney pots and cowls
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
- Redundant stacks capped without ventilation
For landlords with property near Chilworth station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- Whether you get a written report with photos
- How soon the report will arrive
- What’s outside the scope of the survey
- How they plan to inspect the roof safely
Chimney survey in Albury: what you get
On terraced and semi-detached houses, a chimney stack is frequently shared with next door. We inspect the parts we can see safely and the parts the owner gives us access to. If a defect appears to be on the neighbour’s side, we note it and you can then discuss it with them. You get a photo-illustrated written report and what we recommend. We survey chimney breasts, shared and party-wall stacks and chimney pots and cowls, and people most frequently book us about a stack that appears to lean and pots or cowls that look unsafe.
In a village or hamlet like Albury, older cottages and farmhouses often sit alongside barns, outbuildings and a few newer houses. Older roofs may be clay tile, slate, stone or thatch, frequently with chimneys that have stood a long time. Each needs checking in its own way, and thatch is a specialist material we report on as far as it can be seen. Chimneys and lead flashings on old roofs often need the most attention.
If any part of the chimney stack couldn’t be seen safely, we say so in the report. That way, it’s clear what was covered and what wasn’t.
- Location
- Albury (GU5)
- Wider area
- Surrey
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- A written report with photos, by email
- When we survey
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Can I check my roof myself?
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, checking for stains, damp wood or chinks of daylight.
A DIY look is useful, but it isn’t a survey. From ground level, valleys, flashings and the backs of chimneys are often out of sight, and those are details a survey looks at closely.
What a chimney survey looks like in Albury
About 1.5 miles west lies Chilworth Manor, a reminder of how long the area around Albury has been built on. Older homes in the wider area frequently have features worth a closer look, like lead valleys, tall stacks and roofs that have been patched over the years, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material. Older houses across Surrey frequently have handmade clay tiles, and many have tile-hanging. Horsham stone slab roofs survive on some old buildings in Surrey. Whatever the covering, it’s often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first.
Take an older house close to Church of St Peter and St Paul: corroded nails, tired lead and weathered chimney pointing are the things to watch on older roofs.
Albury is about 4 miles south-east of Guildford, in Surrey. In Albury, as across Surrey, every roof gets the same careful survey. Albury is one of the places in Surrey where we work for chimney surveys.
We cover every part of the GU5 postcode area for chimney surveys and the streets around it. Streets in the area include Weston Fields, Church Lane and Albury Street. If you are just outside Albury, we cover Albury Heath (1 mile south-east), Little London (1 mile south-east), Shere (1 mile east), Gomshall (2 miles east) and East Clandon (2 miles north). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (4 miles north-west), Woking (7 miles north-west), Camberley (13 miles north-west), Epsom (13 miles north-east), Horley (14 miles east) and Redhill (14 miles east).
What’s near Albury
Typical jobs here are in homes near The Drummond Arms, among other places. The nearest railway station is Chilworth station, roughly 1.3 miles west. A little further out are Shere Museum (1.5 miles east) and Guildford Castle (3.4 miles west). The countryside around Albury includes Combe Bottom and Silent Pool.
What this survey cannot tell you
No survey can tell you everything, and it is better to know them up front. Bear these in mind:
- Hidden damage within the stack
- Checks on boilers, fires or their flues
- Whether a stack needs rebuilding on structural grounds
If you’re not sure which survey you need, call 07833 053749 or send us an email and we will give you a straight answer. What a survey covers and does not.
What we check
- Flaunching
- Lead flashings
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Brick chimney stacks
- Chimney breasts
- Chimney pots and cowls
What happens on the day
After the inspection, everything we found is written up in a report with photos, emailed to you. As for time on site, it usually takes roughly 1–2 hours at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. Older roofs in small places like Albury can have low, tight loft spaces, so tell us about the loft hatch and any ladder. Only areas that can be reached safely are inspected.
- You tell us how many stacks there are and any damp or problems you’ve noticed.
- The stacks are looked at from the ground, from windows and from other safe vantage points.
- We check and photograph the pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing and flashings.
- Where there’s safe access, we check the stack in the loft and the chimney breasts for damp.
- The findings are written up with photographs and recommendations and emailed to you.
Before the survey
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
Arrange a survey
Booking is simple: just phone 07833 053749 or email us, let us know about the property and we’ll recommend the right survey. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
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Your questions about chimney surveys in Albury
Do you cover smaller places like Albury?
Yes, Albury is covered. Our area covers London and South East England, and smaller places are part of that. The journey is planned ahead, so it helps to know about access.
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Chilworth station?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. You can ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the address and what you need, and we’ll talk through which survey suits.
Do you use drones?
Yes, where it is applicable. Whether we can fly on the day depends on the weather and the airspace rules. We hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID.
Does someone need to be in?
Someone needs to let us in if we’re looking inside or in the loft. We will talk about access when booking.
How do I arrange a chimney survey in Albury?
Just phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form. After a few questions, we confirm the price and fix a day, weekday or weekend.
What insurance do you have?
Our cover is professional indemnity plus public liability, and we can provide details if a managing agent needs them.
What’s in the survey report?
Written findings with photographs, covering the condition of the chimney stack, the defects we found and what we recommend, in order of urgency where relevant. The Standard Survey adds moisture detection and a structural check, and the Premium Survey adds thermal imaging, drone inspection where it applies and structural analysis.
Why act early in Albury
Cracked flaunching and worn pointing are frequently modest repairs when they’re caught early. Leave it, and frost can work the stack loose, and the work grows. Older cottages and farmhouses around Albury can have roof timbers that have been there a very long time, where water from a failed roof can cause rot if it is left.
A Basic Survey starts from £150, including VAT. The Standard Survey starts from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400, both including VAT. We confirm the price for the job before booking.
Why book us in Albury
- Covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- Over 5,000 surveys carried out
- A sub-250g drone, flown with a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
- 98% customer satisfaction
Nearby places to Albury
Also in Albury
Different roofs, different checks
Chimney pots and cowls
Damaged pots are a safety concern as well as a leak risk. We photograph each pot and note any damage.
Lead flashings
Flashings can lift in wind or pull out of their mortar joints. Any loose or split flashings are recorded.