Hertfordshire · London and the South East
Chimney Survey in Babbs Green
Get a clear view of the chimney stack at a property in Babbs Green. Visits run on weekdays and weekends, in the daytime.
- Mortar washing out of the joints
- Cracked or missing flaunching
- Bricks with flaking faces
How we price chimney surveys
Prices vary from roof to roof, and it comes down to:
- Height and safe access
- Extra roofs, like extensions, dormers or garages
- Basic, Standard or Premium
- Whether it’s a home or a commercial building
The cost of a survey depends on the roof: its size, its height, how many sections it has and how safely it can be seen. Prices start from £150, including VAT.
Booking your survey
The more you let us know, the easier it is to price the survey. When you contact us, tell us:
- How the loft is reached, if there is one
- What kind of property and roof it is
- Photos of the roof, taken safely from the ground or a window
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
We survey roofs on weekdays and at weekends. To find a date that works for you, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email.
About our chimney survey in Babbs Green
Many homes have chimneys that are no longer used. A disused stack still needs looking after. If it has been capped without ventilation, damp can build up inside it. Our survey looks at how each unused stack has been capped and checks the breasts for damp. You get photos of each stack and our recommendations. Typical surveys look at damp patches on chimney breasts and pots or cowls that look unsafe, on lead flashings, shared and party-wall stacks and chimney pots and cowls.
Older buildings in small places like Babbs Green may be listed or in a conservation area. If yours is, re-roofing in different materials may need consent, so the council is the place to check. Knowing the roof’s condition helps you plan ahead with that in mind. Older materials such as clay tiles, slate and stone are frequently matched when work is done.
It is not only a list of defects. It explains what we found, why it matters and what we recommend.
- Place
- Babbs Green (SG12)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- A written report with photos, by email
- Appointments
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
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Questions from Babbs Green
Will you come out to Babbs Green?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. We survey roofs across London and South East England. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there as you book.
Is my home in Babbs Green listed or in a conservation area?
For listing, use Historic England’s list; for conservation areas, ask the council. It matters most if you’re planning to re-roof in a different material.
Do you need to get into the loft?
Typically, if there’s one and it can be reached safely. The roof space can show things the outside cannot, such as damp timbers, staining or daylight.
What does a chimney survey cover?
The survey covers the pots and cowls, the flaunching, the pointing, the bricks and the flashings. We also check chimney breasts and the stack in the roof space where we can reach. You get a written report with photos.
My chimney looks like it’s leaning. What should I do?
Have it checked rather than leaving it. Leaning often comes from mortar breaking down unevenly. The survey records what we can see, and a structural engineer can confirm whether it is stable.
Will you go up on the roof?
Only where it’s safe to do so. We inspect everything that’s safely in view: from ground level, from windows and vantage points, from the roof space, from the roof itself where safe and by drone where it applies. Anything we cannot see is noted in the report.
Is this a RICS survey?
No. We’re experienced roof surveyors, and our survey covers the roof rather than the whole building. For the rest of the building, a RICS home survey is a separate job.
Practical tips
Most of what helps is simple and safe from ground level. A few suggestions:
- Check with the council before altering a stack in a conservation area or on a listed building
- Check unused flues are capped with ventilation
- Have brackets on the chimney checked
- Keep track of stains on chimney breasts
Many people use the report to get quotes for the work. Because everyone is pricing the same findings, the quotes are easier to compare.
Check your stacks from the street or garden after a storm. With binoculars, you can often see cracked flaunching or lifted lead.
What this survey can’t tell you
It is a careful look at the chimney stack, not the whole story. The main limits are:
- A structural engineer’s assessment
- Hidden sides of a shared stack
- Gas safety checks, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
If in doubt, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we will point you to the right survey. What our survey covers.
Roof types and parts we check
- Chimney breasts
- Brick chimney stacks
- Lead flashings
- Flaunching
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Shared and party-wall stacks
What a chimney survey looks like in Babbs Green
Across the South East, older homes tend to have slate or clay tiles, and many later ones concrete tiles. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first. With Much Hadham Palace about 3.2 miles north-east, Babbs Green sits in an area with a long building history. Older homes in the wider area often have features worth a closer look, like lead valleys, tall stacks and roofs that have been patched over the years, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first.
If you let a flat or house near Ware station, a roof report helps you deal with small faults before they turn into a call from a tenant. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Wareside Church of England Primary School, large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other. Take an older house close to Church of the Holy Trinity: the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Babbs Green is about 2 miles east of Ware, in Hertfordshire. From houses to flats and shops in Babbs Green, the roof can be surveyed. We cover towns and villages across Hertfordshire. For surveys nearby, see our Chelmsford page.
We survey roofs across SG12 for chimney surveys. You will find streets like Kingham Road and Appleton Avenue, and we cover them all. Close by, we survey roofs in Wareside (1 mile south-east), Cold Christmas (1 mile north-west), Widford (2 miles east), Nether Street (2 miles east) and Hunsdon (2 miles south-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Stevenage (10 miles north-west), Bishop's Stortford (7 miles north-east), Welwyn Garden City (9 miles west), Hitchin (15 miles north-west), Hoddesdon (5 miles south) and Cheshunt (9 miles south).
What’s near Babbs Green
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to The Chequers Public House. The closest station to Babbs Green is Ware station, about 2.5 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Museum of Street Lighting (2.5 miles south-west) and Barrowfield (3.4 miles south-west). Open spaces near Babbs Green include Amwell Quarry.
Should I look at the roof myself first?
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
Your own check is a good start, but it is not a survey. From ground level, valleys, flashings and the backs of chimneys are frequently out of sight, and those are details a survey looks at closely.
Leave it or get it looked at?
Before deciding what to do with a redundant stack, a survey shows how it is doing. In a conservation area or on a listed building, changes may need permission from the council and the council can advise. Outbuildings and barns around Babbs Green are easy to forget, but a failed roof there can spoil what’s stored inside. It’s worth including them in a survey before a winter does the damage.
To find out what your survey will cost, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the address and a few details. We’ll confirm the figure before booking.
What you get with us
- 20+ years’ experience
- Surveys seven days a week
- 5,000+ surveys completed
- Package prices that include VAT
What we do, step by step
After the inspection, everything we found is written up as a report with photos, sent to you by email. As for time on site, it typically takes between one and two hours for most homes, a little longer where there are several stacks. For a village or hamlet like Babbs Green, the journey is planned beforehand: let us know about lanes, gates and parking. The roof is looked at from the ground, from windows, from the loft where there’s safe access and from the roof where it is safe.
- First you let us know about the chimneys, any damp on the chimney breasts and any worries.
- The stacks are looked at from ground level, from windows and from other safe vantage points.
- The pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, brickwork and flashings are checked and photographed.
- Inside, we look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft where there is safe access.
- You get a report with photos and our recommendations.
Getting ready for the survey
- Point out any leaks or damp patches
- Clear the way to the loft hatch
- Have keys ready for side gates, garages or roof access doors
Arrange a survey
If you have photos of the roof, send them over. Pictures from the ground or a window are fine; never climb up to get a better view. To send them or to book, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email.