Brighton and Hove · London and the South East
Chimney Survey in Brunswick
Get a clear view of the chimney stack at a property in Brunswick. We visit on weekdays and at weekends.
- Redundant stacks capped without ventilation
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
- Lifted or split lead flashings
Chimney survey in Brunswick
For buyers, a chimney survey before exchange can flag work you may want to raise. Cracked flaunching, failed flashings and worn pointing are common findings on older stacks. You get photographs and findings you can take back to the seller or agent. It works alongside a RICS home survey, not instead of one. We are frequently asked to look into gaps where the stack meets the roof and damp patches on chimney breasts, across brick chimney stacks, flaunching and chimney breasts.
Around Brunswick, older cottages sit alongside bungalows and newer houses. Older roofs can have slate, clay tiles or other traditional coverings, while many later ones have concrete tiles. On older homes, chimney stacks, valleys and gutters are typically where the work is. Nails and battens under older coverings often give out before the slates or tiles themselves.
Report times depend on the survey you book: the Basic Survey within 48 hours, the Standard Survey in 24 to 48 hours and the Premium Survey on the same day.
- Place
- Brunswick (BN1, BN3, BN50)
- Wider area
- Brighton and Hove
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Cover
- PI and public liability insurance
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Checking the roof from the ground
After heavy rain, check ceilings and the tops of walls for new stains. Take a photo and write down when you saw it.
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.
Brunswick homes and their roofs
The coast is about 1 mile or less from Brunswick, and being near the sea means more wind and salt than a roof inland would face. Salt corrodes metal fixings and flashings, and wind lifts loose slates, tiles and ridge pieces. Older houses across Sussex often have handmade clay tiles, and many have tile-hanging on their upper walls. Horsham stone slab roofs survive on some old Sussex buildings. Whatever the covering, it’s often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first.
If you run a business near Churchill Square, knowing the roof’s condition lets you budget for work rather than pay for emergencies. The streets around a church like St Stephen's Church are often among the oldest in a place, and if you own one of the older houses nearby, its roof may have old fixings, lead flashings and chimneys that need a closer look.
Brunswick is about 1 mile south-west of Brighton, in Brighton and Hove. If you are in Brunswick, booking works exactly as it does anywhere else: get in touch, agree the price and pick a day. Brunswick is one of the places in Brighton and Hove we cover.
Postcode districts we cover here for chimney surveys: BN1, BN3 and BN50. If you need a chimney survey at a property on Farm Road, York Road and Powis Road or a nearby road, we can survey it. Other places close to Brunswick include Seven Dials (1 mile north-east), West Hill (1 mile north-east), Prestonville (1 mile north), Hove (1 mile north-west) and Carlton Hill (1 mile east). Larger places within reach include Hangleton (3 miles north-west), Patcham (3 miles north), Hollingbury (3 miles north), Bevendean (3 miles north-east), Saltdean (5 miles east) and East Saltdean (6 miles east). As one of the bigger places in Brighton and Hove, Brunswick has every kind of building, from houses and flats to offices.
Around Brunswick
Around Brunswick, our work takes us to homes and buildings near St. Ann's Well Gardens, Maris & Otter pub and The Drive Prep School. The closest station to Brunswick is Brighton station, roughly 0.6 miles north-east of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Old Police Cells Museum (0.7 miles south-east) and Churchill Square (within half a mile east). The countryside around Brunswick includes Whitehawk Hill and Newmarket Hill.
Questions from Brunswick
Do roofs near the sea, like those around Brunswick, take more of a battering?
Frequently, yes. Within about 1 mile of the sea, as Brunswick is, metal fixings wear faster and gales find any loose ridge or slate.
How do I find out if my home in Brunswick is listed?
Your council is the best source, with Historic England’s list for listed buildings. Both listing and conservation areas can limit changes of roofing material, and councils can also use Article 4 directions.
Will you fly a drone over my roof?
Where it helps and the rules allow, yes. Our sub-250g drone is flown by a CAA-registered operator with a Flyer ID and Operator ID, and every flight depends on the airspace and the weather.
How much does a chimney survey cost in Brunswick?
Our price is from £150, including VAT. Our three packages are Basic from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, including VAT.
Will I get photos?
Yes. The report includes photographs of what we found, so you can see each point for yourself.
Is this a RICS survey?
No. We check the roof, not the whole building, so it’s not a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey. Many buyers have both.
Is it a structural engineer’s report?
No. We’re roof surveyors, not structural engineers, and it doesn’t include calculations. We will recommend an engineer if we see signs that call for one.
What we’re asked to look at in Brunswick
A stack takes the weather from every direction. Frost opens up cracks in the mortar, and rain gets into worn bricks and joints. People usually call us when they notice damp or a problem with the stack, or before a purchase.
Here are some of the things we see often:
- Worn or missing pointing
- Loose, cracked or missing pots
- Flaunching that has broken away
- Redundant stacks capped without ventilation
With Royal Pavilion about 0.7 miles east, the area around Brunswick has a long history. If your house is among the older ones, the roof may have been repaired many times, and the survey records how each part is holding up.
Questions to ask before you book
- What follow-up you get after the report
- Whether the loft space is looked at, where there is one
- Do they have a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID for drone work?
- Are they insured for the work?
What we look for on each type of roof
Chimney breasts and the loft
Inside, chimney breasts can show damp when water gets into the stack. We check the breasts and the stack in the loft space where we can reach.
Rendered stacks
We cannot see the bricks behind render without it being opened up, so the report explains what we could and couldn’t assess.
When you need someone else
Our findings are based on what we can see safely on the day, so some things are outside what a survey can do:
- Areas we cannot view from safe positions
- Whether the flue is safe to use
- A structural engineer’s assessment
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we’ll tell you before booking. What a survey covers and doesn’t.
Roofs we survey in Brunswick
- Chimney breasts
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Flaunching
- Brick chimney stacks
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Lead flashings
Tips that help
You don’t need to be a roofer to help. What helps most:
- Check that disused chimneys can still breathe
- Use a Gas Safe registered engineer for gas appliances
- Look at the chimneys with binoculars after a storm
- Never climb onto the roof to look at a chimney
If the stack is shared, you can pass the report to your neighbour. It shows what we found and where from the viewpoints we used.
Check your stacks from the street or garden after a storm. With binoculars, you can often see cracked flaunching or lifted lead.
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What we do, step by step
The visit normally starts outside and finishes in the loft: outside views come first, then the roof space if there’s safe access. All told, expect roughly 1–2 hours for most homes, a little longer where there are several stacks. A visit to Brunswick is planned like any other: the time, the access and where to park are agreed ahead of time. Weekday and weekend visits are both possible. If there are outbuildings or garages you want looked at, mention them.
- First you let us know about the chimneys, any damp on the chimney breasts and any worries.
- We inspect each stack from safe viewpoints outside.
- We check and photograph the pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing and flashings.
- Inside, we look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft where there is safe access.
- You get a photo-illustrated written report and our recommendations.
Before the survey
- Have any questions written down, so nothing gets missed
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
- Show us where any leaks or stains appear
Getting a price
When you are ready to go ahead, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form. From there it’s a case of choosing a package, agreeing the price and fixing a day, weekday or weekend.