Oxfordshire · London and the South East
Great Rollright Chimney Survey
Chimney surveys in Great Rollright, with over 20 years’ experience behind it. Every survey ends with a written report and photos.
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Worn or missing pointing
- A chimney out of line
FAQs for Great Rollright
Is Great Rollright within the area you cover?
Yes. Great Rollright is within the area we cover, which takes in towns, villages and rural addresses. We cover the whole of London and South East England. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the route when booking.
Do you carry out roof surveys in Great Rollright?
Yes. Our area covers London and the South East, and Great Rollright is part of that. Just ring 07833 053749 or email us and let us know about the property.
Is it the same as a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey?
No. We check the roof, not the whole building, so it’s not a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey. It can sit alongside a RICS survey if you want both.
Do you carry out surveys on Saturdays and Sundays?
Surveys can be booked for any day of the week: Monday to Friday, Saturdays and Sundays. Just let us know the days that suit you.
Are you insured?
Our surveys are covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance. If you need details for a managing agent or a building owner, just ask.
Can you give me structural calculations?
No. We’re experienced roof surveyors, and visible signs such as sagging are noted, but calculations and an engineer’s opinion are outside what we do. If one is needed, the report says so.
How experienced are you?
Over 20 years and more than 5,000 surveys.
About our chimney survey in Great Rollright
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 photos and findings you can take back to the seller or agent. It complements a RICS home survey rather than replacing it. We survey shared and party-wall stacks, flaunching and lead flashings, and the problems we are asked to look at most are frost-damaged brickwork on the stack and damaged chimney pots and cowls.
Some older homes in villages like Great Rollright are 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 often matched when work is done.
It isn’t only a list of defects. For each finding, it explains what it is, why it matters and what we’d recommend, so you can plan your next steps.
- Where
- Great Rollright (OX7)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Appointments
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Nearby places to Great Rollright
What else we do in Great Rollright
Practical tips
From years of surveys, a few habits stand out as worth the effort:
- Glance at the stacks from the street now and then
- Check fixings on the stack are secure
- Check with the council before altering a stack in a conservation area or on a listed building
- Leave close inspection to people with safe access
Many people use the report to get quotes for the work. With the same list in front of each contractor, comparing quotes is simpler.
Have worn pointing and cracked flaunching dealt with early. It’s far simpler than rebuilding a stack later.
Do you need a chimney survey in Great Rollright?
TV aerials, satellite dishes and their brackets are frequently fixed to chimneys. Their weight and the wind on them can loosen bricks and pointing. We check fixings on the stack as part of the survey.
Common reasons to book include:
- Unused flues sealed without airflow
- Gaps where the stack meets the roof
- Worn or missing pointing
- Cracked or missing flaunching
For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Great Rollright Church of England (Aided) Primary School, a written record of a large roof helps plan work for the holidays rather than in term time.
Questions to ask before you book
- Whether you get a written report with photos
- What follow-up you get after the report
- How long the report takes to arrive
- What they won’t be able to tell you
Local roofs in Great Rollright
Chastleton House, about 4.9 miles west, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Great Rollright. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and the council can say whether a home is in a conservation area. West Oxfordshire’s older buildings frequently carry Cotswold stone slates, and a few villages in the county keep their thatch. Older houses in the South East often have slate or clay tile roofs, while many later estates have concrete tiles. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them.
The streets around a church like Church of St Andrew are often among the oldest in a place, and if your home is one of the older ones nearby, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Great Rollright is about 10 miles south-west of Banbury, in Oxfordshire. We survey roofs in Great Rollright and the rest of Oxfordshire, as part of our work across London and the South East. Great Rollright is one of the places in Oxfordshire we cover. You can also see our page for Oxford.
Postcode districts we cover here for chimney surveys: OX7. You will find streets such as High Street, Chapel End and The Green, and we cover them all. Nearby, we also carry out chimney surveys in Over Norton (2 miles south), Chipping Norton (3 miles south), Salford (3 miles south-west), Sarsden (5 miles south-west) and Churchill (5 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Banbury (10 miles north-east), Witney (13 miles south), Carterton (15 miles south), Kidlington (15 miles south-east), Neithrop (9 miles north-east) and Grimsbury (11 miles north-east).
Near you in Great Rollright
In Great Rollright, that means homes and buildings near The Unicorn Public House and the streets around them. Well-known places in the area include Chipping Norton Museum of Local History (2.6 miles south) and Wheelbarrow Castle (3.5 miles west). For a walk, there is Woodford Bottom and Lamb's Pool.
Different roofs, different checks
Rendered stacks
Cracked render can let water in and trap it behind. We record any cracking and where it is.
Brick stacks
Brick stacks rely on sound pointing to keep water out. The survey looks for crumbling bricks and worn or missing mortar.
What a survey costs
A few things affect what a survey costs:
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
- How complicated the roof is, with its valleys, chimneys and parapets
- Whether thermal imaging or a drone is needed
- The size of the roof
There are three survey packages: Basic from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, with VAT included. What your roof costs depends on its size, access and what you want to find out.
What we need to know
Here’s what helps us most when you get in touch:
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- Anything about access we should know
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
- Photos of the roof, taken safely from the ground or a window
If you are buying, it helps to book soon after your offer is accepted, so there is time to use the report before exchange. Otherwise, simply ring 07833 053749 or send us an email whenever suits you.
DIY checks: what’s safe
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, checking for stains, damp wood or chinks of daylight.
Keep a simple record: dates of leaks, photos from ground level and any work done on the roof. Send it with your enquiry and it will help the survey.
How it works
You don’t need to do much on the day. Show us any stains, drips or problem areas you know about, and we’ll take it from there. A typical survey takes an hour or two for most houses, rising to roughly 3–4 hours on a commercial building. Somewhere like Great Rollright needs a little journey planning: tell us about narrow lanes, gates, long drives and where we can park. The roof is looked at from the ground, from windows, from the loft where there is safe access and from the roof where it’s safe.
- First we talk through the stacks, their history and any problems.
- Each stack is inspected from safe positions outside.
- We photograph and record the pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings.
- Inside, the chimney breasts and the loft are checked for damp where there is access.
- The report, with photographs and recommendations, is emailed to you.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored under the loft hatch
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
Arrange a survey
Our phone lines are open seven days a week. To book or ask a question, call 07833 053749 or send us an email.