Essex · London and the South East
Chimney survey in Green Street, Essex
Chimney surveys in Green Street, backed by more than 20 years’ experience. You get a clear report with photos.
- A stack that appears to lean
- Damaged chimney pots and cowls
- Lifted or split lead flashings
Chimney survey in Green Street: what you get
A chimney survey is about the outside of the stack and the roof around it. It’s not a flue inspection, a chimney sweep or a gas safety inspection. If you use a fire or a gas appliance, the flue should be checked by a sweep or a Gas Safe registered engineer as appropriate. If something we see points to the flue, we will say so. Typical surveys look at lifted or split lead flashings and worn or missing pointing, on chimney pots and cowls, flaunching and shared and party-wall stacks.
Some older homes in villages like Green Street are listed or in a conservation area. That can affect what materials can be used when work is done, so check with the council before planning anything. 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.
The report is written in plain words, so you do not need to be a roofer to follow it. Photographs show what each point refers to, with the urgent items made clear.
- Where
- Green Street (CM4)
- Region
- Essex
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Appointments
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insured
- PI and public liability insurance
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Prices for chimney surveys in Green Street
Prices vary from roof to roof, for these reasons:
- If the survey needs thermal imaging or a drone
- The roof’s overall size
- Whether it is a home or a commercial building
- Height and safe access
Simple, low roofs take less time to survey than tall or complicated ones, and the package you pick makes a difference too. We will give you the figure before anything is booked.
What to let us know when you contact us
A little information up front helps. Please include:
- Where the property is, with the postcode
- Dates you are working to, like exchange
- Access details, such as a loft hatch or a shared roof
- The kind of building and roof involved
Once you know what you need, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form. From there it is a case of choosing a package, agreeing the price and fixing a day, weekday or weekend.
What happens if roof problems are left?
Most people never get a proper look at their chimney stacks. Defects tend to go unseen until there’s a stain. A survey gives you a clear picture before that happens. Matching old materials, like handmade tiles or stone slates, can take time to source. That’s one more reason to find defects before they become urgent.
Every price we give includes VAT. Our price is from £150, including VAT. You will know the price for your roof before booking.
Why book us in Green Street
- Independent findings on the roof’s condition
- 98% customer satisfaction
- Drone flown under a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
- Thermal imaging and drones used where they help
Take a look at how roof surveys are priced or what we found on two real jobs.
Green Street questions
Is Green Street within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Our area covers London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the route when you book.
Is my home in Green Street 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.
Are you insured?
Our cover is professional indemnity plus public liability, and details are available on request.
What do you check on a chimney?
The survey covers the pots and cowls, the flaunching, the pointing, the bricks and the flashings. Inside, we look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft where there is safe access. Everything is written up with photos.
Is this an asbestos survey?
No. We do not sample or test for asbestos. Where a material might contain it, such as old cement sheets on a building from before 2000, the report flags it.
Do you climb onto every roof?
Not unless it is safe. Most of what we need can be seen from safe viewpoints, the loft and, where applicable, a drone, and the report notes anything we couldn’t see.
Is it a problem to have an unused chimney?
An unused stack still needs to stay weathertight and ventilated. If it’s capped without ventilation, damp can build up inside. Our survey records its condition and how it is capped, so you can decide with a builder what to do.
How the survey changes by roof type
Chimney pots and cowls
Pots sit in the flaunching on top of the stack, and cowls or caps sit on the pots. The survey looks for cracked, loose or missing pots and cowls.
Brick stacks
Frost can damage bricks that have soaked up water, making the faces flake away. Any spalling is noted with photos.
For landlords and managing agents
Any of our surveys can be booked by landlords, agents and building managers in Green Street. For a price for a let property or a block, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email.
Buyers’ agents can book surveys on behalf of their clients. The report is emailed, so it can go straight to your client.
What we do, step by step
We check the roof from outside and, where it’s relevant and there is safe access, from inside the loft space too. Inside, we look for staining, damp, gaps and signs of movement, as far as the space allows. The whole visit usually takes between one and two hours for most homes, a little longer where there are several stacks. Around Green Street, older homes can have small or awkward roof spaces, so let us know about the loft hatch and any ladder. Only areas that can be reached safely are inspected.
- First you let us know about the chimneys, any damp on the chimney breasts and any worries.
- Each chimney is viewed from wherever it can be seen safely.
- The pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, brickwork and flashings are checked and photographed.
- We check the chimney breasts and the stack in the loft space where we can reach them.
- The findings are written up with photos and recommendations and emailed to you.
Before we arrive
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
- Have any questions written down, so nothing gets missed
- Check the loft hatch can be reached
Getting a price
Getting a price is simple: just ring 07833 053749 or email us, let us know about the property and we will explain which survey suits. The price is agreed up front.
Advice
Green Street homes and their roofs
Clay tiles and timber weatherboarding mark out many of the older buildings in Essex, while many towns grew with post-war and newer estates. Whatever the covering, it’s often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first. The wider area around Green Street has a long history of building, with Ingatestone Hall about 1.9 miles south-east. Older homes in the wider area often have features worth a closer look, such as lead valleys, tall stacks and roofs that have been patched over the years.
If you look after a building like Ingatestone Infant School, large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other. If you live in an older home near Church of St Mary the Virgin, its roof may have old fixings, lead flashings and chimneys that need a closer look. For landlords with property near Ingatestone station, a roof report helps you deal with small faults before they turn into a call from a tenant.
Green Street is about 4 miles north-east of Brentwood, in Essex. Green Street is part of the area we cover as part of our work across London and South East England. Green Street is one of the towns and villages in Essex where we work. We also survey roofs in Chelmsford.
Surveys in CM4 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Neighbouring places we cover for chimney surveys include Beggar Hill (1 mile north), Fryerning (1 mile east), Swallows Cross (1 mile south-west), Mill Green (1 mile north-east) and Ingatestone (1 mile east). We also work in nearby towns like Chelmsford (7 miles north-east), Basildon (8 miles south-east), Harlow (12 miles north-west), Brentwood (4 miles south-west), Maldon (15 miles east) and Canvey Island (14 miles south-east).
Around Green Street
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Anglo European School, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Ingatestone station, about 1.5 miles east of the centre. A little further out are Brentwood Community Hospital (3.8 miles south-west). Open spaces near Green Street include Norsey Wood.
Towns and villages near Green Street
What else we do in Green Street
Before and after the survey
A little preparation and a few simple habits help, both for the survey and for the roof itself. Some pointers:
- Never climb onto the roof to look at a chimney
- Check your stacks from the ground after strong winds
- Photograph damp patches with the date
- Have the flue swept and checked if you use the fire
You can send the report to roofers or builders for quotes. Because everyone is pricing the same findings, the quotes are easier to compare.
Make sure fixings on the stack are sound and taken off if they’re no longer needed. Less load on the stack means less strain in wind.