Kent · London and the South East
Grove Green Chimney Survey
A careful look at the chimney stack at your property in Grove Green, and put it all in a written report with photos.
- Staining on walls around the chimney
- Damaged chimney pots and cowls
- Redundant stacks capped without ventilation
What you can safely check yourself
You can learn a lot from the ground. Binoculars help you spot slipped slates or tiles, gaps along the ridge and a leaning stack. Never climb onto the roof to look.
Watch the gutters in a downpour, from a window or the ground. Water spilling over the edge can be a sign of a blockage or a gutter that has dropped.
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Grove Green
Chimney stacks take more weather than almost any other part of a house. In time, flaunching cracks, mortar washes out and flashings come loose. That lets water into the brickwork, which can show up as damp on a chimney breast or in the roof space. A survey finds these problems and records them with photographs. If you’ve noticed worn or missing pointing and a chimney out of line, a survey will tell you what’s going on, whatever the roof.
Houses in smaller places like Grove Green can face open ground, where wind and driving rain hit the roof harder. Ridge tiles, verges, chimney stacks and flashings take the worst of it. Checking those edges shows whether anything has begun to work loose. Once one ridge tile or slate moves, wind gets under the next one too.
How fast the report arrives depends on the package: Basic within 48 hours, Standard in 24–48 hours and Premium the same day.
- Where
- Grove Green (ME14)
- Region
- Kent
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- When we survey
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Landlord and commercial surveys in Grove Green
Buyers’ agents can book surveys on behalf of their clients. The report is emailed, so it can go straight to your client.
Letting agents often book on a landlord’s behalf. We agree a time with the tenant beforehand.
Nearby places to Grove Green
More services for Grove Green
What this survey can’t tell you
A survey is a close look at the chimney stack, but it can’t do everything. The main limits are:
- A structural engineer’s assessment
- The inside of the flue, which needs a sweep or flue specialist
- Hidden damage within the stack
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we will tell you before booking. The full list of what we check.
Roofs we survey in Grove Green
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Brick chimney stacks
- Chimney breasts
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Lead flashings
- Flaunching
Local roofs in Grove Green
The wider area around Grove Green has a long history of building, with Stoneacre about 2.5 miles south-east. On older houses around here, roofs often carry the marks of earlier repairs, from replaced slates to new lead, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. Across Kent, older roofs are often handmade clay or peg tiles, and tile-hanging on upper walls is a familiar sight. Oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses are part of the county’s older buildings too. Each of these coverings has its own weak points, from fixings and valleys to flashings, chimneys and gutters.
Shop and office owners around The Mall Maidstone may find that a dated report on the roof is useful for planning and for any lease discussions. The streets around a church like Church of St Luke are often among the oldest in a place, and if your home is one of the older ones nearby, its roof may have old fixings, lead flashings and chimneys that need a closer look. Trees in and around Vinters Valley Park shed leaves that can end up in nearby gutters.
Grove Green is about 1 mile east of Foley Park, in Kent. Grove Green gets the same service as everywhere else we work: a proper look at whatever is safely visible, photographs and a clear written report. Across Kent, we cover Grove Green.
Surveys in ME14 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Whether your property is on New Cut Road, Hampton Road and Bargrove Road or a nearby road, we can survey it. We also cover Penenden Heath (1 mile west), Weavering (1 mile south-east), Foley Park (1 mile west), Harbourland (1 mile north-west) and Detling (1 mile north-east). Larger places within reach include Sittingbourne (9 miles north-east), Gravesend (13 miles north-west), Tonbridge (13 miles south-west), Faversham (15 miles east), Northfleet (14 miles north-west) and Minster (14 miles north-east).
Near you in Grove Green
We work in homes and buildings around Bell Inn, Valley Park School and Vinters Valley Park and the streets around them. Grove Green’s nearest station is Bearsted station, roughly 1.3 miles south-east. Well-known places in the area include KIMS hospital (within half a mile north-east) and Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum (1.4 miles west). The countryside around Grove Green includes Burham Down and Detling Hill.
Questions from Grove Green
Do you cover smaller places like Grove Green?
Yes, Grove Green is covered. We cover the whole of London and South East England, and smaller places are part of that. The journey is planned ahead, so it helps to know about access.
How do I find out if my home in Grove Green is listed?
The council and Historic England’s list are the places to check. Either can affect what roof work is allowed, so it’s worth checking before planning any.
How long is the visit?
It usually takes an hour or two at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. You will then get the report by email.
Do you look in the loft space?
If the survey needs it and the loft space can be reached safely, yes. Please clear anything stored under the hatch.
Our stack is shared. Can you still survey it?
Yes. Shared stacks are common on terraced and semi-detached houses. We record the stack as far as we can see it and flag anything on the neighbour’s side.
How do I book a survey in Grove Green?
To arrange a survey, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address, the type of property and what’s prompted the survey. We will confirm the price and find a day that suits.
How many surveys have you done?
We have been surveying roofs for over 20 years and have completed over 5,000 surveys across London and South East England.
Tips from our surveys
Small things make a difference. Our tips:
- Ask about consent before removing a chimney on an older property
- Look at the chimneys with binoculars after a storm
- Keep the report to compare against at the next survey
- Note any damp on chimney breasts and when it appears
After the visit, we write up the report with photographs of each stack. It explains the condition of each part of the stack and any damp inside. Turnaround is within 48 hours for Basic, 24 to 48 hours for Standard and the same day for Premium.
Check redundant flues are capped with ventilation. That helps stop damp building up inside.
How it works
Time on site depends on the size and shape of the roof; as a rough guide, the survey takes about 1–2 hours at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. If you have questions on the day, just ask. A visit to a smaller place like Grove Green is no different on the day: outside, inside and from any safe vantage point, in that order. Point out any stains, cracks or loose pieces you’ve spotted.
- We go through the chimneys, any damp and any work done on them.
- Each stack is inspected from safe positions outside.
- We photograph and record the pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings.
- We look for damp on chimney breasts and in the roof space.
- You get a written report with photos and recommendations by email.
Preparing for the visit
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
- Find any records of previous roof work
How to book
A quick phone call is typically the easiest start: call 07833 053749 or drop us an email, and we will ask about the building and what you need. The price is agreed before a date is set.
Advice
Leave it or get it looked at?
Cracked flaunching and worn pointing are often modest repairs when they’re caught early. Leave it, and frost can work the stack loose and the job gets bigger. Tradespeople may need to travel further to a smaller place like Grove Green, so it helps to plan roof work rather than call someone out in a hurry. Knowing early gives you time to get the right people in.
Bigger, taller and commercial roofs take more time to survey, so they’re priced to match. The price is confirmed before booking.
Why us?
- Insured for professional indemnity and public liability
- Over 5,000 surveys carried out
- CAA-registered drone operator (Flyer ID and Operator ID)
- More than 20 years surveying roofs