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Hampton Wick Chimney Survey
Chimney surveys around Hampton Wick, with a written report you can act on. Weekday and weekend visits available.
- Worn or missing pointing
- Pots or cowls that look unsafe
- Bricks with flaking faces
About our chimney survey in Hampton Wick
A leaning chimney stack is worth having looked at. A stack may lean because the mortar on one side has weakened, which can happen over many years of use. The survey notes how the stack looks, how far it seems to lean and the state of the bricks and joints. Where it may be a structural concern, we’ll recommend a structural engineer. If you’re worried about eroded joints in the brickwork and pots or cowls that look unsafe, we can find out what’s behind it, on chimney breasts, shared and party-wall stacks and lead flashings alike.
Victorian and Edwardian terraces are found right across London, many with Welsh slate roofs, shared chimney stacks and parapet or valley gutters. Slates can last a century or more, but the nails holding them corrode, and slates slip. In Hampton Wick, as across London, that’s why a roof needs a close look rather than a glance from the street. Lead flashings and shared chimney stacks on these houses need a careful look too.
Findings are set out part by part, from the coverings down to the gutters, each with a short note and a photo. It records what’s sound as well as what isn’t.
- Location
- Hampton Wick (KT1, KT2, TW11)
- Region
- Greater London
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- A written report with photos, by email
- When we survey
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Hampton Wick: your questions answered
How do I find out if my home in Hampton Wick is listed?
You can check whether a building is listed on Historic England’s list, and your council can tell you if it is in a conservation area. If a home is listed, changes that affect its special interest need listed building consent, and in a conservation area re-roofing in different materials may need permission.
I let a flat near Hampton Wick station. Can you check the roof?
Yes, that is a common request. Let us know whether a tenant or an agent will let us in, and we can send the report to you or your agent.
When does the report arrive?
Basic reports arrive within 48 hours, Standard reports in 24–48 hours and Premium reports on the same day. All of them come by email, ready to forward.
Do you use drones?
Where it helps and it is safe, yes. Flights depend on the weather on the day and airspace rules. We hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID.
What’s the best way to book?
It’s easiest to ring 07833 053749 or email us. Give us the address and a few details about the roof, and we will take it from there. Surveys run on any day of the week.
What happens after the survey?
You will get the report by email, with photographs and clear recommendations. With Standard there is a follow-up consultation; with Premium, an in-person consultation.
Do I need to be at home?
If the survey includes the loft or the inside of the building, someone needs to let us in. Access is agreed with you when booking.
What affects the cost of chimney surveys
What a survey costs depends on the time and equipment it needs. That comes down to:
- Building height and the viewpoints available
- Basic, Standard or Premium
- The shape of the roof and its details
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
Prices start from £150, including VAT, for a Basic Survey. The Standard Survey starts from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400, both inc. VAT. You’ll know the price for your roof before booking.
Getting in touch
The more you tell us, the easier it is to price the survey. When you contact us, it helps to mention:
- The reason for the survey, such as buying, a leak or storm damage
- Any deadline, such as an exchange date
- Your postcode, so we can check access and travel
- Any marks or damp showing indoors
Booking 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.
Why it’s worth a survey now in Hampton Wick
Damp in a chimney breast typically gets worse while the cause is left. It can stain walls and damage plaster. Finding the cause means the right work can be planned. A hidden valley or parapet gutter on a London house can hold water for weeks before anyone notices. By the time a ceiling stains, the timbers underneath may have been wet for a while.
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: its size, its height, how many sections it has and how it can be reached and seen safely. Chimney survey starts from £150, including VAT.
Why book us in Hampton Wick
- Insured for professional indemnity and public liability
- Independent findings on the roof’s condition
- A sub-250g drone, flown with a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
- Every finding written up with photos
Take a look at what a roof survey costs and two real surveys.
Signs you need a chimney survey in Hampton Wick
The flaunching on top of a stack holds the pots in place and sheds water. Cracked flaunching lets water in, and each winter makes it worse. Loose pots can follow.
A survey can pick up problems such as:
- A chimney out of line
- Pots or cowls that look unsafe
- Mortar washing out of the joints
- Damp patches on chimney breasts
Anyone responsible for a site like St John the Baptist Church of England Junior School will know that long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle.
Before you book anyone
- Their drone registration, if they fly one
- Which parts of the roof they’ll actually see
- What the survey won’t cover
- Whether VAT is in the quoted price
Landlords, agents and block managers in Hampton Wick
With a portfolio of properties, surveys can be booked for more than one address. To discuss a number of properties, call 07833 053749 or send us an email.
An agent can book and manage the survey for a landlord, with the report sent to whoever needs it. We agree a time with the tenant beforehand.
Also near Hampton Wick
Also in Hampton Wick
What a chimney survey looks like in Hampton Wick
In outer London, interwar semis with hipped, tiled roofs sit alongside older slate-roofed terraces. If your home in Hampton Wick is one of them, bay roofs, hips and later dormers each have their own details. Whatever the covering, it is often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first. About 1.4 miles south-west lies Hampton Court Palace, a reminder of how long the area around Hampton Wick has been built on. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material.
If you run a business near Bentall Centre, knowing the roof’s condition lets you budget for work rather than pay for emergencies. Landlords with a home close to Hampton Wick station may find that a dated record of the roof is useful when planning maintenance across a let.
Hampton Wick is about 3 miles south-east of Twickenham, in Greater London. Houses, flats, blocks and commercial buildings in Hampton Wick can all book chimney surveys, with a written report and photographs every time. Hampton Wick is one of the towns and villages in Greater London where we work for chimney surveys. There is also a page for London.
Postcode districts we cover here for chimney surveys: KT1, KT2 and TW11. You will find streets such as Park Road, Fife Road and East Road. Other places close to Hampton Wick include Teddington (1 mile north-west), Ham (2 miles north), East Molesey (2 miles west), Strawberry Hill (2 miles north-west) and Hampton Hill (2 miles north-west). Within a short drive, we also cover London (11 miles north-east), City of Westminster (10 miles north-east), Marylebone (10 miles north-east), Kensington (8 miles north-east), St Pancras (11 miles north-east) and Shoreditch (13 miles north-east).
Near you in Hampton Wick
Typical jobs here are in homes near Foresters Arms, Tiffin School and Kingston Grammar School and the streets around them. There is a railway station in Hampton Wick itself: Hampton Wick station. Nearby you will also find Chessington Castle Hill (3.8 miles south) and Metropolitan Police Mounted Branch Museum (2.3 miles south-west). Not far away are The Wood and The Lake.
The survey, step by step
The aim of the visit is simple: to look at the chimney stack as closely as is safe and record what we find. Everything we note and photograph goes into the written report. It normally takes an hour or two at most homes, though large, tall or awkward roofs take more time. Surveys in Hampton Wick can be booked for any day of the week. It helps if you can point us to a visitor permit or a nearby bay, and to clear a path to the loft hatch. A back bedroom window can be the best vantage point for a rear addition, so we may ask to use one.
- You let us know how many stacks there are and any damp or problems you’ve noticed.
- The stacks are looked at from ground level, from windows and from other safe vantage points.
- Every part we can see is checked: pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, bricks and flashings.
- We check the chimney breasts and the stack in the loft space where we can reach them.
- You get a written report with photos and our recommendations.
Getting ready for the survey
- Move anything stored under the loft hatch
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
- For flats, make sure roof access has been agreed
How to book
Our phone lines are open seven days a week. For a price or to book, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email.
Advice
When you need someone else
Our survey isn’t a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey, a structural engineer’s report or an asbestos survey. Other limits to bear in mind:
- A structural engineer’s assessment
- The inside of the flue, which needs a sweep or flue specialist
- Areas we cannot view from safe positions
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we will tell you. The full list of what we check.
What we look at
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Flaunching
- Brick chimney stacks
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Chimney breasts
- Lead flashings