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Heath Park Chimney Survey
Wondering about the chimney stack at a property in Heath Park? We carry out chimney surveys in Heath Park and across Greater London.
- Lifted or split lead flashings
- Signs that a stack is leaning
- Staining on walls around the chimney
About our chimney survey in Heath Park
Many terraced and semi-detached homes share their chimney stacks with a neighbour. We check everything that’s safely in view and what the owner gives us access to. Where a problem seems to involve a neighbour’s side, the report records it, so you can talk to them. You get a written report with photos and what we recommend. We survey shared and party-wall stacks, brick chimney stacks and chimney pots and cowls, and the problems we are asked to look at most are eroded joints in the brickwork and redundant stacks capped without ventilation.
London has a great many flats in converted houses and purpose-built blocks, so roofs are often shared between several households. Landlords, managing agents and residents’ companies need to know what condition it is in and what work is coming up, in Heath Park as anywhere. A defect on a shared roof can reach more than one flat. With a written report and photographs, everyone can plan from the same facts.
The report works through the roof section by section, from the coverings down to the gutters, with a note and a photo for each point. It records what’s sound as well as what isn’t.
- Place
- Heath Park (RM11, RM1, RM2)
- Wider area
- Greater London
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Appointments
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Different roofs, different checks
Flaunching
Sitting at the very top, flaunching is fully exposed. We look for cracks, gaps around the pots and missing pieces.
Brick stacks
Older brick stacks often have soft lime mortar. We note where repairs should match the original mortar.
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How it works
On the day, we start by asking what you’ve noticed and what you’d like to know. We then inspect everything that can safely be seen, using the ground, windows, the loft and a drone where applicable. Most surveys take about 1–2 hours at a typical home, and about three to four hours for a commercial roof. In converted houses and mansion blocks, the loft hatch is frequently on a shared landing. If that applies to your building, it is useful to agree access with the neighbours or the managing agent first. Everything else is planned around the building, not the postcode.
- We go through the chimneys, any damp and any work done on them.
- Each stack is inspected from safe positions outside.
- Pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing and flashings are checked and photographed.
- We look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft space.
- You get a written report with photos and recommendations by email.
How to prepare
- Keep pets inside or away from the areas we are looking at
- Let us know about parking before the day
- Check the loft hatch can be reached
Booking a survey
Not sure which survey you need? It’s easiest to ring 07833 053749 or send us an email and describe the roof and what’s worrying you. We’ll talk you through the options and what they cost.
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Common questions in Heath Park
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Gidea Park station?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. You can call 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address and what you need, and we’ll talk through which survey suits.
How do I find out if my home in Heath Park is listed?
You can check whether a building is listed on Historic England’s list, and your council can tell you if it’s 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.
My chimney looks like it’s leaning. What should I do?
A leaning stack should be looked at. Our survey notes how it looks and the condition of the bricks and joints, and recommend a structural engineer where it may be a structural concern.
What happens next?
The report comes by email, and what you do next is up to you: raise it with a seller, send it to an insurer, brief a roofer or share it with a managing agent.
What does a roof survey cost?
Prices start from £150, including VAT. You’ll know the price for your roof before booking, and it depends on the roof’s size, access and the package you choose. For a price, ring 07833 053749 or email us.
How do I arrange a chimney survey in Heath Park?
The quickest way is to phone 07833 053749 or email us. Give us the address and some details about the roof, and we will take it from there. Surveys run on any day of the week.
Can you tell me if my roof has asbestos?
No. Asbestos surveys and testing are not part of what we do. If we see materials that could contain asbestos, such as cement roof sheets or soffits on buildings from before 2000, we flag them, and recommend a specialist asbestos surveyor checks them before they’re disturbed.
Prices for chimney surveys in Heath Park
Our packages start from £150, including VAT. What you pay for your roof depends on:
- The height of the building and how the roof can be seen safely
- House, block, shop or office
- How complicated the roof is, with its valleys, chimneys and parapets
- Whether you choose the Basic, Standard or Premium Survey
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: its size, its height, how many sections it has and how safely it can be seen. Our price is from £150, including VAT.
Getting in touch
To price your survey accurately, we’ll ask about:
- Pictures from the garden or a window, if you have them
- Access details, such as a loft hatch or a shared roof
- What kind of property and roof it is
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
Surveys can be booked for weekdays, Saturdays or Sundays. To find a date that works for you, call 07833 053749 or email us with the address and the days you’d prefer.
Before and after the survey
There’s plenty you can do without going near the roof. Here’s what helps most:
- Glance at the stacks from the street now and then
- Check unused flues are capped with ventilation
- Leave close inspection to people with safe access
- Use a Gas Safe registered engineer for gas appliances
Many people use the report to get quotes for the work. With the same list in front of each contractor, comparing quotes is simpler.
Unused stacks should be capped in a way that still lets air through. That helps stop damp building up inside.
For landlords and managing agents
An agent can book and manage the survey for a landlord, and the report can go to both. Access is agreed with the tenant ahead of time.
A roof problem in a let property affects your tenants as well as the building. A survey helps you spot issues early and plan the work around your tenants.
Why it’s worth a survey now in Heath Park
If a stack seems to lean, don’t leave it. We record its condition and recommend a structural engineer where needed, so you can decide what to do next. Work on a London roof is rarely simple to arrange, with parking, neighbours and access all to think about. That is a good reason to find problems early, while there is time to plan.
Prices start from £150, including VAT. The final price depends on the size and height of the roof, how it can safely be seen and the package you choose.
What you get with us
- 5,000+ surveys completed
- Photographs and a written report every time
- Two decades and more of roof surveys
- Drone flown under a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
Read what a roof survey costs or two real surveys.
Chimney surveys around Heath Park
Further from the centre, London’s housing takes in interwar semis with hipped roofs in clay or concrete tiles as well as slate-roofed terraces. On a semi of that age, the small roofs over the bays, the hip tiles and any later dormer each need their own look. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first. Hare Hall, about 0.8 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Heath Park. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first.
Take an older house close to Saint Alban Church of England: its chimney, valleys and lead work are likely to be the parts that need attention first. Trees in and around Haynes Park shed leaves that can end up in nearby gutters. If you look after a building such as Squirrels Heath Infant School, long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle.
Heath Park is about 1 mile east of Romford, in Greater London. Heath Park gets the same service as everywhere else we work: a careful look at whatever is safely visible, photographs and a clear written report. We cover towns and villages across Greater London. London is in our area too.
We work across the RM11, RM1 and RM2 postcode area for chimney surveys. Whether your property is on Moss Lane, Park Lane and Manor Road or anywhere close by, we can survey it. We also cover Ardleigh Green (1 mile north-east), Hornchurch (1 mile south-east), Emerson Park (1 mile east), Gidea Park (1 mile north) and Gallows Corner (1 mile north). Further out, we also cover London (14 miles west), St Pancras (14 miles west), Shoreditch (12 miles west), Walthamstow (10 miles west), Hoxton (13 miles west) and Whitechapel (12 miles west).
Local landmarks in Heath Park
Typical jobs here are in homes near Havering College of Further and Higher Education, Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls and Haynes Park, among other places. The closest station to Heath Park is Gidea Park station, about 0.5 miles north. A little further out are The Mercury Mall (0.8 miles north-west) and Upminster Tithe Barn Museum of Nostalgia (2.4 miles east). For a walk, there’s Hornchurch Cutting.