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Chimney survey in Kearsney, Kent
A careful look at the chimney stack at your property in Kearsney, and put it all in a photo-illustrated written report.
- Flaunching that has broken away
- Staining on walls around the chimney
- A stack that appears to lean
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Kearsney
Our chimney survey covers the stack and the details that keep water out around it: pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, bricks and the flashings at the roof line. We also look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft where there is safe access. You get a written report with photos and our recommendations. It suits a single stack on a house as well as several on a larger building. We survey flaunching, chimney pots and cowls and chimney breasts, and common reasons people get in touch are disused chimneys trapping moisture and mortar washing out of the joints.
In a smaller place like Kearsney, homes range from older cottages to bungalows and newer houses. Coverings range from slate and clay tiles on older homes to concrete tiles on many later ones. Chimneys, valleys and gutters on older homes frequently need the most attention, and the fixings under the coverings matter too. The fixings under an older roof often fail before good slates or tiles do.
After the visit, you get a written report with photos, sent by email. It sets out the condition of the chimney stack, any defects and our written recommendations.
- Place
- Kearsney (CT16, CT17)
- Region
- Kent
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- A written report with photos, by email
- When we survey
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Landlord and commercial surveys in Kearsney
Letting agents can arrange access with tenants, at a time agreed in advance. Surveys run on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays, which helps when tenants work during the week.
Businesses and commercial landlords can book us too, including offices, shops and units. Larger roofs take longer, so they’re priced to suit.
Practical tips
Here are a few things we’d tell any owner:
- Check with the council before altering a stack in a conservation area or on a listed building
- Use a Gas Safe registered engineer for gas appliances
- Note any damp on chimney breasts and when it appears
- Look at the chimneys with binoculars after a storm
You can send the report to roofers or builders for quotes. With the same list in front of each contractor, comparing quotes is simpler.
Look at your chimneys from ground level now and then, especially after strong winds. Binoculars help you spot loose pots, missing mortar or lifted flashings.
Your questions about chimney surveys in Kearsney
Will you come out to Kearsney?
Yes, we do. We survey roofs across London and the South East, and smaller places are part of that. The journey is planned ahead, so it helps to know about access.
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Kearsney?
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.
How soon will I get the report?
The Premium Survey report comes the same day, the Standard within 24–48 hours and the Basic within 48 hours. Each one is emailed, ready to forward.
What do you check on a chimney?
Every part of the stack we can see from safe positions: from the pots and flaunching down to the flashings. Leaning, unused stacks and damp on chimney breasts are recorded too.
What happens next?
You will receive the report 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.
Are you insured?
We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
How do you inspect a chimney without scaffolding?
We look from ground level, from windows and from the loft where it is safe. A drone inspection is part of the Premium Survey where it applies. Any area we couldn’t view is noted.
What happens on the day
Every visit follows the same pattern: we listen to what’s been worrying you, inspect the roof from each safe vantage point, take photographs as we go and make notes for the report. Most visits take roughly 1–2 hours at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. Homes around Kearsney frequently have gardens on more than one side, which gives us room to step back and see the roof. Let us know if any side is fenced off or hard to reach. Inside, the loft is looked at where it can be reached safely.
- 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.
Getting ready for the survey
- Move anything stored under the loft hatch
- Find any records of previous roof work
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
Arrange a survey
To arrange a survey, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form and let us know the address and what’s prompted the survey. We’ll confirm the price before booking.
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Chimney surveys around Kearsney
Kearsney is within about 3 miles of the coast, so there’s more wind and more salt in the air than further inland. Metal fixings and flashings corrode faster in salt air, while gales work at loose ridges, slates and tiles, and driving rain gets into whatever gap is left. Handmade clay tiles, including Kent peg tiles hung on pegs through two holes, are typical of older Kent buildings. Oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses are part of the county’s older buildings too. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them.
Living close to Old Park Hill is pleasant, but mature trees mean leaves in gutters and valleys each autumn, and an overflowing gutter soon means a wet wall. Take a building like Temple Ewell Church of England Primary School: its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale.
Kearsney is about 1 mile north-west of Dover, in Kent. We visit Kearsney as part of our work across Kent. Kearsney is one of the places in Kent we cover for chimney surveys. Our Canterbury page covers surveys nearby.
Here we cover the CT16 and CT17 postcode area for chimney surveys. We cover properties on Park Road, Lower Road and The Avenue. Neighbouring places we cover for chimney surveys include Temple Ewell (1 mile north), River (1 mile south-east), Whitfield (1 mile north-east), Wolverton (1 mile west) and Dover (1 mile south-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Canterbury (12 miles north-west), Folkestone (6 miles south-west), Ramsgate (15 miles north-east), Deal (7 miles north-east), Hythe (10 miles south-west) and Walmer (7 miles north-east).
What’s near Kearsney
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Royal Oak Cottage The Royal Oak Public House, Old Park Hill and Dover Christ Church Academy and the streets around them. There is a railway station in Kearsney itself: Kearsney station. Nearby you’ll also find Crabble Corn Mill (0.7 miles south-east) and Dover Castle (2.7 miles south-east). Open spaces near Kearsney include Dover Western Heights.
Honest limits
Before booking, it’s worth knowing what a survey won’t do:
- The inside of the flue, which needs a sweep or flue specialist
- Whether a gas appliance or its flue is safe
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can call 07833 053749 or email us and we will tell you before booking. What our survey covers.
Roofs we survey in Kearsney
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Brick chimney stacks
- Chimney breasts
- Lead flashings
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Flaunching
Common roof problems in Kearsney
Stacks that were used for open fires for many years can weaken from the inside. Mortar can deteriorate unevenly from flue gases and moisture, which can make a stack lean.
Things that frequently lead to a survey include:
- Lifted or split lead flashings
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Staining on walls around the chimney
- Worn or missing pointing
If you let a flat or house near Kearsney station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak.
Questions to ask before you book
- Do they have a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID for drone work?
- How they’ll see the roof: from the ground, the loft, the roof or by drone
- What the survey will not cover
- Whether VAT is in the quoted price
What else we do in Kearsney
DIY checks: what’s safe
Look up at the roof after a storm, from ground level: pieces of tile or slate on the ground, a gap in the ridge or a lifted flashing are all worth noting. Don’t go up yourself.
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Use a torch and stay on the joists or boards, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.