Hampshire · London and the South East
Chimney Survey in Medstead
A survey of chimney stacks, pots, flashings and flaunching for Medstead, from an experienced roof surveyor. You get a clear written report with photos.
- Eroded joints in the brickwork
- A chimney out of line
- Flashings pulling away from the stack
Your questions about chimney surveys in Medstead
Can a landlord with a rental near Alton station book a roof survey?
Yes. We survey roofs for landlords, letting agents and managing agents as well as owners. You can ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address and what you need.
Do you cover smaller places like Medstead?
Yes. Medstead is within the area we cover, which takes in towns, villages and rural addresses. We work right across London and the South East. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the route when you book.
Do you survey roofs on blocks of flats?
Yes, once access has been agreed. The roof of a block or converted house is often shared, so we need permission from whoever owns or manages the building. We can only inspect what we are given access to.
Can you inspect my roof with a drone?
Yes, where it’s applicable. Flights depend on the weather on the day and airspace rules, and we check for restrictions near airports before flying. We hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID.
Do you carry professional indemnity insurance?
We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance, for every survey we carry out.
What if it rains on the day?
It can, depending on the survey. Drones cannot fly safely in strong wind or a downpour, and thermal imaging works best with a dry roof, little wind and a sunny day beforehand. We’ll rearrange with you if the weather is not right.
What causes damp on a chimney breast?
There are a few common causes: cracked flaunching, worn pointing, failed flashings, uncapped pots, or damp trapped in an unventilated stack. Our survey checks each of these and records the likely cause.
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Medstead
Chimney stacks take more weather than almost any other part of a house. In time, flaunching cracks, mortar washes out and flashings come loose. Water then gets into the stack and can show as damp on a chimney breast or a stain in the loft. A survey finds these problems and records them with photographs. If you’re worried about damaged chimney pots and cowls and disused chimneys trapping moisture, a survey will tell you what’s going on, whatever the roof.
In a smaller place like Medstead, some roofs stand more exposed to wind and rain than in a built-up town. That weather tells first on ridges, verges, chimneys and flashings. A proper look shows whether anything has started to loosen. Once one ridge tile or slate moves, wind gets under the next one too.
You receive the findings by email, easy to pass on to a roofer, an agent or an insurer. Basic reports come within 48 hours, Standard within 24–48 hours and Premium on the day.
- Place
- Medstead (GU34)
- Region
- Hampshire
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
What we’re asked to look at in Medstead
TV aerials, satellite dishes and their brackets are often fixed to chimneys. Their weight and the wind on them can loosen bricks and pointing. Any fixings on the stack are checked and recorded.
Look out for signs like these:
- Mortar washing out of the joints
- Gaps in the mortar around the pots
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
If yours is one of the older homes in the streets near Church of the Good Shepherd, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Before you book any roof surveyor
- How they plan to inspect the roof safely
- Do they have a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID for drone work?
- Their report turnaround times
- How much experience they have with roofs like yours
Nearby places to Medstead
What else we do in Medstead
For landlords and managing agents
Freeholders and residents’ companies use a roof report to plan and budget, putting the urgent items at the top.
With a portfolio of properties, you can book surveys for several addresses. To discuss a number of properties, phone 07833 053749 or email us with the addresses.
How it works
We’ll ask a few questions first, about the roof’s history, any leaks and past repairs. Then the inspection itself takes an hour or two at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. Homes around Medstead frequently have gardens on more than one side, which gives us room to step back and see the roof. Mention any side of the property we cannot get to. Inside, the loft is checked 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.
- 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.
Preparing for the visit
- Tell us where we can park nearby
- Check we can get to the back of the property
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
Book a survey
If you are buying, it helps to book soon after your offer is accepted, so there is time to use the report before exchange. For any other survey, just ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email when you’re ready.
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When you need someone else
We only report everything that’s safely in view on the day, so some things are outside what a survey can do:
- Areas we cannot view from safe positions
- Structural calculations for a leaning stack
- Whether a gas appliance or its flue is safe
If in doubt, phone 07833 053749 or email us and we will suggest the right survey. What a survey covers and does not.
What this survey covers
- Chimney breasts
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Lead flashings
- Brick chimney stacks
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Flaunching
Before and after the survey
A few practical points come up again and again on our surveys. They’re worth knowing whatever the roof:
- Leave close inspection to people with safe access
- Note any damp on chimney breasts and when it appears
- Glance at the stacks from the street now and then
- Use the report as a baseline for future checks
If anything in the report is not clear, just ask us. The Standard Survey includes a follow-up consultation and the Premium Survey an in-person consultation.
Get small mortar repairs done while they’re small. Small repairs now can save bigger work later.
What you can safely check yourself
The one thing to avoid is getting up close. Roofs are fragile and slippery, and a fall can be serious. That is where a survey comes in.
Watch the gutters in a downpour, from a window or the ground. Overflowing water can be a sign of a blockage or a gutter that has dropped.
Medstead homes and their roofs
Thatch survives on some older buildings in Hampshire’s villages. In this part of the South East, older roofs are mostly slate or clay tile and many newer ones concrete tile. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first. Historic houses such as Bentworth Hall, about 2.1 miles north, show how far back building in the area around Medstead goes. Period homes nearby can have lead valleys, tall chimneys and a patchwork of past repairs.
If you own a rental within reach of Alton station, knowing the condition of the roof, chimneys and gutters helps you plan work rather than react to complaints. For site and facilities teams at buildings like Medstead Church of England Primary School, its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale.
Medstead is about 4 miles south-west of Alton, in Hampshire. In Medstead, as across Hampshire, every roof gets the same careful survey. Medstead is one of the places in Hampshire where we work for chimney surveys. We also survey roofs in Southampton.
All of GU34 is covered for chimney surveys, from the main roads to the quietest streets. If you need a chimney survey at a property on High Street, Five Ash Road and Stoney Lane or anywhere close by, we can survey it. We also cover Four Marks (1 mile south), South Town (1 mile north-west), Soldridge (1 mile south-west), New Copse (1 mile north) and Hattingley (2 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns such as Basingstoke (10 miles north), Winchester (12 miles west), Fleet (14 miles north-east), Horndean (15 miles south), Alton (4 miles north-east) and Petersfield (9 miles south-east).
Local landmarks in Medstead
The closest station to Medstead is Alton station, about 4.4 miles north-east. A little further out are Barton Castle (3 miles north-west) and Alton Community Hospital (3.1 miles north-east). Not far away are Red Hill.