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Chimney Survey in Mountfield
Chimney surveys across Mountfield, with over 20 years’ experience behind it. You get a clear report with photos.
- Gaps where the stack meets the roof
- Loose, cracked or missing pots
- Flaunching that has broken away
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Mountfield
On terraced and semi-detached houses, a chimney stack is frequently shared with next door. We check what can be seen safely and what the owner gives us access to. If a defect appears to be on the neighbour’s side, we note it and you can then discuss it with them. You get a photo-illustrated written report and our recommendations. We are often asked to look into flaunching that has broken away and staining on walls around the chimney, across flaunching, chimney breasts and brick chimney stacks.
Somewhere as small as Mountfield, homes are often older cottages and farmhouses, with outbuildings and some newer houses. Roofs there can be clay tile, slate, stone or thatch, and chimney stacks are often old. Each needs checking in its own way, and thatch is a specialist material we report on as far as it can be seen. On older roofs, it is usually the chimneys and lead flashings that need work first.
Report times depend on the survey you book: the Basic Survey within 48 hours, the Standard Survey in 24 to 48 hours and the Premium Survey on the same day.
- Location
- Mountfield (TN32)
- Region
- East Sussex
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- A written report with photos, by email
- Appointments
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
FAQs for Mountfield
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Robertsbridge station?
Yes. We survey roofs for landlords, letting agents and managing agents as well as owners. Just phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the details, and we’ll talk through which survey suits.
How do I find out if my home in Mountfield is listed?
Your council is the best source, with Historic England’s list for listed buildings. Both listing and conservation areas can limit changes of roofing material, and councils can also use Article 4 directions.
Should I worry about a leaning stack?
Do not ignore it. Leaning often comes from mortar breaking down unevenly. We record its condition with photographs, and a structural engineer can confirm whether it’s stable.
Is it a structural engineer’s report?
No. We note visible signs such as sagging or deflection, but we are not structural engineers and don’t carry out calculations. Where an engineer is needed, we say so in the report.
How fast do I get the report?
Basic reports arrive within 48 hours, Standard reports in 24–48 hours and Premium reports on the same day. Each one is emailed, ready to forward.
Do you look in the loft space?
Where it is relevant to the survey and there’s safe access, yes. Please clear anything stored under the hatch.
How experienced are you?
Over 20 years and more than 5,000 surveys, across London and South East England.
What we look for on each type of roof
Chimney breasts and the loft
In the loft, staining around the stack often shows where water is getting in. What we find is photographed and described.
Brick stacks
Spalled bricks, where the face has flaked off, are a sign of water and frost. We record any we can see.
What happens on the day
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 usually takes between one and two hours at a typical home, and more on a big or complicated roof. Rural addresses near Mountfield can be hard to find from a postcode alone, so a few directions, or a note of a nearby landmark, help us arrive on time. The visit itself is the same as anywhere else.
- You let us know how many stacks there are and any damp or problems you’ve noticed.
- Each chimney is viewed from wherever it can safely be seen.
- We check and photograph the pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing and flashings.
- Where there is safe access, we check the stack in the loft and the chimney breasts for damp.
- We send a written report with photos, the defects found and what we recommend.
Before the survey
- Move anything stored under the loft hatch
- Have any questions written down, so nothing gets missed
- Let us know where we can park nearby
Book a survey
Once you know what you need, call 07833 053749 or send us an email. We’ll suggest a package, agree the price and find a date.
Advice
Leave it or get it looked at?
Chimneys are easy to forget because you rarely see the top of them. Problems often go unnoticed until damp appears inside. Surveying the stack now can catch problems first. Older cottages and farmhouses around Mountfield can have roof timbers that have been there a very long time, and water through a failed covering can rot timber if it is left.
Prices start from £150, inc. VAT, for a Basic Survey. Standard is from £250 and Premium from £400, both including VAT. We confirm the price for your survey before booking.
Why us?
- Plain-English reports with photos
- An independent view of the roof
- More than 20 years surveying roofs
- Thermal imaging and drone inspection where they help
Read what a roof survey costs or two real surveys.
Places near Mountfield
What else we do in Mountfield
Mountfield homes and their roofs
Durhamford Manor, about 2 miles east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Mountfield. Older homes in the wider area often have features worth a closer look, such as lead valleys, tall stacks and roofs that have been patched over the years, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. Older houses across Sussex often have handmade clay tiles, and many have tile-hanging on their upper walls. A few old Sussex buildings still carry heavy Horsham stone slabs, and the county’s older buildings include oast houses and Wealden hall houses. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first.
If yours is one of the older homes in the streets near The Parish Church of All Saints, its roof may have old fixings, lead flashings and chimneys that need a closer look. Take a building like Vinehall School: long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle. If you own a rental within reach of Robertsbridge station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak.
Mountfield is about 7 miles north-west of Hastings, in East Sussex. We survey roofs in Mountfield across London and South East England. Across East Sussex, we cover Mountfield and the places around it. For surveys nearby, see our Maidstone page.
Surveys in TN32 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include Church Road, Solomon's Lane and Eatenden Lane, and we cover them all. Close by, we survey roofs in John's Cross (1 mile north-east), Netherfield (2 miles south-west), Robertsbridge (2 miles north), Battle (2 miles south) and Northbridge Street (3 miles north). We also work in nearby towns like Eastbourne (14 miles south-west), Hastings (7 miles south-east), Bexhill-on-Sea (7 miles south), Hailsham (11 miles south-west), Crowborough (15 miles north-west) and St Leonards (7 miles south-east).
Around Mountfield
We work in homes and buildings around John's Cross Public House and Robertsbridge Community College, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Robertsbridge station, roughly 2.3 miles north of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find Battle Museum of Local History (2.4 miles south). Green spaces nearby include Senlac Hill.
Tips that help
A few practical points come up again and again on our surveys. They’re worth knowing whatever the roof:
- Have the flue swept and checked if you use the fire
- Check with the council before altering a stack in a conservation area or on a listed building
- Never climb onto the roof to look at a chimney
- File photos of the stacks with your home records
Once we have been, the findings are written up with photos. It explains the condition of each part of the stack and any damp inside. Basic reports arrive within 48 hours, Standard reports in 24 to 48 hours and Premium reports the same day.
Look at your chimneys from the ground now and then, particularly after strong winds. Binoculars help you spot loose pots, missing mortar or lifted flashings.
How we price chimney surveys
We confirm the price for your roof before booking. This is what makes a difference:
- Features like valleys, chimneys, dormers and parapets
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
- Which survey package you book
- The size of the roof
Every price we give includes VAT. Prices start from £150, including VAT. We confirm the price for the job before booking.
What we need to know
You do not need to know any roofing terms. It is enough to tell us:
- Dates you’re working to, such as exchange
- Photos of the roof, taken safely from the ground or a window
- Anything about access we should know
- The reason for the survey, such as buying, a leak or storm damage
Unsure which package suits your roof? The easiest way is to phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email and describe the roof and what’s worrying you. We’ll talk you through the options and what they cost.
When you need someone else
We only report what can be seen safely on the day, so some things are outside what a survey can do:
- Checks on boilers, fires or their flues
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
- A structural engineer’s assessment
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can call 07833 053749 or send us an email and we’ll tell you. The full list of what we check.
What we look at
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Chimney breasts
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Flaunching
- Brick chimney stacks
- Lead flashings