Kent · London and the South East
New Romney Chimney Survey
Need a chimney survey in New Romney? We can help, with a written report you can act on. Book a weekday or weekend visit.
- Damp patches on chimney breasts
- Damaged chimney pots and cowls
- Redundant stacks capped without ventilation
When to book a survey in New Romney
TV aerials, satellite dishes and their brackets are frequently fixed to chimneys. The extra load in wind can work bricks and joints loose. We check fixings on the stack as part of the survey.
Typical things we are asked to look at include:
- Frost-damaged brickwork on the stack
- Loose, cracked or missing pots
- A stack that appears to lean
- Damp patches on chimney breasts
Take a building like St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy: large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other.
Before you book any roof surveyor
- What insurance they carry
- How long they’ve been surveying roofs
- Whether the inside of the roof is included
- Whether you can ask questions once you have the report
Chimney survey in New Romney: what you get
If you are buying a home with chimneys, it is worth knowing their condition before you exchange. Cracked flaunching, failed flashings and worn pointing are common findings on older stacks. You get photographs and findings you can take back to the seller or agent. It works alongside a RICS home survey, not instead of one. If you’ve noticed redundant stacks capped without ventilation and damaged chimney pots and cowls, we can find out what’s behind it.
Trees around homes in smaller places like New Romney drop leaves, twigs and moss onto roofs and into gutters. Blocked gutters overflow and soak the walls below, and moss holds water against tiles. A report spots that kind of slow problem before it becomes damp inside. Plants growing from a gutter or moss on the tiles are signs worth noting from ground level.
Pictures do a lot of the work in our reports, because a photo of a cracked flashing says more than a paragraph. Anything out of sight on the day is listed as such.
- Where
- New Romney (TN28)
- Region
- Kent
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Places near New Romney
What else we do in New Romney
How we price chimney surveys
Several things affect the price of a survey:
- The package you choose: Basic, Standard or Premium
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- Any need for thermal images or a drone flight
- The type of building, from a house to a block or an office
The cost of a survey depends on the roof: how big it is, how high it is, the number of separate roofs and how it can be reached and seen safely. Our price is from £150, including VAT.
Getting in touch
To price your survey accurately, we will ask about:
- What’s prompted the survey
- Any deadline, such as an exchange date
- Any marks or damp showing indoors
- Whether there is a loft hatch, a shared roof or tricky access
Booking is simple: just phone 07833 053749 or email us, let us know about the property and we’ll suggest the right survey. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
What this survey can’t tell you
Before you book, it is worth knowing what a survey will not do:
- Structural calculations for a leaning stack
- Gas safety checks, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
- Conditions inside walls
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we will tell you. The full list of what we check.
Roof types and parts we check
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Lead flashings
- Chimney breasts
- Brick chimney stacks
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Flaunching
Should I look at the roof myself first?
The one thing to avoid is getting up close. Roofs are fragile and slippery. That’s where a survey comes in, using safe viewpoints and a drone where applicable.
Fresh stains on ceilings or walls after rain are worth noting. Photograph them and note the date, as it helps a surveyor trace the cause.
What a chimney survey looks like in New Romney
New Romney is within about 2 miles of the coast, and being near the sea means more wind and salt than a roof inland would face. Salt is hard on nails, clips and metal flashings, and strong wind lifts anything already loose on a roof. What can be done to an older roof may depend on listing or a conservation area. Your council and Historic England’s list will tell you where you stand, ideally before any re-roofing is planned.
The streets around a church such as Church of St Nicholas are frequently among the oldest in a place, and if yours is one of the older homes nearby, old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs. Trees in and around Romney Warren Country Park shed leaves that can end up in nearby gutters, and blocked gutters overflow and soak walls.
New Romney is about 8 miles south-west of Hythe, in Kent. Bookings from New Romney are handled just like any other: a call or an email, a price, then a date. New Romney is one of the towns and villages in Kent where we work for chimney surveys. You can also see our page for Canterbury.
Chimney surveys in TN28 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. We offer chimney surveys to properties on High Street, Church Road and Station Road and the roads around them. New Romney is on the A259 and B2071, which makes it straightforward to reach. We also cover the places around New Romney: Littlestone-on-Sea (1 mile east), Greatstone-on-Sea (1 mile south-east), St Mary in the Marsh (2 miles north), St Mary's Bay (2 miles north-east) and Old Romney (2 miles west). Within a short drive, we also cover Ashford (11 miles north), Folkestone (12 miles north-east), Hythe (8 miles north-east), Hawkinge (13 miles north-east), Tenterden (12 miles north-west) and Cheriton (11 miles north-east).
Around New Romney
We work in homes and buildings around Romney Warren Country Park, The Marsh Academy and The Marsh Academy and the streets around them. Nearby you’ll also find Lydd Town Museum (3 miles south-west) and Romney 'castle' (2.1 miles west). For a walk, there is Burnthouse Pen and Dungeness National.
Your questions about chimney surveys in New Romney
Is New Romney within the area you cover?
Yes, we do. We work right 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.
Is the coastal weather around New Romney hard on roofs?
Near the coast, roofs face more wind and more salt than further inland. Salt corrodes metal fixings and flashings, and wind lifts loose slates, tiles and ridge pieces.
How do I book a survey in New Romney?
To arrange a survey, call 07833 053749 or email us with the address, the type of property and what’s prompted the survey. We will confirm the price and agree a day with you.
Can you give me structural calculations?
No. Our survey is not a structural engineer’s report. If we see signs that need an engineer’s opinion, we will recommend one.
Will you check the chimney is safe to use with a fire?
No. It is not a flue, sweep or gas safety inspection. We check the stack, pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings, and damp inside and flag anything that suggests the flue needs a look.
How much is a survey?
Our price is from £150, including VAT. Our three packages are Basic from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, with VAT included.
Why is my chimney breast damp?
It can come from several places: water getting in at the top, through the brickwork or at the flashings, or moisture trapped in a stack with no ventilation. Our survey checks each of these and records the likely cause.
What we look for on each type of roof
Rendered stacks
Cracked render can let water in and trap it behind. Cracks are photographed and noted.
Chimney pots and cowls
Each pot is bedded into the flaunching, often with a cowl or cap on top. The survey looks for cracked, loose or missing pots and cowls.
How the survey works
On the day, we start by asking what you’ve noticed and what you want to find out. After that, we look at everything we can see safely, using the ground, windows, the loft and a drone where it applies. Most surveys take roughly 1–2 hours at a typical home, with bigger or more complicated roofs taking longer. Some parts of a survey depend on the weather, so a visit to New Romney is booked with the forecast in mind: drone flights and thermal imaging need the right conditions, while a look from the ground and the loft can go ahead in most weather.
- We start by noting which stacks are in use, shared or causing concern.
- We check the roof around each stack, including the flashings.
- We look at the flaunching and pots on every stack.
- Any lean, spalling or worn pointing is recorded.
- You receive a written report setting out what needs attention first.
Getting ready for the survey
- Keep pets in another room
- If it is not your property yet, arrange access through the agent
- For a flat or shared roof, check access with whoever owns or manages the building
Arrange a survey
If you have photos of the roof, send them over. Pictures from the ground or a window are fine; never climb up to get a better view. To send them or to book, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email.