Kent · London and the South East
Oad Street Chimney Survey
An experienced roof surveyor for chimney surveys in Oad Street. More than 20 years and over 5,000 surveys.
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
- Signs that a stack is leaning
How we price chimney surveys
A few things affect what a survey costs:
- How complicated the roof is, with its valleys, chimneys and parapets
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
- Height and safe access
- Which survey package you book
A Basic Survey starts from £150, with VAT included. Standard is from £250 and Premium from £400. We confirm the price for the job before booking.
What to let us know when you get in touch
When you call or email, these details help:
- Anything about access we should know
- The reason for the survey, such as buying, a leak or storm damage
- Photos of the roof, taken safely from the ground or a window
- The kind of building and roof involved
To get a price for chimney surveys in Oad Street, ring 07833 053749 or email us. Some details about the property and the roof help us price the survey accurately.
About our chimney survey in Oad Street
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. We record what we find with photos and recommendations. If you are worried about worn or missing pointing and disused chimneys trapping moisture, a survey will tell you what’s going on.
In a village or hamlet like Oad Street, older cottages and farmhouses often sit alongside barns, outbuildings and a few newer houses. Older roofs may be clay tile, slate, stone or thatch, often with chimneys that have stood a long time. Each needs checking in its own way, and thatch is a specialist material we report on as far as it can be seen. Chimneys and lead flashings on old roofs often need the most attention.
The report doesn’t just list problems. For each finding, it explains what it is, why it matters and what we’d recommend, so you can decide what to do next.
- Location
- Oad Street (ME9)
- Region
- Kent
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Appointments
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Cover
- PI and public liability insurance
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Practical tips
Getting the most from a chimney survey starts before we arrive and carries on afterwards. Some tips:
- Use a Gas Safe registered engineer for gas appliances
- Photograph damp patches with the date
- Check with the council before altering a stack in a conservation area or on a listed building
- Check that disused chimneys can still breathe
Where another specialist is needed, such as a structural engineer or sweep, we explain why. It gives them a clear starting point.
Get small mortar repairs done while they’re small. It’s far simpler than rebuilding a stack later.
Checking the roof from the ground
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
You can learn a lot from the ground. With binoculars, look for slipped or missing slates and tiles, gaps along the ridge and leaning chimneys. Never climb onto the roof to look.
What we do, step by step
We work from the outside in: outside views come first, then the loft space if there’s safe access. In total, it takes an hour or two for most homes, a little longer where there are several stacks. Somewhere like Oad Street needs a little journey planning: let us know about narrow lanes, gates, long drives and where we can park. The roof is looked at from the ground, from windows, from the loft where there’s safe access and from the roof where it’s safe.
- We go through the chimneys, any damp and any work done on them.
- We check every stack from wherever it can safely be seen.
- Pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing and flashings are checked and photographed.
- Inside, the chimney breasts and the loft are checked for damp where there is access.
- You get a written report with photos and recommendations by email.
Before the survey
- For a flat or shared roof, check access with the building owner or managing agent
- Let us know about parking near the property
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
How to book
Surveys can be booked for weekdays, Saturdays or Sundays. To arrange a day that suits you, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the address and the days you’d prefer.
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Chimney surveys around Oad Street
The coast is about 5 miles or less from Oad Street, and places near the sea get more salt in the air and more wind than inland. 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. The council is the place to check, along with Historic England’s list, before anyone quotes for re-roofing.
If you own a rental within reach of Newington station, the gap between tenancies is a good time to have the roof looked at. Anyone responsible for a site like Borden Church of England Primary School will know that a written record of a large roof helps plan work for the holidays rather than in term time. If you live in an older home near Church of St Peter and St Paul, old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs.
Oad Street is about 3 miles south-west of Sittingbourne, in Kent. Wherever you are in Oad Street, we can come and survey your property, on a weekday, Saturday or Sunday. Oad Street is one of the places in Kent where we work. There’s also a page for Maidstone.
Every address in ME9 is covered for chimney surveys, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Close by, we survey roofs in Danaway (1 mile north-west), Chestnut Street (1 mile north), Silver Street (1 mile south-east), Bredgar (1 mile south-east) and South Green (2 miles south-west). We also work in nearby towns like Maidstone (8 miles south-west), Ashford (15 miles south-east), Sittingbourne (3 miles north-east), Gravesend (15 miles north-west), Whitstable (15 miles east) and Faversham (9 miles east).
What’s near Oad Street
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Plough & Harrow pub and Westlands School and the streets around them. Oad Street’s nearest station is Newington station, roughly 1.9 miles north of the centre. A little further out are Court Hall Museum (2.7 miles north-east) and Bayford Court (2.9 miles east). The countryside around Oad Street includes Detling Hill.
Questions from Oad Street
Do you cover smaller places like Oad Street?
Yes, Oad Street is covered. We survey roofs across London and South East England, and smaller places are part of that. Longer journeys are simply planned in advance.
Does being near the coast affect roofs in Oad Street?
Often, yes. Oad Street is within about 5 miles of the sea, and coastal roofs tend to see faster wear on metal parts and more wind lifting loose pieces.
What do I do with the report?
We email you the written report with photos and recommendations. It’s yours to share with a seller, insurer, roofer or managing agent, whichever applies.
How soon will I get the report?
It depends on the package: the Basic Survey report arrives within 48 hours, the Standard Survey in 24 to 48 hours and the Premium Survey the same day. Reports are sent by email.
How much does a chimney survey cost in Oad Street?
Prices start from £150, including VAT. What you pay for your roof depends on its size, height, access and the package, and it is agreed before booking.
Do you look in the roof space?
If the survey needs it and the roof space can be reached safely, yes. A clear path to the hatch helps.
How long is the visit?
It usually takes an hour or two at most homes, or half a day or so for a commercial building. The written report follows by email, on the timescale of your package.
Why it is worth a survey now in Oad Street
Most people never get a close look at their chimney stacks. Defects tend to go unseen until there is a stain. Surveying the stack now can catch problems first. Older cottages and farmhouses around Oad Street can have roof timbers that have been there a very long time, where water from a failed roof can cause rot if it’s left.
To find out what your survey will cost, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address and a few details. The price is agreed before a date is set.
Why book us in Oad Street
- More than 20 years surveying roofs
- Surveys on any day of the week
- Package prices that include VAT
- 5,000+ roofs surveyed
Read what a roof survey costs or our case studies.
Honest limits
No survey can tell you everything, and it is better to know them up front. Bear these in mind:
- Gas safety checks, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
- Structural calculations for a leaning stack
If in doubt, phone 07833 053749 or email us and we will recommend the right survey before booking. The full list of what we check.
What we check
- Chimney breasts
- Flaunching
- Brick chimney stacks
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Lead flashings
- Chimney pots and cowls