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Chimney Survey in Pearson's Green
Chimney surveys across Pearson's Green, with over 20 years’ experience behind it. You get a clear report with photographs.
- Mortar washing out of the joints
- A stack that appears to lean
- Bricks with flaking faces
Leave it or get it looked at?
Damp in a chimney breast typically gets worse while the cause is left. It can stain walls and damage plaster. Finding the cause means the right work can be planned. Around Pearson's Green, older homes often have old roof timbers, and water through a failed covering can rot timber if it’s left.
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. Chimney survey starts from £150, including VAT.
What you get with us
- Independent findings on the roof’s condition
- 20+ years’ experience
- 98% customer satisfaction
- Package prices that include VAT
Take a look at what a roof survey costs and our case studies.
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Pearson's Green
Many terraced and semi-detached homes share their chimney stacks with a neighbour. We inspect the parts we can see safely and the parts the owner gives us access to. Where a problem seems to involve a neighbour’s side, the report records it and you can then discuss it with them. Everything is written up with photos and what we recommend. We’re often asked to look into disused chimneys trapping moisture and lifted or split lead flashings, across brick chimney stacks, shared and party-wall stacks and lead flashings.
In a village or hamlet like Pearson's Green, older cottages and farmhouses frequently 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. We report on everything that’s safely in view, and thatch is a specialist material. Chimneys and lead flashings on old roofs often need the most attention.
The report records the chimney stack as we found it on the day. That makes it useful now and a handy reference later, such as when you want to compare after future work.
- Where
- Pearson's Green (TN12)
- Region
- Kent
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- A written report with photos, by email
- Appointments
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Can I check my roof myself?
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. Please do not climb up for a closer look.
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Use a torch and stay on the joists or boards, checking for stains, damp wood or chinks of daylight.
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What a survey costs
Survey packages start from £150, with VAT included. What you pay for your roof depends on:
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
- Which survey package you book
- The size of the roof
- Building height and the viewpoints available
Bigger, taller and commercial roofs take more time to survey, so they’re priced to match. You’ll know the figure before booking.
Booking your survey
When you call or email, these details help:
- What kind of property and roof it is
- What made you get in touch
- Pictures of the roof from a safe spot, if you have them
- Any marks or damp showing indoors
If you’re buying, it is useful to book soon after your offer is accepted, so you have the findings in time to act on them before you exchange. For any other survey, just ring 07833 053749 or send us an email when you are ready.
Pearson's Green homes and their roofs
With Scotney Castle about 5 miles south, Pearson's Green sits in an area with a long building history. On older houses around here, roofs often carry the marks of earlier repairs, from replaced slates to new lead, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material. Older houses across Kent often have handmade clay or peg tiles, and many have tile-hung walls. Oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses are part of the county’s older buildings too. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first.
Anyone responsible for a site like Mascalls School will know that a written record of a large roof helps plan work for the holidays rather than in term time.
Pearson's Green is about 7 miles east of Tonbridge, in Kent. Bookings from Pearson's Green are handled just like any other: a call or an email, a price, then a date. Across Kent, we cover Pearson's Green. Our Maidstone page covers surveys nearby.
Every address in TN12 is within our area for chimney surveys. We also cover Castle Hill (1 mile south-west), Mile Oak (1 mile west), Palmer's Green (1 mile south-west), Claygate (1 mile north-east) and Queen Street (2 miles north). Larger places within reach include Maidstone (8 miles north-east), Sevenoaks (13 miles north-west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (7 miles west), Tonbridge (7 miles west), Kings Hill (8 miles north) and Foley Park (9 miles north-east).
Near you in Pearson's Green
Typical jobs here are in homes near The Castle Inn, among other places. For rail, the closest station is Paddock Wood station, about 2 miles north-west. Other landmarks nearby include The Hop Farm Museum (2.6 miles north-west) and Tunbridge Wells Hospital (5.1 miles west).
How the survey changes by roof type
Brick stacks
Frost can damage bricks that have soaked up water, making the faces flake away. Any spalling is noted with photos.
Chimney pots and cowls
For unused flues, we check whether caps or cowls allow ventilation. Capping without ventilation can trap moisture.
Pearson's Green: your questions answered
Do you cover smaller places like Pearson's Green?
Yes, Pearson's Green is on our map. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house.
How do I find out if my home in Pearson's Green is listed?
For listing, use Historic England’s list; for conservation areas, ask the council. It matters most if you’re planning to re-roof in a different material.
What does a roof survey cost?
Chimney survey starts from £150, including VAT. What you pay for your roof depends on its size, height, access and the package.
How can you see the top of the stack?
We look from the ground, from windows and from the loft where it’s safe. Where it applies, our Premium Survey adds a drone inspection for a closer view. Any area we couldn’t view is noted.
Will you check the loft?
Yes, where the survey calls for it and there’s safe access. We look for staining, damp, daylight and signs of movement, as far as the space allows.
What does the report include?
It works through the roof part by part, in writing and with photos, finishing with recommendations. The most urgent items are made clear.
Can you give me structural calculations?
No. We point out what can be seen, such as sagging or deflection, but we don’t carry out calculations or give an engineer’s opinion. If we think you need an engineer, the report says so.
What we do, step by step
Safety comes first on every visit. Everything that can safely be seen is inspected, and anything we can’t see is noted in the report. The survey usually takes about one to two hours at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. Older rural homes like those around Pearson's Green can have a main roof, lower lean-to roofs and outbuildings all joined together. We work round each section in turn, from the safest viewpoints.
- First we talk through the stacks, their history and any problems.
- 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 loft space.
- You get a written report with photos and recommendations by email.
Before the survey
- Find any records of previous roof work
- Jot down any questions you want answered
- Unlock side gates and any roof access doors
Book a survey
Our price is from £150, including VAT. The exact figure depends on the roof and the package, and you can call 07833 053749 or email us to find out.
Related advice
Signs you need a chimney survey in Pearson's Green
Lots of homes have redundant stacks. A stack sealed without ventilation can trap damp. Damp patches can appear on chimney breasts even when nothing is leaking.
We’re often asked to look at:
- Loose, cracked or missing pots
- Disused chimneys trapping moisture
- Cracked or missing flaunching
- Mortar washing out of the joints
For landlords with property near Paddock Wood station, the gap between tenancies is a good time to have the roof looked at.
Questions to ask before booking
- Their track record with similar roofs
- What the report includes, and whether it has photos
- How soon the report will arrive
- How they plan to inspect the roof safely