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Chimney Survey in Skye Green
Wondering about the chimney stack at a property in Skye Green? You can book a chimney survey in Skye Green and across Essex, with plain-English findings.
- Flaunching that has broken away
- Staining on walls around the chimney
- Frost-damaged brickwork on the stack
What affects the price in Skye Green
Every roof is different, so prices are confirmed before you book. This is what makes a difference:
- The package you choose: Basic, Standard or Premium
- The roof’s overall size
- Extensions, dormers and garages with roofs of their own
- If the survey needs thermal imaging or a drone
Prices quoted always include VAT, and the report isn’t charged as an extra. Our price is from £150, including VAT. Size, height and access decide where your roof falls.
Booking your survey
You do not need to know any roofing terms. Just tell us:
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- Whether there’s a loft hatch, a shared roof or tricky access
- Pictures from the garden or a window, if you have them
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
Unsure which package suits your roof? The easiest way is to phone 07833 053749 or send us an email and describe the roof and what’s worrying you. We’ll explain the options and the price.
About our chimney survey in Skye Green
If a chimney looks out of line, it’s worth getting it checked. Stacks can lean when mortar on one side breaks down, often after years of flue gases and damp. We record the lean and the condition of the brickwork and pointing. If the stack looks like a structural issue, the report recommends a structural engineer. We survey brick chimney stacks, lead flashings and shared and party-wall stacks, and common reasons people get in touch are redundant stacks capped without ventilation and gaps in the mortar around the pots.
Older buildings in small places like Skye Green may be listed or in a conservation area. If yours is, re-roofing in different materials may need consent, so the council is the place to check. Knowing the roof’s condition helps you plan ahead with that in mind. Where a building is listed, matching the existing roof materials is often expected.
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.
- Where
- Skye Green (CO5, CO6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- A written report with photos, by email
- Appointments
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Before and after the survey
A survey works best with a little help from you, before and after. Some tips:
- Make sure fixings on the stack are secure
- Ask about consent before removing a chimney on an older property
- Keep the report to compare against at the next survey
- Photograph damp patches with the date
With a shared stack, the report can help when talking to next door. The photos show the problem and which side it’s on from the viewpoints we used.
Have worn pointing and cracked flaunching dealt with early. Small repairs now can save bigger work later.
Skye Green questions
I let a flat near Kelvedon station. Can you check the roof?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. Just call 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the details.
Is my home in Skye Green listed or in a conservation area?
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.
How do you inspect a chimney without scaffolding?
Each stack is viewed from the safest viewpoints: from the ground, windows and vantage points, and from the loft where there is access. A drone inspection is included in our Premium Survey where it applies. We note anything we couldn’t see.
Can you find out why my chimney breast is damp?
It can come from several places: cracked flaunching, worn pointing, failed flashings, uncapped pots, or damp trapped in an unventilated stack. We check each one and note the most likely cause.
Will I get photos?
Yes. The report includes photos of what we found.
Will you go up on the roof?
Not always. Safety comes first, and fragile or steep roofs can’t always be walked on. We use safe viewpoints, the roof space and a drone where applicable, and the report records anything we couldn’t see.
What will the report tell me?
Written findings with photographs, explaining the condition of the chimney stack, any defects and our recommendations, by urgency where it matters. The Standard Survey adds moisture detection and a structural check, and the Premium Survey adds thermal imaging, drone inspection where it applies and structural analysis.
Local roofs in Skye Green
Weatherboarded walls and clay tile roofs are typical of older Essex buildings, while many towns grew with post-war and newer estates. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first. With Layer Marney Tower about 4.5 miles south-east, Skye Green sits in an area with a long building history. Older homes in the wider area often have features worth a closer look, like lead valleys, tall stacks and roofs that have been patched over the years, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material.
Landlords with a home close to Kelvedon station may find that a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak. The streets around a church such as Parish Church of All Saints are often among the oldest in a place, and if yours is one of the older homes nearby, corroded nails, tired lead and weathered chimney pointing are the things to watch on older roofs.
Skye Green is about 4 miles north of Tiptree, in Essex. We survey roofs in Skye Green and the rest of Essex, as part of our work across London and South East England. Our Essex coverage includes Skye Green. There’s also a page for Chelmsford.
All of CO5 and CO6 is covered for chimney surveys. If you need a chimney survey at a property on Old Road and Mill Lane or a nearby road, we can help. Other places close to Skye Green include Surrex (1 mile north-west), Stocks Green (1 mile south), Broad Green (1 mile north-east), Little Tey (1 mile north-east) and Feering (2 miles south). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (8 miles east), Chelmsford (13 miles south-west), Braintree (7 miles west), Maldon (10 miles south), Witham (6 miles south-west) and Camulodunum (7 miles east).
Around Skye Green
We work in homes and buildings around The Queens Head pub and the streets around them. The closest station to Skye Green is Kelvedon station, roughly 1.9 miles south of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Laundry & Mangle Museum (2 miles west) and Birch Castle (4.6 miles east). Open spaces near Skye Green include Tiptree Heath Nature Reserve.
Checking the roof from ground level
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Use a torch and stay on the joists or boards, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.
Keep a simple record: dates of leaks, photos from ground level and any work done on the roof. Send it with your enquiry and it will help the survey.
Signs you need a chimney survey in Skye Green
Many chimneys are no longer used. If a stack is capped or blocked without ventilation, moisture can build up inside. That can lead to damp patches on chimney breasts, even with the roof in good order.
Most people get in touch when they’ve noticed something like this:
- Eroded joints in the brickwork
- Gaps in the mortar around the pots
- Damp patches on chimney breasts
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
Take a building like Honywood Community Science School: its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- What the survey won’t cover
- Whether you get a written report with photos
- What follow-up you get after the report
- How much experience they have with roofs like yours
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How it works
On the day, we begin with a quick chat about the roof and anything that’s worrying you. After that, we check everything we can see safely. The survey usually takes about 1–2 hours at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. Cottages and farmhouses around Skye Green frequently have roofs at several levels, with lean-tos and outbuildings attached. We work round each section in turn, from the safest viewpoints.
- We start by noting which stacks are in use, shared or causing concern.
- The flashings and the roof around each chimney are inspected.
- We check 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
- For flats, check roof access has been agreed
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
- Dig out any old roof reports or invoices
Arrange a survey
Most bookings start with a short call: ring 07833 053749 or email us. You will have a price before anything is arranged.
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What a chimney survey does not cover
Without opening up the roof, some things stay hidden, so a survey has limits:
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
- Hidden sides of a shared stack
- A structural engineer’s assessment
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can phone 07833 053749 or email us and we’ll tell you before booking. The full list of what we check.
Roof types and parts we check
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Brick chimney stacks
- Flaunching
- Lead flashings
- Chimney breasts
- Shared and party-wall stacks