Hampshire · London and the South East
Sleaford Chimney Survey
A careful look at the chimney stack at your property in Sleaford, and put it all in a photo-illustrated written report.
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Disused chimneys trapping moisture
- Gaps where the stack meets the roof
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Sleaford
If you are buying a home with chimneys, it is worth knowing their condition before you exchange. On older stacks, we often find cracked flaunching, loose flashings and worn pointing. You get photos and findings you can take back to the seller or agent. It works alongside a RICS home survey, not instead of one. We survey chimney breasts, lead flashings and brick chimney stacks, and the problems we are asked to look at most are redundant stacks capped without ventilation and damp patches on chimney breasts.
Some older homes in villages like Sleaford are 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. A roof report helps you plan work with that in mind. Older materials such as clay tiles, slate and stone are often matched when work is done.
How fast the report arrives depends on the package: the Basic Survey within 48 hours, the Standard Survey in 24 to 48 hours and the Premium Survey on the same day.
- Where
- Sleaford (GU35)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
What we are asked to look at in Sleaford
Many chimneys are no longer used. A stack sealed without ventilation can trap damp. That can lead to damp patches on chimney breasts, even with the roof in good order.
Problems we come across often include:
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Worn or missing pointing
- Flaunching that has broken away
- Unused flues sealed without airflow
For an older house near a landmark such as Church of All Saints, corroded nails, tired lead and weathered chimney pointing are the things to watch on older roofs.
Choosing a roof surveyor
- Whether the loft is part of the inspection
- If they fly a drone, whether they hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
- Will the report include photos?
- Their insurance cover
Before and after the survey
A survey works best with a little help from you, before and after. Some tips:
- Photograph damp patches with the date
- Use the report as a baseline for future checks
- Glance at the stacks from the street now and then
- Use a Gas Safe registered engineer for gas appliances
Many people use the report to get quotes for the work. With the same list in front of each contractor, comparing quotes is simpler.
Check redundant flues are capped with ventilation. Ventilation helps keep the stack dry.
Sleaford questions
Do you cover smaller places like Sleaford?
Yes, Sleaford is on our map. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house, with the route planned beforehand.
Can a landlord with a rental near Bentley (Hampshire) station book a roof survey?
Yes. We survey roofs for landlords, letting agents and managing agents as well as owners. You can ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address and what you need.
Will you check the chimney is safe to use with a fire?
No. A flue inspection, sweep or gas safety check is a separate job. We check the structure and weathering of the stack and any damp and flag anything that suggests the flue needs a look.
How do I book a survey in Sleaford?
Simply phone 07833 053749 or email us. After a few questions, we confirm the price and fix a day.
Can you tell me if my roof has asbestos?
No. We don’t carry out asbestos surveys or testing. We flag materials that could contain asbestos, such as cement sheets or soffits on pre-2000 buildings.
What happens next?
You’ll receive the report by email, and what you do next is up to you: raise it with a seller, send it to an insurer, brief a roofer or share it with a managing agent.
Do I need to be at home?
Not necessarily. An outside-only look can be arranged beforehand, but the loft and any rooms with damp need someone to let us in.
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Chimney surveys in Sleaford: local notes
There are about 500,000 buildings on England’s list of listed buildings, and around 10,000 conservation areas. If your home is listed, changes that affect its special interest need listed building consent, and in a conservation area re-roofing in different materials may need permission, so the council is the place to ask. A number of Hampshire villages keep thatched roofs on their older buildings. Slate and clay tile are the usual coverings on older South East houses, with concrete tiles on many later estates. Whatever the covering, it is often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first.
For site and facilities teams at buildings like Mill Chase Academy, a written record of a large roof helps plan work for the holidays rather than in term time. For landlords with property near Bentley (Hampshire) station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak.
Sleaford is about 5 miles east of Alton, in Hampshire. Wherever you are in Sleaford, we can come and survey your property. We cover towns and villages across Hampshire, large and small. There’s also a page for Guildford.
Chimney surveys in GU35 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Nearby, we also carry out chimney surveys in Kingsley (1 mile west), Pinewood Village (1 mile south), Lindford (1 mile south), Frithend (1 mile north) and Bordon (2 miles south). Larger places within reach include Basingstoke (14 miles north-west), Farnborough (12 miles north), Fleet (10 miles north), Aldershot (9 miles north-east), Alton (5 miles west) and Petersfield (10 miles south).
Around Sleaford
Around Sleaford, our work takes us to homes and buildings near The New Inn. The closest station to Sleaford is Bentley (Hampshire) station, roughly 3.2 miles north. Well-known places in the area include Chase Community Hospital (2.1 miles south). The countryside around Sleaford includes Deadwater Valley.
What a survey costs
Not every roof costs the same to survey, for these reasons:
- The shape of the roof and its details
- Whether it’s a home or a commercial building
- If the survey needs thermal imaging or a drone
- How many separate roofs there are, such as extensions, dormers and garages
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: 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.
Booking your survey
Getting the details right at the start saves time. It is useful to include:
- When you need the report by
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
- The property’s address and postcode
- Access details, such as a loft hatch or a shared roof
To book a survey, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address and what you’d like to know about the roof. You’ll know the price before anything is booked.
What we do, step by step
The visit has one job: to see as much of the chimney stack as can be seen safely and record it clearly. Notes and photos go into the written report. The visit typically takes an hour or two for most houses; commercial roofs usually need 3–4 hours. Older roofs in small places like Sleaford can have low, tight loft spaces, so it is useful to know whether there’s a loft hatch and how easy it is to reach. We only go where it’s safe.
- We go through the chimneys, any damp and any work done on them.
- Each stack is inspected from safe positions outside.
- Pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing and flashings are checked and photographed.
- We look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft space.
- The report, with photos and recommendations, is emailed to you.
Preparing for the visit
- Have any paperwork from past roof work to hand
- Check the loft hatch can be reached
- Keep pets in another room
Getting a price
Booking is simple: just ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email and give us some details about the property and we will point you to the right survey. The price is agreed up front.
Advice
Why it is worth a survey now in Sleaford
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. Matching old materials, such as handmade tiles or stone slates, can take time to source. Spotting a problem early leaves room to find them.
Simple, low roofs take less time to survey than tall or complicated ones, and the package matters as well. We will give you the figure before anything is booked.
What you get with us
- Surveys seven days a week
- Customer satisfaction of 98%
- Independent findings on the roof’s condition
- Over 20 years’ experience
Read what a roof survey costs and our case studies.
Checking the roof from ground level
Look up at the roof after a storm, from ground level: broken slates or tiles in the garden, gaps along the ridge or loose lead are signs to note. Leave anything above ground level to a survey.
What you can’t do safely is get up close. Slates, tiles, flat roofs and rooflights can give way, and a fall can be serious. That part is for a survey.