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Chimney survey in Stanway, Essex
Find out what’s going on with the chimney stack before you spend money on it. Chimney surveys in Stanway.
- Bricks with flaking faces
- A chimney out of line
- Eroded joints in the brickwork
How we price chimney surveys
To price your survey, we check:
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- Building height and the viewpoints available
- The use of thermal imaging or a drone
- Basic, Standard or Premium
Larger roofs, taller buildings and commercial roofs take longer, so the price reflects that. The price is confirmed before booking.
Helping us price your survey
Before you get in touch, it’s useful to have:
- What made you get in touch
- Any stains, drips or damp patches you’ve seen indoors
- Photos of the roof, taken safely from the ground or a window
- Access details, such as a loft hatch or a shared roof
To book a survey, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email and tell us the address and what’s prompted the survey. You’ll know the price before anything is booked.
Chimney survey in Stanway
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 complements a RICS home survey rather than replacing it. We survey lead flashings, shared and party-wall stacks and brick chimney stacks, and common reasons people get in touch are redundant stacks capped without ventilation and signs that a stack is leaning.
Some older homes in villages like Stanway 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.
The report is written in plain words, so you do not need to be a roofer to follow it. Photos show what each point refers to, and recommendations are put in order of urgency where relevant.
- Location
- Stanway (CO3, CO6)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- A written report with photos, by email
- When we survey
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Tips from our surveys
These tips come from what we see on roofs every week, before and after a survey:
- Keep the report to compare against at the next survey
- Keep track of stains on chimney breasts
- Make sure fixings on the stack are secure
- Glance at the stacks from the street now and then
You get the report by email and can pass it to whoever does the work. Each defect is described in plain words and shown in a photo, so it is easy to follow.
Check your stacks from the street or garden after a storm. Binoculars help you spot loose pots, missing mortar or lifted flashings.
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What happens on the day
The visit typically starts outside and finishes in the loft: outside views come first, then the roof space if there’s safe access. In total, it takes roughly 1–2 hours on an ordinary house, and more on a big or complicated roof. Rural addresses near Stanway can be hard to find from a postcode alone, so a few directions, or a note of a nearby landmark, help us arrive on time. After that, the survey runs as it would anywhere.
- First you let us know about the chimneys, any damp on the chimney breasts and any worries.
- We inspect each stack from safe viewpoints outside.
- We check and photograph the pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing and flashings.
- Inside, we look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft where there’s safe access.
- You get a photo-illustrated written report and our recommendations.
Before we arrive
- Gather any invoices or paperwork from past roof work
- Check we can get to the back of the property
- Let us know about parking near the property
Getting a price
Most bookings start with a short call: ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form. The price is agreed before a date is set.
Related advice
Local roofs in Stanway
Clay tiles and timber weatherboarding mark out many of the older buildings in Essex, and plenty of post-war and modern estates besides. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them. Layer Marney Tower, about 4.2 miles south, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Stanway. Period homes nearby can have lead valleys, tall chimneys and a patchwork of past repairs, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material.
If you own a rental within reach of Marks Tey station, a roof report helps you deal with small faults before they turn into a call from a tenant. If you look after a building such as Stanway Primary School, its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale. Take an older house close to Parish Church of St Albright: the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Stanway is about 2 miles west of Camulodunum, in Essex. Stanway gets the same service as everywhere else we work: a careful inspection, photos and a written report. We cover towns and villages across Essex. Chelmsford is in our area too.
Here we cover the CO3 and CO6 postcode area for chimney surveys. Whether your property is on Church Lane, Red Panda Road and Turkey Cock Lane or anywhere close by, we can survey it. Neighbouring places we cover for chimney surveys include Beacon End (1 mile east), Copford Green (1 mile south-west), Eight Ash Green (1 mile north), Heckfordbridge (2 miles south) and Lexden (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Colchester (4 miles east), Braintree (11 miles west), Clacton-on-Sea (15 miles east), Maldon (12 miles south-west), Witham (10 miles south-west) and Halstead (9 miles north-west).
What’s near Stanway
Around Stanway, our work takes us to homes and buildings near White Hart Toby Carvery pub and The Stanway School and the streets around them. Stanway’s nearest station is Marks Tey station, about 1.5 miles west of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Social History Museum (3.5 miles east) and Birch Castle (2.6 miles south). Not far away are Iron Latch.
Different roofs, different checks
Brick stacks
Most chimney stacks are built of brick, with mortar joints that wear over time. The survey looks for crumbling bricks and worn or missing mortar.
Flaunching
Flaunching is the mortar on top of a stack that holds the pots and sheds water. Once it cracks, water can get straight into the brickwork.
Surveys for landlords and agents in Stanway
Buyers’ agents can book surveys on behalf of their clients. The report is emailed, so it can go straight to your client.
We also survey roofs for businesses and commercial landlords. Larger roofs take longer, and they’re priced for the size.
What we cannot see
It’s a careful look at the chimney stack, not the whole story. Its limits include:
- Hidden damage within the stack
- Whether a stack needs rebuilding on structural grounds
- Areas we can’t view from safe positions
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can phone 07833 053749 or email us and we will tell you. The full list of what we check.
Roof types and parts we check
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Flaunching
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Chimney breasts
- Lead flashings
- Brick chimney stacks
FAQs for Stanway
I let a flat near Marks Tey station. Can you check the roof?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. You can phone 07833 053749 or email us with the address and what you need.
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Stanway?
Check Historic England’s online list first, then ask the council about conservation areas and any Article 4 direction. The answer matters most when a change of material is on the cards.
Our stack is shared. Can you still survey it?
Yes. Shared stacks are common on terraced and semi-detached houses. We record the stack as far as we can see it and flag anything on the neighbour’s side.
How experienced are you?
Over 20 years and more than 5,000 surveys, across London and South East England.
Do you need to get into the loft?
Where it is relevant to the survey and there is safe access, yes. A clear path to the hatch helps.
Do you survey roofs on blocks of flats?
Yes. A shared roof needs access agreed first, with whoever owns or manages the building. Mention it when you get in touch and we will plan the survey around it.
Do you need to go on the roof to check the chimney?
We use safe viewpoints rather than climbing onto the stack. A drone inspection is part of the Premium Survey where it applies. Any area we couldn’t view is noted.