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Stick Hill Chimney Survey
A survey of chimney stacks, pots, flashings and flaunching in Stick Hill, using drones and thermal imaging where applicable. Get in touch for a price.
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Damp patches on chimney breasts
- Loose, cracked or missing pots
Chimney survey in Stick Hill: what you get
A chimney survey looks at the stack and everything around it: pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, bricks and the flashings at the roof line. Inside, we check chimney breasts and the stack in the loft where it is safe to reach. You get a report with photographs and our recommendations. It suits a single stack on a house as well as several on a larger building. If you’ve noticed eroded joints in the brickwork and redundant stacks capped without ventilation, we can find out what’s behind it, on chimney pots and cowls, chimney breasts and flaunching alike.
Somewhere as small as Stick Hill, homes are often older cottages and farmhouses, with outbuildings and some newer houses. Roofs there can be clay tile, slate, stone or thatch, and chimney stacks are often old. We report on whatever is safely visible, and thatch is a specialist material. On older roofs, it is typically the chimneys and lead flashings that need work first.
Most points in the report come with a picture, because a photo of a cracked flashing says more than a paragraph. If something couldn’t be seen safely, the report is clear about it.
- Place
- Stick Hill (TN8)
- Region
- Kent
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Appointments
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
What happens if roof problems are left?
For a buyer, the best time to learn about a chimney is before exchange. After that, any work is yours to arrange and pay for. Our report gives you facts to raise with the seller or agent. Around Stick Hill, older homes often have old roof timbers, and water through a failed covering can rot timber if it is left.
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 safely it can be seen. Our price is from £150, including VAT.
Why us?
- PI and public liability insurance
- Over 20 years’ experience
- A photo-illustrated written report
- Over 5,000 surveys carried out
Read what a roof survey costs and our case studies.
What we cannot see
We only report what can safely be seen on the day, so there are some things a survey cannot cover:
- Gas safety checks, which need a Gas Safe registered engineer
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
- The inside of the flue, which needs a sweep or flue specialist
If you’re not sure which survey you need, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we will give you a straight answer before booking. The full list of what we check.
What we look at
- Brick chimney stacks
- Chimney breasts
- Flaunching
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Lead flashings
What a survey costs
To price your survey, we check:
- The size of the roof
- The height of the building and how the roof can be seen safely
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- Extensions, dormers and garages with roofs of their own
Price depends partly on the package: Basic from £150, Standard from £250 or Premium from £400, all with VAT included. The roof’s size, height and access matter as well.
Getting in touch
Getting the details right at the start saves time. It helps to include:
- The reason for the survey, like buying, a leak or storm damage
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- Access details, such as a loft hatch or a shared roof
- Pictures from the garden or a window, if you have them
To arrange a survey, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form and let us know the address and what’s prompted the survey. We will confirm the price before you book.
Surveys for landlords and agents in Stick Hill
For a freeholder or residents’ company, a roof report is a sound basis for a maintenance plan, putting the urgent items at the top.
Landlords, agents and building managers in Stick Hill and across Kent can book any of our surveys. For a price for a let property or a block, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form.
Useful tips for Stick Hill property owners
From years of surveys, a few habits stand out:
- Make sure unused flues are capped with ventilation
- Keep track of stains on chimney breasts
- Glance at the stacks from the street now and then
- Find out whether changes to a stack need permission
The report is emailed to you, ready to share with a roofer or builder. Each defect is described in plain words and shown in a photo so anyone reading it can see what we saw.
Have worn pointing and cracked flaunching dealt with early. It is far simpler than rebuilding a stack later.
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Chimney surveys around Stick Hill
The wider area around Stick Hill has a long history of building, with Hever Castle about 1.5 miles north-east. On older houses around here, roofs frequently carry the marks of earlier repairs, from replaced slates to new lead, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. Handmade clay tiles, including Kent peg tiles hung on pegs through two holes, are typical of older Kent buildings. The county’s older buildings also include oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses. Whichever you have, the details that tend to fail before the covering itself get the closest look.
For landlords with property near Hever station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak. The streets around a church such as Church of the Holy Trinity are frequently among the oldest in a place, and if you own one of the older houses nearby, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Stick Hill is about 5 miles north-east of East Grinstead, in Kent. In Stick Hill, as across Kent, every roof gets the same careful survey. Across Kent, we cover Stick Hill and the places around it. There is also a page for Crawley.
All of TN8 is covered for chimney surveys, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Streets in the area include Hartfield Road and Eden Hall, and we cover them all. If you’re just outside Stick Hill, we cover Marsh Green (2 miles west), Cowden (2 miles south), Hammerwood (3 miles south-west), Dormansland (4 miles west) and Dormans Park (5 miles west). Further out, we also cover Sevenoaks (9 miles north-east), Royal Tunbridge Wells (8 miles east), Tonbridge (8 miles east), Kings Hill (15 miles north-east), Paddock Wood (13 miles east) and Southborough (7 miles east).
Around Stick Hill
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Queen's Arms and the streets around them. The closest station to Stick Hill is Hever station, roughly 0.8 miles north. Other landmarks nearby include Queen Victoria Hospital (4.6 miles south-west) and Haxted Watermill Museum (3.1 miles north-west).
What happens on the day
Expect us to ask a few questions before we start, like when any problem began and what work has been done before. Then the inspection itself takes an hour or two on an ordinary house, though large, tall or awkward roofs take more time. Around Stick Hill, older homes can have small or awkward roof spaces, so it helps to know whether there’s a loft hatch and how easy it is to reach. We only go where it is safe.
- 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.
- Every part we can see is checked: pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, bricks and flashings.
- Inside, we look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft where there is safe access.
- The findings are written up with photographs and recommendations and emailed to you.
Before the survey
- Dig out any old roof reports or invoices
- Check the loft hatch can be reached
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
Book a survey
Every survey is priced before it’s booked, so you know the cost up front. Our price is from £150, including VAT. To book, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Related advice
Your questions about chimney surveys in Stick Hill
Is Stick Hill within the area you cover?
Yes, Stick Hill is on our map. A small place gets exactly the same survey as a big one, with the route planned beforehand.
Can a landlord with a rental near Hever station book a roof survey?
Yes, landlords and agents are among the people we work for. Just phone 07833 053749 or email us with the details, and we’ll talk through which survey suits.
When does the report arrive?
Report times are set by the package. Basic is within 48 hours, Standard is 24–48 hours and Premium is the same day. If you have a deadline, such as an exchange date, tell us when booking.
Can you inspect my roof with a drone?
Yes, where applicable and safe. We fly a sub-250g drone and we are a CAA-registered drone operator (Flyer ID and Operator ID). Drone inspection is part of the Drone Roof Survey and the Premium Survey, where it applies.
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, and it’s agreed before booking.
Which parts of the chimney do you look at?
We check the pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, brickwork and flashings. We also check chimney breasts and the stack in the loft space where we can reach. Everything is written up with photos.
Should I worry about a leaning stack?
Have it checked rather than leaving it. Stacks can lean when mortar on one side breaks down. The survey records what we can see, and a structural engineer can confirm whether it’s stable.