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Chimney survey in Styants Bottom, Kent
Not sure what state the chimney stack is in? You can book a chimney survey in Styants Bottom and across Kent, with plain-English findings.
- Unused flues sealed without airflow
- Lifted or split lead flashings
- Flaunching that has broken away
Landlords, agents and block managers in Styants Bottom
For blocks of flats, a roof survey helps managing agents and residents’ management companies plan ahead. The report sets out what needs attention now and what can wait.
Surveys can also be booked by buyers’ agents acting for a client. Reports are emailed, so they’re easy to pass on, photographs included.
Chimney survey in Styants Bottom
For buyers, a chimney survey before exchange can flag work you may want to raise. Cracked flaunching, failed flashings and worn pointing are common findings on older stacks. You get photos and findings you can take back to the seller or agent. It complements a RICS home survey rather than replacing it. If you’ve noticed disused chimneys trapping moisture and eroded joints in the brickwork, we can find out what’s behind it.
Village roofs frequently face open fields and take the full force of wind and rain, which is hard on ridges, chimneys, flashings and gutters. Damp in old walls is slow to dry, so a small leak can do a lot of harm. A written report sets out what to deal with and in what order. Lead flashings and old chimney stacks are often where weather gets in first.
After the visit, you get a report with photographs, sent by email. It explains the condition of the chimney stack, the defects we found and what we recommend.
- Location
- Styants Bottom (TN15)
- Wider area
- Kent
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Appointments
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Do you need a chimney survey in Styants Bottom?
A stack takes the weather from every direction. Frost works into cracks in the flaunching and pointing, and rain soaks into worn brickwork. Most people book after spotting damp or a loose pot, or before buying.
A survey makes sense if you’ve noticed:
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
- Gaps where the stack meets the roof
- Loose, cracked or missing pots
- Bricks with flaking faces
Anyone responsible for a site like Ightham Primary School will know that a written record of a large roof helps plan work for the holidays rather than in term time.
Before you book any roof surveyor
- Will the report include photos?
- How they’ll see the roof: from the ground, the loft, the roof or by drone
- Their report turnaround times
- What’s outside the scope of the survey
Towns and villages near Styants Bottom
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How it works
Once we have finished looking, we write up our findings as a report with photographs. On timing, most surveys take about one to two hours for most houses, and longer for a large or complex roof. Rural addresses near Styants Bottom can be hard to find from a postcode alone, so a few directions are welcome. After that, the survey runs as it would anywhere.
- You let us know whether any stacks are shared, unused or leaning.
- The flashings and the roof around each chimney are inspected.
- The top of each stack is checked for cracked flaunching and loose pots.
- We note the brickwork, pointing and any sign of leaning.
- You receive a written report setting out what needs attention first.
Getting ready for the survey
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
- If you are buying, let the agent know when we are coming
- Make sure we can get to the back of the property
Booking a survey
Once you know what you need, call 07833 053749 or send us an email. From there it’s a case of choosing a package, agreeing the price and fixing a day, weekday or weekend.
Related advice
How the survey changes by roof type
Rendered stacks
What’s behind the render can’t be seen without removing some, so the report explains what we could and couldn’t assess.
Chimney pots and cowls
For unused flues, we check whether caps or cowls allow ventilation. Poor capping can lead to damp inside the stack.
What affects the price in Styants Bottom
Several things affect the price of a survey:
- The type of building, from a house to a block or an office
- The roof’s overall size
- The shape of the roof and its details
- How many separate roofs there are, such as extensions, dormers and garages
Prices start from £150, including VAT. What you pay depends on how big and how high the roof is, access and which survey you book.
Booking your survey
Before you get in touch, it is useful to have:
- Any photos you have, taken from ground level or a window
- Dates you’re working to, such as exchange
- Access details, such as a loft hatch or a shared roof
- The reason for the survey, like buying, a leak or storm damage
To arrange a survey, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address and what you’d like to know about the roof. You will know the price before anything is booked.
Styants Bottom questions
Is my home in Styants Bottom listed or in a conservation area?
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.
Will you come out to Styants Bottom?
We do. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house.
Does someone need to be in?
Not always. If we only need the outside, we can agree that ahead of time, but the loft and any rooms with damp need someone to let us in.
Should I worry about a leaning stack?
Have it checked rather than leaving it. Stacks can lean when mortar on one side breaks down. We record its condition with photos, and a structural engineer can confirm whether it’s stable.
Is it the same as a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey?
No. We check the roof, not the whole building, and it isn’t a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey. Many buyers have both.
Do you carry out surveys on Saturdays and Sundays?
We survey seven days a week: Monday to Friday, Saturdays and Sundays. Just let us know the days that suit you.
Are you insured?
We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance, for every survey we carry out.
What a chimney survey looks like in Styants Bottom
Ightham Mote, about 1.9 miles south, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Styants Bottom. 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. Many older homes in Kent have handmade clay tiles, including Kent peg tiles held by pegs through two holes, and tile-hanging on their upper walls. The county’s older buildings also include oast houses and timber-framed Wealden hall houses. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first.
The streets around a church like St Lawrence are often among the oldest in a place, and if your house is among the older ones nearby, corroded nails, tired lead and weathered chimney pointing are the things to watch on older roofs. Homes near green spaces like Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve can get more leaves in their gutters in autumn, and blocked gutters overflow and soak walls.
Styants Bottom is about 3 miles east of Sevenoaks, in Kent. Roofs in Styants Bottom get the same thorough look as anywhere else in Kent. Styants Bottom is one of the places in Kent we cover for chimney surveys. Maidstone is in our area too.
Surveys in TN15 are booked the same way as anywhere else. We also cover the places around Styants Bottom: Oldbury (1 mile east), Ightham (1 mile south-east), Stone Street (1 mile south), Ivy Hatch (1 mile south-east) and Bitchet Green (2 miles south). Further out, we also cover Maidstone (12 miles east), Dartford (11 miles north), Sevenoaks (3 miles west), Royal Tunbridge Wells (10 miles south), Gravesend (11 miles north-east) and Tonbridge (6 miles south).
What’s near Styants Bottom
Around Styants Bottom, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Wrotham School, The Harrow Inn and Ivy Hatch Nature Reserve, among other places. The closest station to Styants Bottom is Kemsing station, roughly 1 mile north-west of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Ightham Court (1.3 miles north-east) and Sevenoaks Hospital (2.8 miles west). Not far away are Dryhill Nature Reserve.
DIY checks: what’s safe
What you can’t do safely is get up close. Roofs are fragile and slippery, and a fall can be serious. That is where a survey comes in, using safe viewpoints and a drone where applicable.
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Use a torch and stay on the joists or boards, and look for staining, damp timber or daylight coming through.