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Chimney Survey in Sunnymead
Get a clear view of the chimney stack at a property in Sunnymead. Visits run on weekdays and weekends, in the daytime.
- Worn or missing pointing
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Pots or cowls that look unsafe
Checking the roof from the ground
Watch the gutters in a downpour, from a window or the ground. Overflowing water can point to a blockage or a sagging run.
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.
Chimney survey in Sunnymead
Our chimney survey covers the stack and the details that keep water out around it: the pots and cowls, the flaunching on top, the pointing, the brickwork and the flashings where it meets the roof. We also look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft where there’s safe access. The findings come in a written report with photos and recommendations. It suits a single stack on a house as well as several on a larger building. If you’re worried about cracked or missing flaunching and bricks with flaking faces, we can find out what’s behind it, whatever the roof.
Around Sunnymead, gardens, hedges and nearby trees can mean leaves and moss end up on roofs and in gutters. Once gutters and outlets block, water spills over and soaks the walls. It is the kind of slow problem a roof report picks up early. Plants growing from a gutter or moss on the tiles are signs worth noting from the ground.
You can share the report with anyone who needs it: a seller or estate agent, an insurer, a roofer, a builder or a managing agent.
- Location
- Sunnymead (OX2)
- Wider area
- Oxfordshire
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Appointments
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Do you need a chimney survey in Sunnymead?
Some owners book because a chimney breast has been removed below and they want to know about the stack above. We record what we can see in the loft and outside, and the report recommends a structural engineer if support is a concern.
Problems we come across frequently include:
- Staining on walls around the chimney
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Lifted or split lead flashings
- Damaged chimney pots and cowls
For businesses in and around places such as Clarendon Shopping Centre, a written record of the roof’s condition helps you plan maintenance rather than react to leaks.
What to check before booking
- Whether you can ask questions once you have the report
- Will they check the loft as well as the outside?
- Are they insured for the work?
- Which viewpoints they use to see the roof
How the survey changes by roof type
Chimney breasts and the loft
Damp patches on chimney breasts often point to a problem above. We check them and at the stack in the loft where there’s safe access.
Brick stacks
Spalled bricks, where the face has flaked off, are a sign of water and frost. We record any we can see.
What happens if roof problems are left?
Cracked flaunching and worn pointing are often modest repairs when they’re caught early. Left for a few winters, frost and water can loosen pots and bricks and the job gets bigger. In an older home around Sunnymead, water from a roof defect can get into timber and plaster, and that’s a much bigger job than the original defect.
For a price for your roof in Sunnymead, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the address and some details. We will confirm the figure before booking.
What you get with us
- Covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- Drones and thermal imaging where applicable
- Independent findings on the roof’s condition
- Prices that include VAT
Take a look at how roof surveys are priced or what we found on two real jobs.
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Tips from our surveys
Some practical points come up on survey after survey. They’re worth knowing whatever the roof:
- Keep track of stains on chimney breasts
- Remove aerials or dishes from the stack if they’re no longer needed
- Find out whether changes to a stack need permission
- Check your stacks from ground level after strong winds
Once we’ve been, the findings are written up with photos. It explains the condition of each part of the stack and any damp inside. Basic reports arrive within 48 hours, Standard reports in 24 to 48 hours and Premium reports the same day.
Check fixings on the stack are sound and taken off if they’re no longer needed. Removing unused fixings takes strain off the brickwork.
How the survey works
The visit normally starts outside and finishes in the loft: outside views come first, then the roof space if there is safe access. All told, expect an hour or two for most homes, a little longer where there are several stacks. For a survey in Sunnymead, we agree the time, the access and parking before the day. Weekday and weekend visits are both possible. If there are outbuildings or garages you want looked at, mention them.
- You let us know how many stacks there are and any damp or problems you’ve noticed.
- The stacks are looked at from ground level, from windows and from other safe vantage points.
- The pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, brickwork and flashings are checked and photographed.
- 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 the survey
- Leave a clear route to the loft
- If it isn’t your property yet, arrange access through the agent
- Let us know about parking near the property
How to book
You can call us seven days a week, including Saturdays and Sundays. To book or ask a question, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email.
Advice
Questions from Sunnymead
Is Sunnymead within the area you cover?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Our area covers London and South East England. Just mention lanes, gates or anything else about the route when booking.
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Oxford Parkway station?
Of course. We just need to know who will give access, and we can send the report to you or your agent.
Do you need to get into the loft?
If it is needed and safe to reach, yes. We look for staining, damp, daylight and signs of movement, as far as the space allows.
Do you test for asbestos?
No. We don’t sample or test for asbestos. Where a material might contain it, such as old cement sheets on a building from before 2000, the report flags it, with a recommendation to have a specialist asbestos surveyor check before it’s disturbed.
Will you check the chimney is safe to use with a fire?
No. We survey the stack and its weathering, not the flue. For the flue, you will need a sweep or, for gas, a Gas Safe registered engineer.
Are you insured?
We are covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance, for every survey we carry out.
Do I need to be at home?
It depends on what we need to see. For inside areas and the loft space, someone has to give us access, while outside access can be discussed when you book.
Sunnymead homes and their roofs
With Holywell Manor about 2.1 miles south, Sunnymead sits in an area with a long building history. 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. Cotswold stone slates are found on older buildings in west Oxfordshire, and thatch survives in some of the county’s villages. Slate and clay tile are the usual coverings on older South East houses, with concrete tiles on many later estates. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them.
The streets around a church such as Roman Catholic Church of St Gregory and St Augustine are often among the oldest in a place, and if yours is one of the older homes nearby, its chimney, valleys and lead work are likely to be the parts that need attention first. For landlords with property near Oxford Parkway station, a roof report helps you deal with small faults before they turn into a call from a tenant.
Sunnymead is about 3 miles north-west of Oxford, in Oxfordshire. Wherever you are in Sunnymead, we can carry out chimney surveys at your property. Our Oxfordshire coverage includes Sunnymead and the places around it.
Chimney surveys in OX2 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Whether your property is on Wren Road, Scott Road and Wyatt Road or a nearby road, we can survey it. Main roads around Sunnymead include the A4165, which makes travel easy. Neighbouring places we cover for chimney surveys include Cutteslowe (1 mile north), Summertown (1 mile south), North Oxford (1 mile south), Wolvercote (1 mile west) and Park Town (1 mile south). We also work in nearby towns such as Oxford (3 miles south-east), Didcot (12 miles south), Bicester (9 miles north-east), Abingdon-on-Thames (7 miles south), Witney (10 miles west) and Carterton (14 miles west).
Near you in Sunnymead
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to St Hugh's College Main Building Including Library, Oxford University Parks and Dew Drop Inn. You will also find Summer Fields School (0.5 miles south) and Oxford Academy (0.7 miles south). The closest station to Sunnymead is Oxford Parkway station, about 1.4 miles north of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Oxford Castle (2.3 miles south) and Oxford University Museum of Natural History (1.8 miles south). For a walk, there is Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds and Headington Hill.