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Chimney Survey in Tackley
An experienced roof surveyor for chimney surveys in Tackley. Over 5,000 surveys and 20+ years behind us across London and the South East.
- Unused flues sealed without airflow
- Pots or cowls that look unsafe
- Frost-damaged brickwork on the stack
What a survey costs
We confirm the price for your survey before booking. These are the things that affect it:
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- Whether you choose the Basic, Standard or Premium Survey
- How tall the building is and how easy the roof is to see
- Extensions, dormers and garages with roofs of their own
Prices start from £150, including VAT. The final price depends on the size and height of the roof, access and the package you choose.
Booking your survey
Before you get in touch, it’s useful to have:
- Access details, such as a loft hatch or a shared roof
- The property’s address and postcode
- Pictures of the roof from a safe spot, if you have them
- What kind of property and roof it is
Booking is simple: just call 07833 053749 or use the contact form, let us know about the property and we’ll explain which survey suits. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
Chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Tackley
Our survey covers the structure of the stack and its weathering details. It is not a flue inspection, a chimney sweep or a gas safety inspection. For the flue itself, you will need a sweep or, for gas appliances, a Gas Safe registered engineer. We’ll tell you if we see anything that suggests they should take a look. We survey flaunching, shared and party-wall stacks and chimney pots and cowls, and people most often book us about unused flues sealed without airflow and damp on a chimney breast inside.
In a village or hamlet like Tackley, older cottages and farmhouses often sit alongside barns, outbuildings and a few newer houses. Roofs there can be clay tile, slate, stone or thatch, and chimney stacks are frequently old. Each needs checking in its own way, and thatch is a specialist material we report on as far as it can be seen. On older roofs, it is normally the chimneys and lead flashings that need work first.
After the visit, you get a written report with photos, sent by email. It explains the condition of the chimney stack, the defects we found and what we recommend.
- Location
- Tackley (OX5)
- Region
- Oxfordshire
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Appointments
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Last updated
- 27 October 2026
Why get it checked now?
If you are thinking of removing or reducing a stack, it helps to know its condition first. Changes to stacks in conservation areas or on listed buildings may need consent, so check with them first. In a place like Tackley, a barn or garage roof left to fail puts whatever is inside at risk. A quick look before winter can save a lot.
There are three survey packages: Basic from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, with VAT included. The price for your roof depends on its size, access and what you need to know.
Why choose Independent Roof Survey in Tackley
- Weekday and weekend surveys
- Drone and thermal imaging surveys available
- Package prices that include VAT
- More than 20 years surveying roofs
When to book a survey in Tackley
Years of fires can affect the mortar inside a stack. Flue gases and damp can break down the mortar, sometimes more on one side than the other, which can make a stack lean.
It is worth booking a survey if you’ve seen:
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
- Lifted or split lead flashings
- Mortar washing out of the joints
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
Take a building like Tackley Church of England Primary School: large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other.
Before booking anyone
- Whether the loft space is looked at, where there is one
- What happens after the report arrives
- What exactly goes into their report
- How they plan to inspect the roof safely
The survey, step by step
A survey visit follows a simple order: we hear what you’ve seen, inspect the roof from every safe viewpoint, take photos as we go and make notes for the report. It normally takes an hour or two for a house, rising to roughly 3–4 hours on a commercial building. Older rural homes like those around Tackley can have a main roof, lower lean-to roofs and outbuildings all joined together. We work round each section in turn, from the safest viewpoints, and anything we cannot see is noted.
- We start by noting which stacks are in use, shared or causing concern.
- The flashings and the roof around each chimney are inspected.
- The top of each stack is checked for cracked flaunching and loose pots.
- Any lean, spalling or worn pointing is recorded.
- The report explains the condition and which work is most urgent.
Before we arrive
- Let us know where we can park nearby
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
- Show us where any leaks or stains appear
Book a survey
Photos help, if you have them. Take them safely from the ground or a window. To get started, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form.
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What a chimney survey looks like in Tackley
Historic houses such as Blenheim Palace, about 3.8 miles south-west, show how far back building in the area around Tackley goes. 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. Older buildings in west Oxfordshire frequently have Cotswold stone slate roofs, and some Oxfordshire villages still have thatch. In this part of the South East, older roofs are mostly slate or clay tile and many newer ones concrete tile. Whichever you have, the details that tend to fail before the covering itself get the closest look.
Landlords with a home close to Tackley station may find that a dated record of the roof is useful when planning maintenance across a let. If you own one of the older houses in the streets near Church of St Nicholas, old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs.
Tackley is about 6 miles west of Bicester, in Oxfordshire. Wherever you are in Tackley, we can carry out chimney surveys at your property. Across Oxfordshire, we cover Tackley. There’s also a page for Oxford.
Chimney surveys in OX5 are booked the same way as anywhere else. Streets in the area include Nethercote Road, St Nicholas Road and St Johns Road, and we cover them all. We also cover Bunkers Hill (2 miles south), Shipton-on-Cherwell (2 miles south), Wootton (3 miles west), Thrupp (3 miles south) and Woodstock (3 miles south-west). Within a short drive, we also cover Oxford (10 miles south), Banbury (13 miles north), Bicester (6 miles east), Abingdon-on-Thames (14 miles south), Witney (10 miles south-west) and Carterton (15 miles south-west).
Landmarks near Tackley
Around Tackley, our work takes us to homes and buildings near The Gardiner Arms. Tackley has its own railway station: Tackley station. Other landmarks nearby include Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (3.4 miles south-west). Green spaces nearby include Woodsides Meadow.
Questions from Tackley
Do you cover smaller places like Tackley?
Yes, we do. We work right across London and South East England, from towns to the smallest villages. Longer journeys are simply planned in advance.
How do I find out if my home in Tackley is listed?
Your council is the best source, with Historic England’s list for listed buildings. A change of roofing material may need consent in either case.
How much is a survey?
Prices start from £150, including VAT. Our Basic Survey starts from £150, the Standard Survey from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400, all including VAT.
Does this replace a RICS home survey?
No. This is a survey of the roof only, so it is not a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey. It can sit alongside a RICS survey if you want both.
Is a chimney survey the same as a flue inspection?
No. We survey the stack and its weathering, not the flue. The flue should be checked by a sweep, or by a Gas Safe registered engineer for gas appliances.
Can you tell me if my roof has asbestos?
No. We can flag materials that might contain asbestos, but confirming it is a job for a specialist asbestos surveyor. It may be present in buildings built or refurbished before 2000.
Will you go up on the roof?
Not unless it is safe. Safe viewpoints, the loft space and a drone where it applies cover most of what’s needed.
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Honest limits
We only report everything that’s safely in view on the day, so there are some things a survey cannot cover:
- Structural calculations for a leaning stack
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
- Whether the flue is safe to use
If you’re not sure which survey you need, call 07833 053749 or send us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer before you book. The full list of what we check.
What this survey covers
- Chimney breasts
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Brick chimney stacks
- Lead flashings
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Flaunching
Surveys for landlords and agents in Tackley
Buyers’ agents can book surveys on behalf of their clients. Reports are emailed, so they’re easy to pass on.
If you own several properties, you can book surveys for several addresses. To discuss a number of properties, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form.