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Chimney survey in Tokers Green, Reading
Chimney surveys across Tokers Green, with over 20 years’ experience behind it. Every survey ends with a written report and photos.
- Eroded joints in the brickwork
- Flaunching that has broken away
- Flashings pulling away from the stack
Why it is worth a survey now in Tokers Green
For a buyer, the best time to learn about a chimney is before exchange. Once you’ve exchanged, the work is down to you. A report gives you something specific to put to the seller. Around Tokers Green, older homes often have old roof timbers, where water from a failed roof can cause rot if it is left.
Every price we give includes VAT. Our price is from £150, including VAT. We confirm the price for your survey before booking.
Why book us in Tokers Green
- An independent view of the roof
- Customer satisfaction of 98%
- Thermal imaging and drone inspection where they help
- 5,000+ surveys completed
Take a look at what a roof survey costs and our case studies.
About our chimney survey in Tokers Green
Many terraced and semi-detached homes share their chimney stacks with a neighbour. We inspect the parts we can see safely and the parts the owner gives us access to. Where a problem seems to involve a neighbour’s side, the report records it, so you can talk to them. Everything is written up with photos and our recommendations. We survey shared and party-wall stacks, chimney pots and cowls and lead flashings, and common reasons people get in touch are frost-damaged brickwork on the stack and redundant stacks capped without ventilation.
Somewhere as small as Tokers Green, 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’s usually the chimneys and lead flashings that need work first.
The report doesn’t just list problems. For each finding, it explains what it is, why it matters and what we’d recommend, so you can plan your next steps.
- Where
- Tokers Green (RG4)
- Region
- Reading
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- PI and public liability insurance
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Before and after the survey
You don’t need to be a roofer to help. What helps most:
- Ask for ventilated caps on redundant stacks
- Check with the council before altering a stack in a conservation area or on a listed building
- Keep the report to compare against at the next survey
- Remove aerials or dishes from the stack if they’re no longer needed
If the stack is shared, you can pass the report to your neighbour. The photos show the problem and which side it’s on, as far as we could see.
Unused stacks should be capped in a way that still lets air through. Ventilation helps keep the stack dry.
How the survey works
We look at the roof from outside and, where it is relevant and there’s safe access, from inside the loft space too. In the loft, the signs we look for are staining, damp, daylight and sagging. All in, the survey typically takes roughly 1–2 hours at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. Somewhere like Tokers Green needs a little journey planning: let us know about lanes, gates and parking. On the day, we inspect everything that’s safely in view, inside and out.
- 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.
- Any lean, spalling or worn pointing is recorded.
- The report explains the condition and which work is most urgent.
Before we arrive
- Gather any invoices or paperwork from past roof work
- Unlock side gates and any roof access doors
- Clear the way to the loft hatch
Arrange a survey
To book a survey, phone 07833 053749 or email us and let us know the address and what’s prompted the survey. You’ll know the price before anything is booked.
Related advice
Rented homes, blocks and businesses
Landlords, agents and building managers in Tokers Green and across Reading can book any of our surveys. For a price for a let property or a block, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form.
Managing agents and residents’ management companies use roof surveys to plan maintenance. Recommendations are set out by urgency where it matters.
Places near Tokers Green
What else we do in Tokers Green
Honest limits
Without opening up the roof, some things stay hidden, so a survey has limits:
- Flue inspections or sweeping
- Whether a stack needs rebuilding on structural grounds
- Checks on boilers, fires or their flues
Not sure which survey suits your roof? You can call 07833 053749 or send us an email and we’ll tell you. What our survey covers.
Roof types and parts we check
- Brick chimney stacks
- Lead flashings
- Chimney breasts
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Flaunching
- Shared and party-wall stacks
What we are asked to look at in Tokers Green
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 recommend a structural engineer where support is in question.
Problems we come across often include:
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
- A chimney out of line
- Cracked or missing flaunching
- Pots or cowls that look unsafe
If you own a rental within reach of Tilehurst station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak.
What to check before booking
- How they’ll see the roof: from the ground, the loft, the roof or by drone
- What’s outside the scope of the survey
- How much experience they have with roofs like yours
- Their insurance cover
Chimney surveys in Tokers Green: local notes
Across the South East, older homes tend to have slate or clay tiles, and many later ones concrete tiles, and flat-roofed additions turn up almost everywhere. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them. The wider area around Tokers Green has a long history of building, with Mapledurham House about 1.9 miles west. If your home is one of the older ones, expect a mix of original materials and later repairs on the roof.
For businesses in and around places such as Broad Street Mall, a written record of the roof’s condition helps you plan maintenance rather than react to leaks. Take an older house close to Church of St John the Baptist: old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs.
Tokers Green is about 2 miles north-west of Caversham, in Reading. We visit Tokers Green as part of our work across Reading, for homes and businesses alike. Across Reading, we cover Tokers Green.
Here we cover the RG4 postcode area for chimney surveys. If you need a chimney survey at a property on Tokers Green Lane, Dysonswood Lane and Bardolph's Close or anywhere close by, we can help. If you are just outside Tokers Green, we cover Chalkhouse Green (1 mile north-east), Caversham Heights (1 mile south), Emmer Green (1 mile south-east), Caversham (2 miles south-east) and Caversham Park Village (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Norcot (3 miles south-west), West Reading (3 miles south), Tilehurst Within (3 miles south-west), Shinfield (6 miles south), Arborfield Garrison (9 miles south-east) and Horncastle (4 miles south-west).
Around Tokers Green
Around Tokers Green, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, The Pack Saddle pub and The Warwick School and the streets around them. The nearest railway station is Tilehurst station, about 2.2 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Broad Street Mall (2.8 miles south) and Royal Berkshire Regiment Museum (2.5 miles south). Open spaces near Tokers Green include South Lake and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
Tokers Green questions
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Tilehurst station?
Yes, that is a common request. We just need to know who will give access, and the report can go straight to you or your agent.
Do you cover smaller places like Tokers Green?
Yes, Tokers Green is on our map. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house, with the route planned beforehand.
When does the report arrive?
Basic reports arrive within 48 hours, Standard reports in 24–48 hours and Premium reports on the same day. Each one is emailed.
Our stack is shared. Can you still survey it?
Yes. We check the parts we can see safely and the parts you can give us access to. Where a problem appears to be on next door’s side, we note it, so you can discuss it with them.
Can you inspect my roof with a drone?
Yes, where it is applicable. Flights depend on the weather on the day and airspace rules. We hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID.
Is it the same as a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey?
No. Our survey is a roof survey, not a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey of the whole building. It focuses on the roof and can sit alongside a RICS survey.
What should I do with a chimney I don’t use?
An unused stack still needs to stay weathertight and ventilated. If it is capped without ventilation, damp can build up inside. We check how it is capped and its condition, so you can decide with a builder what to do.