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Chimney survey in Tye Green, Essex
Chimney surveys across Tye Green, with over 20 years’ experience behind it. Every survey ends with a written report and photographs.
- Disused chimneys trapping moisture
- Worn or missing pointing
- Damp patches on chimney breasts
What we are asked to look at in Tye Green
Removing a chimney breast inside can leave questions about how the stack is supported. We note what’s visible in the loft space and outside, and recommend a structural engineer where support is in question.
Most people get in touch after spotting something like this:
- Unused flues sealed without airflow
- A chimney out of line
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Flaunching that has broken away
If you own a rental within reach of Cressing station, knowing the condition of the roof, chimneys and gutters helps you plan work rather than react to complaints.
What to check before booking
- Whether the price includes VAT
- Which parts of the roof they’ll actually see
- What exactly goes into their report
- When you will get the report
Chimney survey in Tye Green
Our survey covers the structure of the stack and its weathering details. It is not a flue inspection, a sweep or a gas safety check. For the flue itself, you’ll need a sweep or, for gas appliances, a Gas Safe registered engineer. If something we see points to the flue, we will say so. If you’ve noticed disused chimneys trapping moisture and damaged chimney pots and cowls, a survey will tell you what’s going on, whatever the roof.
In a village or hamlet like Tye Green, 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 often 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 usually the chimneys and lead flashings that need work first.
You receive the findings by email, ready to forward to whoever needs them. Turnaround is within 48 hours for Basic, 24–48 hours for Standard and same day for Premium.
- Where
- Tye Green (CM77)
- Wider area
- Essex
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Survey days
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Common questions in Tye Green
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Cressing station?
Yes, landlords and agents book with us as well as owners. You can phone 07833 053749 or send us an email with the address and some details.
Do you cover smaller places like Tye Green?
Yes. Tye Green is within the area we cover, which takes in towns, villages and rural addresses. We work right across London and the South East. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when booking.
What causes damp on a chimney breast?
It can come from several places: cracked flaunching, worn pointing, failed flashings, uncapped pots, or damp trapped in an unventilated stack. We check each one and note the most likely cause.
Can you survey at the weekend?
Surveys can be booked for any day of the week: weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Let us know which days suit you when you book.
How long is the visit?
Expect it to take an hour or two at a typical home, and longer for a large or complex roof. You’ll then get the report by email, on the timescale of your package.
Will you photograph what you find?
Yes. Photographs are part of every report.
Do you need to get into the loft?
Where it is relevant to the survey and there’s safe access, yes. A clear path to the hatch helps, and if the loft cannot be reached safely, the report says so.
Practical tips
Nothing here needs a ladder. A few suggestions:
- Don’t use a ladder to reach the stack yourself
- Ask for ventilated caps on redundant stacks
- Check with the council before altering a stack in a conservation area or on a listed building
- File photos of the stacks with your home records
You can send the report to roofers or builders for quotes. Because everyone is pricing the same findings, the quotes are easier to compare.
Keep an eye on chimney breasts for new damp patches. The sooner damp is spotted, the easier the cause is to find.
DIY checks: what’s safe
A lot can be seen from the ground. Binoculars help you spot slipped slates or tiles, gaps along the ridge and a leaning stack. Please do not climb up for a closer look.
Inside, the loft is a good place to look, with care. Take a torch and only step on boards or joists, checking for stains, damp wood or chinks of daylight.
What we can’t see
Our findings are based on what we can see safely on the day, so some things are outside what a survey can do:
- Whether a gas appliance or its flue is safe
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
- Whether a stack needs rebuilding on structural grounds
If you’re not sure which survey you need, phone 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer. What a survey covers and doesn’t.
Roofs we survey in Tye Green
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Lead flashings
- Chimney breasts
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Brick chimney stacks
- Flaunching
Surveys for landlords and agents in Tye Green
If the property is let, the agent or a tenant can let us in. Surveys run on any day of the week, which can make access easier.
Any of our surveys can be booked by landlords, agents and building managers in Tye Green. To discuss a property or a block, phone 07833 053749 or send us an email.
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The survey, step by step
A survey visit follows a simple order: we hear what you’ve seen, look at the roof from every safe viewpoint, take photographs as we go and record our findings for the written report. Most visits take an hour or two for most homes, a little longer where there are several stacks. Rural addresses near Tye Green can be hard to find from a postcode alone, so a few directions are welcome. After that, the survey runs as it would anywhere.
- First we talk through the stacks, their history and any problems.
- Each stack is inspected from safe positions outside.
- We photograph and record the pots, flaunching, pointing and flashings.
- We look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft space.
- The report, with photos and recommendations, is emailed to you.
How to prepare
- Mention any parking restrictions on your street
- Show us where any leaks or stains appear
- Buyers: confirm access with the estate agent or seller
How to book
Not sure which survey you need? The easiest way is to ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email and describe the roof and why you want it surveyed. We will talk you through the options and what they cost.
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Local roofs in Tye Green
Weatherboarded walls and clay tile roofs are typical of older Essex buildings, with post-war and more recent estates making up much of the newer housing. Whatever the covering, it’s often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first. There are about 500,000 buildings on England’s list of listed buildings, and around 10,000 conservation areas. If your home is listed, changes that affect its special interest need listed building consent, and in a conservation area re-roofing in different materials may need permission, so check with the council.
If you look after a building such as Cressing Primary School, its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale. The streets around a church such as St Barnabas are frequently among the oldest in a place, and if your home is one of the older ones nearby, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine.
Tye Green is about 2 miles south-east of Braintree, in Essex. Surveys in Tye Green work the same way as everywhere we cover: a proper look at whatever is safely visible, photos and a clear written report. Tye Green is one of the towns and villages in Essex where we work for chimney surveys. There is also a page for Chelmsford.
Postcode districts we cover here for chimney surveys: CM77. Local streets include Halls Grove, The Westering and Heycroft Drive, and we cover them all. If you are just outside Tye Green, we cover Hawbush Green (1 mile east), Long Green (1 mile north), The Green (1 mile south-west), Black Notley (1 mile west) and White Notley (1 mile south). Within a short drive, we also cover Colchester (14 miles east), Chelmsford (9 miles south-west), Maldon (10 miles south-east), Witham (4 miles south-east), Camulodunum (12 miles east) and Halstead (6 miles north).
Landmarks near Tye Green
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Alec Hunter Academy and The Three Ashes pub, among other places. Tye Green has its own railway station: Cressing station. Well-known places in the area include Cressing Temple (1.6 miles south-east) and William Julien Courtauld Hospital (2.3 miles north-west). For a walk, there’s Sandylay and Moat Woods.