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Chimney survey in Welham Green, Hertfordshire
Find out what’s going on with the chimney stack before you spend money on it. Chimney surveys in Welham Green, with photos and a clear written report.
- Cracked or missing flaunching
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Staining on walls around the chimney
About our chimney survey in Welham Green
A chimney survey looks at the stack and everything around it: the pots and cowls, the flaunching on top, the pointing, the brickwork and the flashings where it meets the roof. Inside, we check chimney breasts and the stack in the loft where it’s safe to reach. 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. We survey brick chimney stacks, lead flashings and shared and party-wall stacks, and the problems we’re asked to look at most are flaunching that has broken away and loose, cracked or missing pots.
Around Welham Green, gardens, hedges and nearby trees can mean leaves and moss end up on roofs and in gutters. Blocked gutters overflow and soak the walls below. 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 ground level.
With the Standard Survey, you also get moisture detection, a structural check and a follow-up consultation. The Premium Survey goes further, with thermal imaging, drone inspection where applicable, structural analysis and an in-person consultation.
- Where
- Welham Green (AL9, AL10)
- Region
- Hertfordshire
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Weekdays and weekends
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
Honest limits
This is not a RICS building survey, a structural engineer’s report or an asbestos survey. It also has these limits:
- Flue inspections or sweeping
- Conditions inside walls
- Checks on boilers, fires or their flues
If in doubt, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we will suggest the right survey before booking. What our survey covers.
What we check
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Brick chimney stacks
- Flaunching
- Chimney breasts
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Lead flashings
Towns and villages near Welham Green
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Different roofs, different checks
Lead flashings
Lead flashings seal the joint between the stack and the roof. The survey looks at whether the lead is tight, sound and well fixed.
Rendered stacks
Some stacks are rendered, which can hide the condition of the brickwork beneath. We look for cracks, hollow areas and staining.
Common questions in Welham Green
Is my home in Welham Green listed or in a conservation area?
We cannot confirm that for you, but Historic England’s list and your council can. A change of roofing material may need consent in either case, and councils can also use Article 4 directions.
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Welham Green station?
Of course. Let us know whether a tenant or an agent will let us in, and the report can go straight to you or your agent.
Will you fly a drone over my roof?
Where it’s applicable and safe, yes. We fly a sub-250g drone and we are a CAA-registered drone operator (Flyer ID and Operator ID). It’s included in the Drone Roof Survey and, where applicable, the Premium Survey.
How do I arrange a chimney survey in Welham Green?
To arrange a survey, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form and tell us the address and what you need to know. We’ll confirm the price and agree a day with you.
Will you check the loft?
Where it is relevant to the survey and there is safe access, yes. Please clear anything stored under the hatch, and if the loft cannot be reached safely, the report says so.
Does the report include photos?
Yes, plenty. Pictures sit next to the findings they show, so you can see what we mean.
Do you need to go on the roof to check the chimney?
We look from the ground, from windows and from the loft where it is safe. Where applicable, our Premium Survey adds a drone inspection for a closer view. Any area we couldn’t view is noted.
How the survey works
A survey visit follows a simple order: we hear what you’ve seen, inspect the roof from each safe vantage point, photograph what we find and make notes for the report. Most visits take between one and two hours for most homes, a little longer where there are several stacks. Some parts of a survey depend on the weather, so a visit to Welham Green is booked with the forecast in mind: the parts that need calm, dry weather are planned around it.
- We start with the details: how many stacks, whether any are shared and any signs of damp.
- We inspect each stack from safe viewpoints outside.
- Every part we can see is checked: pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, bricks and flashings.
- Inside, we look for damp on chimney breasts and in the loft where there’s safe access.
- The findings are written up with photos and recommendations and emailed to you.
Before the survey
- Jot down any questions you want answered
- Find any records of previous roof work
- Tell us about parking before the day
Booking a survey
Not sure which survey you need? The easiest way is to call 07833 053749 or drop us an email and describe the roof and what’s worrying you. We will talk you through the options and what they cost.
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What affects the price in Welham Green
We confirm the price for the job before you book. These are the things that affect it:
- The package you choose: Basic, Standard or Premium
- How big the roof is
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- The height of the building and how the roof can be seen safely
Prices start from £150, including VAT. The final price depends on the size and height of the roof, how it can be seen safely and which survey you book.
What to let us know when you contact us
Before you get in touch, it helps to have:
- Anything about access we should know
- The property’s address and postcode
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
- Any photos you have, taken from the ground or a window
A quick phone call is normally the easiest start: phone 07833 053749 or send us an email and we’ll ask a few questions about the roof. You’ll have a price before anything is arranged.
Leave it or get it looked at?
A small amount of repointing or new flaunching is typically a modest job. Leave it, and frost can work the stack loose, and the work grows. In an older home around Welham Green, water from a roof defect can get into timber and plaster, and that’s a much bigger job than the original defect.
Thermal imaging and drone inspection (where applicable) come with the Premium Survey, from £400 including VAT. We can help you choose the package that fits what you need to know.
Why choose Independent Roof Survey in Welham Green
- Over 5,000 surveys carried out
- Packages from £150, including VAT
- 98% customer satisfaction
- Drone and thermal imaging surveys available
Read what a roof survey costs and what we found on two real jobs.
Landlord and commercial surveys in Welham Green
Businesses and commercial landlords can book us too, including offices, shops and units. Larger roofs take longer.
For blocks of flats, a roof survey helps managing agents and residents’ management companies plan ahead. Recommendations are set out in order of urgency where relevant, which helps with budgets and planning.
Local roofs in Welham Green
Slate and clay tile are the usual coverings on older South East houses, with concrete tiles on many later estates, and flat-roofed additions turn up almost everywhere. Knowing the covering helps explain which parts of a roof are likely to need work first. Hatfield, which Welham Green is part of, is one of England’s post-war new towns. Many homes in the new towns date from the post-war decades, with concrete interlocking tiles, low-pitched roofs and flat-roofed garages and porches. Low-pitched roofs shed water more slowly, and older concrete tiles, felt and gutters on these homes may be nearing the end of their life.
Hatfield House lies about 1.8 miles north, so building around Welham Green goes back a long way. On a period home nearby, the survey separates sound original work from tired later repairs. For site and facilities teams at buildings like St Mary's Church of England Primary School, large buildings have long gutter runs and big roofs that need checking like any other. If you own a rental within reach of Welham Green station, a dated record of the roof is useful when planning maintenance across a let.
Welham Green is about 2 miles south of Hatfield, in Hertfordshire. Surveys in Welham Green work the same way as everywhere we cover: a proper look at everything that’s safely in view, photographs and a clear written report. We cover towns and villages across Hertfordshire, large and small. We also survey roofs in London.
We survey roofs across the AL9 and AL10 postcode area for chimney surveys. We offer chimney surveys to properties on Station Road, Old Farmhouse Mews and Vincenzo Close and the roads around them. Neighbouring places we cover for chimney surveys include North Mymms (1 mile south), Colney Heath (1 mile west), Hatfield (2 miles north), Sleapshyde (2 miles west) and Smallford (3 miles north-west). We also work in nearby towns like Watford (9 miles south-west), Hemel Hempstead (10 miles west), Stevenage (12 miles north), St Albans (5 miles west), Welwyn Garden City (4 miles north) and Harpenden (8 miles north-west).
Local landmarks in Welham Green
Around Welham Green, our work takes us to homes and buildings near Brookmans Park, The Hope and Anchor Public House and Chancellor's School, among other places. There’s a railway station in Welham Green itself: Welham Green station. A little further out are Queen Elizabeth II Hospital (3.5 miles north) and The Bunker at Hatfield Police Station (2.3 miles north). Open spaces near Welham Green include Gobions Wood.