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Chimney survey in Wentworth, Surrey
Chimney surveys around Wentworth, with findings in writing and pictures to back them up. Book a weekday or weekend visit.
- Worn or missing pointing
- Damaged chimney pots and cowls
- A stack that appears to lean
How a chimney survey works in Wentworth
A chimney survey is about the outside of the stack and the roof around it. 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. We’ll tell you if we see anything that suggests they should take a look. We survey lead flashings, chimney pots and cowls and flaunching, and people most frequently book us about redundant stacks capped without ventilation and staining on walls around the chimney.
Older buildings in small places like Wentworth may be listed or in a conservation area. That can affect what materials can be used when work is done, so check with the council before planning anything. Knowing the roof’s condition helps you plan ahead with that in mind. Older materials such as clay tiles, slate and stone are often matched when work is done.
After the visit, you get a report with photographs, emailed to you. It sets out the condition of the chimney stack, any defects and our written recommendations.
- Where
- Wentworth (GU25)
- Region
- Surrey
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insurance
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
FAQs for Wentworth
Can a landlord with a rental near Longcross station book a roof survey?
Of course. Let us know whether a tenant or an agent will let us in, and we can send the report to you or your agent.
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Wentworth?
You can check whether a building is listed on Historic England’s list, and your council can tell you if it is in a conservation area. Listed building consent is needed for changes that affect a listed building’s special interest, and conservation areas can limit changes of roofing material.
How experienced are you?
We have more than 20 years’ experience and have completed over 5,000 surveys across London and South East England.
What insurance do you have?
We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
What causes damp on a chimney breast?
Normally it is water getting in from outside, or condensation in a sealed stack. The survey looks at the stack, the flashings and the capping and records the likely cause.
What’s the best way to book?
Simply ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email. We will ask a few questions, confirm the price and agree a date, weekday or weekend.
Can you inspect my roof with a drone?
Yes, where it’s applicable. We hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID and fly a drone under 250g, and every flight depends on the airspace and the weather.
How the survey works
Safety comes first on every visit. Everything that can be seen safely is inspected, and if part of the roof cannot be seen, the report says so. Most visits take roughly 1–2 hours for a house, or half a day or so for a commercial building. Somewhere like Wentworth 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.
- First you let us know about the chimneys, any damp on the chimney breasts and any worries.
- We inspect each stack from safe viewpoints outside.
- The pots, cowls, flaunching, pointing, brickwork and flashings are checked and photographed.
- Where there’s safe access, we check the stack in the loft and the chimney breasts for damp.
- We send a written report with photos, the defects found and what we recommend.
How to prepare
- Check the loft hatch can be reached
- If the roof is shared, arrange access with whoever manages the building
- Unlock side gates and any roof access doors
Getting a price
Most bookings start with a short call: call 07833 053749 or email us. The price is agreed before a date is set.
Advice
What affects the price in Wentworth
A few things affect what a survey costs:
- Commercial roofs and larger buildings
- Any need for thermal images or a drone flight
- Features like valleys, chimneys, dormers and parapets
- Height and safe access
We offer 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 want to find out.
What we need to know
Getting the details right at the start saves time. It helps to include:
- Anything about access we should know
- Any deadline, such as an exchange date
- What made you get in touch
- What kind of property and roof it is
You can call us seven days a week. To book or ask a question, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Towns and villages near Wentworth
Other services in Wentworth
Why get it checked now?
Most people never get a proper look at their chimney stacks. Defects tend to go unseen until there’s a stain. Surveying the stack now can catch problems first. Older cottages and farmhouses around Wentworth can have roof timbers that have been there a very long time, where water from a failed roof can cause rot if it’s left.
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: how big it is, how high it is, the number of separate roofs and how safely it can be seen. Our price is from £150, including VAT.
Why book us in Wentworth
- More than 20 years surveying roofs
- An independent view of the roof
- 5,000+ roofs surveyed
- A written report with photos
Signs you need a chimney survey in Wentworth
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.
A survey can pick up problems such as:
- A stack that appears to lean
- Lifted or split lead flashings
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Flaunching that has broken away
If you look after a building such as Christ Church CofE Aided Infant School, long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle.
Before you book anyone
- Which viewpoints they use to see the roof
- Whether VAT is added on top
- Whether the loft space is looked at, where there is one
- Are they insured for the work?
What you can safely check yourself
Fresh stains on ceilings or walls after rain are worth noting. Take a photo and write down when you saw it.
The one thing to avoid is getting up close. Roofs are fragile and slippery, and falls from height are serious. That’s where a survey comes in, using safe viewpoints and a drone where it applies.
Chimney surveys around Wentworth
The wider area around Wentworth has a long history of building, with Botleys Mansion about 3.1 miles south-east. Older homes in the wider area often have features worth a closer look, like lead valleys, tall stacks and roofs that have been patched over the years, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material. In Surrey, older roofs are often handmade clay tile, with tile-hanging on many upper walls. Some old buildings in Surrey and Sussex have Horsham stone slab roofs. Whatever the covering, it’s often the fixings, flashings, valleys and gutters that give out first.
For landlords with property near Longcross station, a roof report between tenancies helps plan work before a small defect becomes a tenant’s leak. If you live in an older home near Christ Church, its roof may have old fixings, lead flashings and chimneys that need a closer look.
Wentworth is about 3 miles south-west of Egham, in Surrey. Houses, flats, blocks and commercial buildings in Wentworth can all book chimney surveys. Across Surrey, we cover Wentworth. For surveys nearby, see our Guildford page.
Surveys in GU25 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. Streets in the area include London Road, Wentworth Drive and Portnall Rise, and we cover them all. Neighbouring places we cover for chimney surveys include Virginia Water (1 mile east), Egham Wick (2 miles north), Stroude (2 miles north-east), Thorpe Green (2 miles east) and Englefield Green (2 miles north-east). Within a short drive, we also cover Guildford (11 miles south), Woking (6 miles south), Camberley (7 miles south-west), Epsom (15 miles east), Ewell (15 miles east) and Egham (3 miles north-east).
Near you in Wentworth
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Riverside Walk and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Longcross station, roughly 1 mile south. Other landmarks nearby include St. Peter's Hospital (3.3 miles south-east) and Chobham Museum (3.7 miles south). For a walk, there is Gracious Pond and St Ann's Hill.
What we cannot see
We only report whatever is safely visible on the day, so some things are outside what a survey can do:
- Structural calculations for a leaning stack
- Flue inspections or sweeping
- Checks on boilers, fires or their flues
If in doubt, phone 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we’ll recommend the right survey before you book. What a survey covers and does not.
Roof types and parts we check
- Chimney pots and cowls
- Flaunching
- Brick chimney stacks
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Lead flashings
- Chimney breasts