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Chimney Survey in Wexham Street
A survey of chimney stacks, pots, flashings and flaunching for Wexham Street, from an experienced roof surveyor. You get a clear written report with photos.
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Redundant stacks capped without ventilation
- Signs that a stack is leaning
DIY checks: what’s safe
The one thing to avoid is getting up close. Slates, tiles, flat roofs and rooflights can give way. That is where a survey comes in, using safe viewpoints and a drone where it applies.
Look up at the roof after a storm, from the ground: pieces of tile or slate on the ground, a gap in the ridge or a lifted flashing are all worth noting. Leave anything above ground level to a survey.
About our chimney survey in Wexham Street
Chimney stacks take more weather than almost any other part of a house. Over the years, the flaunching cracks, the pointing wears and flashings lift. Water then gets into the stack and can show as damp on a chimney breast or a stain in the loft. A survey finds these problems and records them with photos. If you’re worried about staining on walls around the chimney and worn or missing pointing, we can find out what’s behind it.
In a small place like Wexham Street, many roofs stand in the open, so ridges, chimney stacks, flashings and gutters work hard. Older walls take a long time to dry once water gets in. A written report sets out what to deal with and in what order. On exposed older roofs, chimneys and lead flashings are often the first to give way.
What you get is a clear record of the chimney stack on the day we saw it. That makes it useful now and a handy reference later, for example when you want to check whether anything has changed.
- Place
- Wexham Street (SL2, SL3)
- Region
- Slough
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- When we survey
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insured
- PI and public liability insurance
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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Leave it or get it looked at?
Before deciding what to do with a redundant stack, a survey shows how it’s doing. Changes to stacks in conservation areas or on listed buildings may need consent and the council can advise. For older village homes like those around Wexham Street, the right replacement materials aren’t always easy to find quickly. That is one more reason to find defects before they become urgent.
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: its size, its height, how many sections it has and how safely it can be seen. Prices start from £150, including VAT.
Why book with us
- 98% customer satisfaction
- We hold a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID
- Visits on any day of the week
- An independent view of the roof
Read how roof surveys are priced or what we found on two real jobs.
Wexham Street: your questions answered
Do you cover smaller places like Wexham Street?
Yes, Wexham Street is on our map. Villages and rural addresses get the same survey as a town house.
Can a landlord with a rental near Slough station book a roof survey?
Yes, that is a common request. We just need to know who will give access, and we can send the report to you or your agent.
Is a chimney survey the same as a flue inspection?
No. Our survey covers the outside of the stack and the roof around it. The flue should be checked by a sweep, or by a Gas Safe registered engineer for gas appliances.
What’s in the report?
You get our findings in writing, part by part, with photos. The most urgent items are made clear.
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 inc. VAT.
How do I book a survey in Wexham Street?
To arrange a survey, call 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address, the type of property and what’s prompted the survey. We’ll confirm the price and agree a day with you.
Is it a problem to have an unused chimney?
There is no single answer. We record how the stack is doing and whether it is capped with ventilation. If you’re thinking of removing it, check with the council first in a conservation area or on a listed building.
Honest limits
Every survey has limits, and we’d rather be clear about that before you book. Keep these in mind:
- Checks on boilers, fires or their flues
- Parts of the stack that can’t be seen safely or belong to a neighbour we cannot access
- What’s inside the brickwork or behind render, without opening up
If in doubt, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form and we will suggest the right survey. What a survey covers and doesn’t.
Roof types and parts we check
- Shared and party-wall stacks
- Lead flashings
- Brick chimney stacks
- Chimney breasts
- Flaunching
- Chimney pots and cowls
What a survey costs
Survey packages start from £150, inc. VAT. What you pay for your roof depends on:
- The use of thermal imaging or a drone
- House, block, shop or office
- Extensions, dormers and garages with roofs of their own
- How big the roof is
Prices start from £150, inc. VAT, for a Basic Survey. The Standard Survey starts from £250 and the Premium Survey from £400. You will know the exact price before booking.
What we need to know
What helps most when you contact us:
- Anything about access we should know
- The kind of building and roof involved
- Why you want a survey: buying, a leak, a storm or new work
- Pictures from the garden or a window, if you have them
Booking is simple: just phone 07833 053749 or send us an email and give us a few details about the property and we’ll explain which survey suits. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
How the survey works
We look at the roof from outside and, where it’s relevant and there is safe access, from inside the roof space too. Inside, we look for staining, damp, gaps and signs of movement. All in, the survey usually takes an hour or two at a typical home, while a commercial roof takes nearer three to four hours. For a village or hamlet like Wexham Street, the journey is planned beforehand: let us know about narrow lanes, gates, long drives and where we can park. On the day, we inspect what can be seen safely, inside and out.
- We go through the chimneys, any damp and any work done on them.
- We check every stack from wherever it can be seen safely.
- 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.
Before we arrive
- Dig out any old roof reports or invoices
- Make sure pets are kept safely away
- Check the loft hatch can be reached
Arrange a survey
A quick phone call is usually the easiest start: call 07833 053749 or email us and we will ask a few questions about the roof. You will have a price before anything is arranged.
Related advice
Chimney surveys in Wexham Street: local notes
In this part of the South East, older roofs are mostly slate or clay tile and many newer ones concrete tile, with flat-roofed extensions, dormers and garages common everywhere. Each of these coverings has its own weak points, from fixings and valleys to flashings, chimneys and gutters. The wider area around Wexham Street has a long history of building, with Windsor Castle about 4.3 miles south. If yours is one of the older homes, expect a mix of original materials and later repairs on the roof, and a listed home or one in a conservation area may need consent for changes of material.
For an older house near a landmark such as St Andrew's Church Centre, old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs. Landlords with a home close to Slough station may find that the gap between tenancies is a good time to have the roof looked at. Anyone responsible for a site like Khalsa Secondary Academy will know that long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle.
Wexham Street is about 2 miles north-east of Slough, in Slough. We carry out chimney surveys for homes and businesses in Wexham Street and nearby. Our area takes in places right across Slough, large and small. Our Reading page covers surveys nearby.
We cover every part of the SL2 and SL3 postcode area for chimney surveys and the streets around it. That includes homes and businesses on Larkings Lane, Hartley Close and Tubwell Road and the roads around them. Other places close to Wexham Street include Stoke Poges (1 mile west), Wexham Court (1 mile south), Fulmer (1 mile north-east), George Green (2 miles south-east) and Iver Heath (2 miles east). Within a short drive, we also cover Cippenham (3 miles south-west), Chalvey (3 miles south-west), Langley (3 miles south), Upton (3 miles south), Burnham (4 miles west) and Datchet (4 miles south).
Around Wexham Street
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to The Plough Public House and The Stoke Poges School, among other places. Wexham Street’s nearest station is Slough station, about 2.3 miles south of the centre. Nearby you’ll also find The Pavilions (4 miles east) and Windsor Castle (4.3 miles south). Open spaces near Wexham Street include Stoke Common.
Roof by roof
Rendered stacks
We can’t see the bricks behind render without it being opened up, so the report says what can and can’t be judged.
Chimney breasts and the loft
Damp patches on chimney breasts frequently point to a problem above. We check the breasts and the stack in the loft space where we can reach.