Buckinghamshire · London and the South East
Woodrow Chimney Survey
A survey of chimney stacks, pots, flashings and flaunching in Woodrow, with drones and thermal imaging where they help. Call or email for a price.
- Eroded joints in the brickwork
- Bricks with flaking faces
- Cracked or missing flaunching
Chimney survey in Woodrow
Our survey covers the structure of the stack and its weathering details. It’s not a flue inspection, a chimney sweep or a gas safety inspection. For the flue itself, you will need a sweep or, for gas appliances, a Gas Safe registered engineer. If something we see points to the flue, we’ll say so. We survey lead flashings, shared and party-wall stacks and chimney pots and cowls, and people most often book us about damp patches on chimney breasts and a chimney out of line.
Older buildings in small places like Woodrow may be listed or in a conservation area. If yours is, re-roofing in different materials may need consent, so the council is the place to check. A roof report helps you plan work with that in mind. Where a building is listed, matching the existing roof materials is frequently expected.
Pictures do a lot of the work in our reports, because a photo of a cracked flashing says more than a paragraph. If something couldn’t be seen safely, the report is clear about it.
- Location
- Woodrow (HP7)
- Region
- Buckinghamshire
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- A written report with photos, by email
- When we survey
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
DIY checks: what’s safe
Keep a simple record: dates of leaks, photos from ground level and any work done on the roof. Send it with your enquiry and it will help the survey.
After heavy rain, check ceilings and the tops of walls for new stains. Photograph them and note the date, which helps when we look at the roof.
Why it is worth a survey now in Woodrow
If you’re buying, find out about the stacks before you exchange. After that, any work is yours to arrange and pay for. A report gives you something specific to put to the seller. Older cottages and farmhouses around Woodrow can have roof timbers that have been there a very long time, and water through a failed covering can rot timber if it’s left.
Every price we give includes VAT, and the written report is part of the package. Prices start from £150, including VAT. Where your roof sits in the range depends on its size, height and access.
Why book us in Woodrow
- Visits on any day of the week
- Plain-English reports with photos
- More than 20 years surveying roofs
- Covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance
Read our cost guide and what we found on two real jobs.
What affects the price in Woodrow
Our packages start from £150, including VAT. The price for your roof depends on:
- Any need for thermal images or a drone flight
- Chimneys, valleys, parapets and other details
- Height and safe access
- Roof area
Prices start from £150, including VAT. Basic starts from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, VAT included.
What to tell us when you contact us
The more you tell us, the easier it is to price the survey. When you contact us, tell us:
- The address and postcode of the property
- Dates you are working to, such as exchange
- Any marks or damp showing indoors
- How the loft is reached, if there is one
We confirm the price for your roof before you book, so you know the cost up front. Prices start from £150, including VAT. To book, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email.
Before and after the survey
There’s plenty you can do without going near the roof. Here’s what helps most:
- Check with the council before altering a stack in a conservation area or on a listed building
- Check that disused chimneys can still breathe
- Book a sweep for flues that are in use
- Keep the report to compare against at the next survey
The report is emailed to you, ready to share with a roofer or builder. We use plain English and a photo for each defect so anyone reading it can see what we saw.
Unused stacks should be capped in a way that still lets air through. That helps stop damp building up inside.
What else we do in Woodrow
What happens on the day
The visit usually starts outside and finishes in the loft: outside views come first, then the roof space if there’s safe access. All told, expect about 1–2 hours at a house, as part of a look at the roof around the stack. Cottages and farmhouses around Woodrow frequently have roofs at several levels, with lean-tos and outbuildings attached. We work round each section in turn, from the safest viewpoints, and anything we cannot see is noted.
- You tell us whether any stacks are shared, unused or leaning.
- We check the roof around each stack, including the flashings.
- We look at the flaunching and pots on every stack.
- Any lean, spalling or worn pointing is recorded.
- You receive a written report setting out what needs attention first.
Before we arrive
- Keep pets in another room
- Leave side gates unlocked
- If it is not your property yet, arrange access through the agent
Arrange a survey
Surveys can be booked for weekdays, Saturdays or Sundays. To arrange a day that suits you, call 07833 053749 or send us an email.
Related advice
What we are asked to look at in Woodrow
The flaunching on top of a stack holds the pots in place and sheds water. Once it cracks, water gets in and frost makes the cracks bigger. Loose pots can follow.
Signs worth acting on include:
- Damp on a chimney breast inside
- Spalled or crumbling bricks
- Cracked or missing flaunching
- Redundant stacks capped without ventilation
Anyone responsible for a site like Curzon Church of England Combined School will know that long gutter runs and wide roofs on a building that size are worth checking on a regular cycle.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- Their track record with similar roofs
- What follow-up you get after the report
- Whether the loft is part of the inspection
- Which viewpoints they use to see the roof
Roofs, chimneys and gutters in Woodrow
Thatch survives on some older buildings in Buckinghamshire’s villages. Older houses in the South East often have slate or clay tile roofs, while many later estates have concrete tiles. Each of these coverings has its own weak points, from fixings and valleys to flashings, chimneys and gutters. The wider area around Woodrow has a long history of building, with Hughenden Manor about 4.6 miles west. Older roofs in the wider area can hide decades of patch repairs, so the detail matters, and the council can say whether a home is in a conservation area.
If you live in an older home near Church of the Holy Trinity, the nails, lead and mortar on the roof may be wearing out even where the slates or tiles look fine. Landlords with a home close to Amersham station may find that knowing the condition of the roof, chimneys and gutters helps you plan work rather than react to complaints.
Woodrow is about 2 miles south-west of Amersham, in Buckinghamshire. We survey roofs in Woodrow and the rest of Buckinghamshire. Woodrow is one of the places in Buckinghamshire we cover. Reading is in our area too.
Surveys in HP7 work the same way as everywhere else we cover. If you’re just outside Woodrow, we cover Penn Street (1 mile west), Mop End (1 mile north-west), Winchmore Hill (1 mile south), Coleshill (1 mile south-east) and Beamond End (1 mile west). Within a short drive, we also cover Aylesbury (13 miles north-west), High Wycombe (5 miles south-west), Chesham (4 miles north-east), Marlow (8 miles south-west), Beaconsfield (3 miles south) and Chalfont St Peter (5 miles south-east).
What’s near Woodrow
Typical jobs here are in homes near Amersham Hall, Holmer Green Senior School and Queen's Head Public House. For rail, the closest station is Amersham station, roughly 2.1 miles north-east. A little further out are Amersham Fair Organ Museum (2.7 miles north-east) and Amersham Hospital (1.3 miles east). Open spaces near Woodrow include Gomm's Wood.
Your questions about chimney surveys in Woodrow
Do you survey roofs for landlords with property near Amersham station?
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.
Is my home in Woodrow listed or in a conservation area?
Historic England’s list shows listed buildings, and the local council can tell you about conservation areas. 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 long have you been surveying roofs?
We have been surveying roofs for over 20 years and have completed over 5,000 surveys across London and the South East.
Is it a structural engineer’s report?
No. Visible signs such as deflection or sagging are recorded, but calculations and an engineer’s opinion are outside what we do. If one is needed, the report says so.
Can you tell me if my roof has asbestos?
No. Asbestos surveys and testing are not part of what we do. If we see materials that could contain asbestos, like cement roof sheets or soffits on buildings from before 2000, we flag them, and recommend a specialist asbestos surveyor checks them before they’re disturbed.
Do you climb onto every roof?
Only where it’s safe to do so. We check everything that can be seen safely: from the ground, from windows and vantage points, from the roof space, from the roof itself where safe and by drone where applicable. The report says if anything couldn’t be seen.
What’s in the report?
You get our findings in writing, part by part, with photos. Points are put by urgency where it matters.