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Tokers Green Electronic Leak Detection
Electronic leak detection in Tokers Green, backed by more than 20 years’ experience. You get a clear report with photos.
- New membranes needing a check before handover
- Breaches around outlets and penetrations
- Leaking laps in the waterproofing
How electronic leak detection works in Tokers Green
Not every flat roof suits electronic testing. Certain membranes conduct electricity and some roofs do not have a suitable layer beneath the membrane. If your roof is not suitable, we will tell you at the start. Any details you have about the membrane and build-up help us decide, such as drawings or specifications. It saves a wasted visit. We are often asked to look into leaks through a flat roof with no obvious cause and gaps at membrane joints, on liquid-applied waterproofing, green roofs and roof terraces and balconies.
Somewhere as small as Tokers Green, flat roofs tend to be on extensions, garages and converted outbuildings. They need the same care as any town roof: the covering, the edges, the upstands and where water drains away. The journey and access are planned beforehand. Garages and outbuildings are easy to forget, so mention any you want included as you book.
Most points in the report come with a picture, so you can see each defect rather than just read about it. Anything out of sight on the day is listed as such.
- Where
- Tokers Green (RG4)
- Region
- Reading
- Prices
- Quoted for your roof
- Reports
- Emailed report with photos and recommendations
- Survey days
- Weekdays and weekends
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
Rented homes, blocks and businesses
For blocks of flats, a roof survey helps managing agents and residents’ management companies plan ahead. Recommendations are set out with the most urgent first where relevant.
We survey roofs for landlords and agents as well as homeowners. A written report with photographs gives you a clear record of the flat roof membrane, useful for planning maintenance.
What happens on the day
Photographs are taken throughout the visit, so the report shows exactly what we saw. We take close-ups from wherever is safe, including by drone where it’s applicable and the weather allows. A typical visit takes as long as needed for the roof’s area and construction, which we set out in the quote. Somewhere as small as Tokers Green, access is frequently the only tricky part. Mention any outbuildings, barns or garages you want included, and anything about the roof you already know. Visits can be on weekdays, Saturdays or Sundays.
- First, we confirm which roof areas are included.
- We get the roof ready for testing.
- We work across the roof with the test equipment.
- Each breach found is located and recorded.
- You receive the results to pass to your roofer.
Before we arrive
- Let us know about parking near the property
- Dig out any old roof reports or invoices
- Jot down any questions you want answered
Book a survey
If you’re buying, it helps to book soon after your offer is accepted, so you have the findings in time to act on them before you exchange. For any other survey, just phone 07833 053749 or send us an email when you’re ready.
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Prices for electronic leak detection in Tokers Green
Every roof is different, so prices are confirmed before booking. This is what makes a difference:
- Features like valleys, chimneys, dormers and parapets
- Whether it’s a home or a commercial building
- How tall the building is and how easy the roof is to see
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
Larger roofs, taller buildings and commercial roofs take longer, so the price reflects that. The price is confirmed before booking.
Booking your survey
The more you let us know, the easier it is to price the survey. When you get in touch, it’s useful to mention:
- Your postcode, so we can check access and travel
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- Whether there is a loft hatch, a shared roof or tricky access
- The style of property, from a terrace to a block
We survey roofs on any day of the week. To find a date that works for you, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the address and the days you’d prefer.
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Tips from our surveys
Some practical points come up on survey after survey. They’re worth knowing whatever the roof:
- Have roof specifications to hand
- Make sure trades protect the waterproofing
- Do not keep patching the same spot
- Act on new leaks promptly
Where the evidence points to walls, copings or rooflights, we will note it, so other causes can be checked.
Ask trades working on the roof to protect the membrane when fitting equipment. Have the roof looked at after other work.
Electronic leak detection in Tokers Green: local notes
In this part of the South East, older roofs are mostly slate or clay tile and many newer ones concrete tile, and flat-roofed additions turn up almost everywhere. Mixed in with those pitched roofs are plenty of flat ones, over rear extensions, dormers, garages and shops. The wider area around Tokers Green has a long history of building, with Mapledurham House about 1.9 miles west. 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 the council can say whether a home is in a conservation area.
If you run a business near Broad Street Mall, a flat roof over a business is out of sight and out of mind until it leaks. Take an older house close to Church of St John the Baptist: the joins between later flat roofs and the old walls are where problems typically start.
Tokers Green is about 2 miles north-west of Caversham, in Reading. Surveys in Tokers Green work the same way as everywhere we cover: a close look at what can be seen safely, photographs and a clear written report. Tokers Green is one of the towns and villages in Reading where we work for electronic leak detection.
Postcode districts we cover here for electronic leak detection: RG4. Streets in the area include Tokers Green Lane, Dysonswood Lane and Bardolph's Close, and we cover them all. We also cover the places around Tokers Green: Chalkhouse Green (1 mile north-east), Caversham Heights (1 mile south), Emmer Green (1 mile south-east), Caversham (2 miles south-east) and Caversham Park Village (2 miles east). Larger places within reach include Norcot (3 miles south-west), West Reading (3 miles south), Tilehurst Within (3 miles south-west), Shinfield (6 miles south), Arborfield Garrison (9 miles south-east) and Horncastle (4 miles south-west).
Around Tokers Green
Locally, jobs take us to homes and businesses close to Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre, The Pack Saddle pub and The Warwick School and the streets around them. For rail, the closest station is Tilehurst station, roughly 2.2 miles south-west of the centre. A little further out are Broad Street Mall (2.8 miles south) and Royal Berkshire Regiment Museum (2.5 miles south). The countryside around Tokers Green includes South Lake and Fobney Island Wetland Reserve.
What we cannot see
To be straight with you, there are limits to any roof survey:
- Some conductive membranes
- Repairing the breaches (that is for your roofer)
- Leaks from walls, copings or rooflights
If you are not sure which survey you need, ring 07833 053749 or email us and we will give you a straight answer. What a survey covers and does not.
What we check
- Commercial flat roofs
- Liquid-applied waterproofing
- Single-ply roofs
- Flat roof membranes
- Green roofs
- Roof terraces and balconies
Tokers Green: your questions answered
Will you come out to Tokers Green?
Yes, Tokers Green is on our map. A small place gets exactly the same survey as a big one.
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Tokers Green?
For listing, use Historic England’s list; for conservation areas, ask the council. It matters most if you are planning to re-roof in a different material.
What does electronic leak detection do?
ELD passes a small electrical current across the roof to locate holes in the membrane. A breach lets the current through so we can pinpoint it.
How do you choose the testing method?
It depends on the membrane and the build-up. Low-voltage methods are usually carried out on a wet roof and high-voltage methods need the membrane dry and exposed.
Will you walk on the roof?
Only when it’s safe. Most of what we need can be seen from safe viewpoints, the loft and, where applicable, a drone, and anything out of sight is recorded in the report.
Do you test for asbestos?
No. Our report may flag materials that could contain asbestos, but only a specialist asbestos surveyor can confirm it. Buildings built or refurbished before 2000 may contain it.
How do I book a survey in Tokers Green?
To book, ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form with the address, the type of property and what’s prompted the survey. We will confirm the price and find a day that suits.
What we are asked to look at in Tokers Green
Water travels under flat roof membranes. The stain inside can be far from the hole, so tracing it by eye is difficult.
Signs worth acting on include:
- New membranes needing a check before handover
- Repairs that haven’t stopped the leak
- Stains far from any visible defect
- Holes around roof penetrations
Take a building like Kidmore End Church of England Primary School: ponding and blocked outlets on a wide flat roof are worth catching before the next wet season.
Before booking any roof surveyor
- What exactly goes into their report
- Their drone registration, if they fly one
- When you’ll get the report
- Whether VAT is in the quoted price