Tufnell Park Electronic Leak Detection

Electronic leak detection in Tufnell Park: local notes

With Witanhurst about 1.2 miles north-west, Tufnell Park sits in an area with a long building history. Period homes nearby can have lead valleys, tall chimneys and a patchwork of past repairs, and the council can say whether a home is in a conservation area. Welsh slate on Victorian and Edwardian terraces is a familiar sight across inner London. A butterfly roof with a central valley gutter, tucked behind a parapet wall, is common on these houses. If your home in Tufnell Park is one of them, lead flashings, party-wall upstands and shared chimney stacks are part of the picture too. Next to the main roofs there’s normally a flat roof somewhere, whether on an extension, a garage or a commercial unit.

Landlords with a home close to Upper Holloway station may find that flat roofs on let property tend to be checked only when they fail, which is the costly way round. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Eleanor Palmer Primary School, schools and public buildings frequently have big flat roofs, and their outlets and upstands need regular checks. The streets around a church such as Church of St Benet and All Saints are frequently among the oldest in a place, and if yours is one of the older homes nearby, any flat roof added at the back or on a dormer is likely to be far younger, and less durable, than the main roof.

Tufnell Park is about 2 miles west of Highbury, in Greater London. Roofs in Tufnell Park get the same thorough look as anywhere else in Greater London. We cover towns and villages across Greater London.

Postcode districts we cover here for electronic leak detection: NW5, N19 and N7. We cover properties on Hugo Road, Ward Road and Anson Road. Other places close to Tufnell Park include Dartmouth Park (1 mile west), Upper Holloway (1 mile north), Gospel Oak (1 mile west), Lissenden Gardens (1 mile west) and Holloway (1 mile east). Further out, we also cover London (4 miles south-east), City of Westminster (3 miles south), Marylebone (3 miles south), Kensington (5 miles south-west), Shoreditch (3 miles south-east) and Walthamstow (5 miles north-east).

Landmarks near Tufnell Park

We work in homes and buildings around Musical Theatre Academy, The Boston Arms Public House and Vaughan Williams Memorial Library and the streets around them. Also close by are Acland Burghley School (under half a mile west) and Whittington Park (within half a mile north-east). Tufnell Park’s nearest station is Upper Holloway station, about 0.5 miles north-east. A little further out are Royal Northern Hospital (0.5 miles north-east) and Montfichet's Tower (3.3 miles south-east). Not far away are St. James's Park Lake and Dartmouth Park Hill.

What you can safely check yourself

The one thing to avoid is getting up close. Roofs are fragile and slippery, and falls from height are serious. That part is for a survey, using safe viewpoints and a drone where it applies.

It helps to keep a record: when leaks happen, ground-level photos and any past roof work. Send it with your enquiry and it will help the survey.

For landlords and managing agents

Surveys can also be booked by buyers’ agents acting for a client. The report is emailed, so it can go straight to your client.

If you own several properties, surveys can be booked for more than one address. To arrange surveys for several addresses, phone 07833 053749 or email us.