Hertfordshire · London and the South East
Flat roof survey in Braughing, Hertfordshire
Flat roof surveys around Braughing, with a written report you can act on. Book a weekday or weekend visit.
- A sagging deck under the covering
- Blistering in felt or asphalt
- Upstands pulling away from walls
Braughing: your questions answered
Is Braughing in the area you cover?
Yes, Braughing is one of the places we work. Every survey there gets the same written report with photographs.
Will you come out to Braughing?
Yes, we do. We work right across London and South East England, from towns to the smallest villages. Longer journeys are simply planned ahead of time.
What happens next?
You’ll receive the report by email, and what you do next is up to you: raise it with a seller, send it to an insurer, brief a roofer or share it with a managing agent.
Will you check the loft?
Yes, where the survey calls for it and there’s safe access. Inside, we look for damp, staining, gaps and sagging, as far as the space allows.
Will this cover the whole house?
No. It’s a closer look at the flat roof, not a survey of the whole property. It works alongside a RICS home survey, not instead of one, and it isn’t a structural engineer’s report.
How do I book a survey in Braughing?
It’s easiest to ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email. Tell us the address and a little about the roof. Surveys run seven days a week.
Do you survey commercial flat roofs?
Yes. We survey flat roofs on commercial buildings as well as homes. Expect about 3 to 4 hours on site for most commercial roofs, with larger roofs quoted on their size.
Flat roof surveys for homes and businesses in Braughing
Flat roofs deal with rain in a very different way from pitched ones. Water lies on the surface for longer, so a small split or a blocked outlet can soon lead to a leak. The surface, the falls, the upstands and the trims are all looked at closely, and we look for signs that water has reached the deck. The aim is to find problems before they show up as a stain on a ceiling. We survey upstands and outlets, GRP fibreglass and mastic asphalt, and people most often book us about leaks around rooflights and blistering in felt or asphalt.
In a small place like Braughing, a flat roof can stand in the open, which is hard on edges, upstands and joins in the covering. Older felt roofs, often around 15–20 years in life, show it first. Rubber and GRP last longer, though trims and joints still need a look. On an exposed roof, the edges tend to go first.
The report does not just list problems. For each finding, it explains what it is, why it matters and what we’d recommend.
- Where
- Braughing (SG11)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Cost
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- A written report with photos, by email
- Survey days
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Cover
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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How we price flat roof surveys
We confirm the price for your roof before booking. These are the things that affect it:
- The shape of the roof and its details
- Whether it is a home or a commercial building
- Whether thermal imaging or a drone is needed
- Which survey package you book
Prices quoted always include VAT, and the report isn’t charged as an extra. Flat roof survey starts from £150, including VAT. Where your roof sits in the range depends on its size, height and access.
What to tell us when you get in touch
We’ll usually ask about:
- The style of property, from a terrace to a block
- Whether there is a loft hatch, a shared roof or tricky access
- Where the property is, with the postcode
- Your timetable, like an exchange date
To book a survey, ring 07833 053749 or drop us an email with the address and what you’d like to know about the roof. We will confirm the price before booking.
How the survey works
You don’t need to do much on the day. Point out anything you’ve noticed, such as stains, drips or loose pieces, and we’ll get on with the inspection. The survey itself takes about one to two hours for a small flat roof at home, and longer for a large commercial one. Cottages and farmhouses around Braughing often 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 can’t see is noted.
- You tell us about the roof, its covering if you know it, and any leaks.
- We view the roof from the ground, from windows and from the roof where it’s safe to do so.
- The covering, falls, upstands, outlets, edge trims and rooflights are checked and photographed.
- Where there’s safe access, we look at the ceilings and spaces below for signs of water.
- We send a written report with photos, the defects we found and what we recommend.
Before we arrive
- Make sure the loft hatch can be reached
- Let us know about parking near the property
- Have any questions written down, so nothing gets missed
Arrange a survey
If you are buying, it is useful 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 email us when you are ready.
Advice
Do you need a flat roof survey in Braughing?
The details are often where a flat roof lets go first. Upstands, trims, outlets and rooflight kerbs each move and weather in their own way. Where they weren’t finished well, they tend to fail before anything else.
Typical things we are asked to look at include:
- Blistering in felt or asphalt
- Cracked or split membrane
- Failed seals around rooflight kerbs
- Blocked or damaged outlets
Anyone responsible for a site like Jenyns First School and Nursery will know that a large flat roof with plenty of outlets and rooflights has many places where a membrane can fail.
Choosing a roof surveyor
- Whether you get a written report with photos
- Will they check the loft as well as the outside?
- How long they’ve been surveying roofs
- What they won’t be able to tell you
Why it is worth a survey now in Braughing
A leak over an office, shop or unit can affect the people and stock underneath. Surveying the roof in good time means work can be planned and budgeted around the people who use the building. Older cottages and farmhouses around Braughing 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.
Prices start from £150, including VAT. Packages run from Basic at £150 through Standard at £250 to Premium at £400, inc. VAT.
Why choose Independent Roof Survey in Braughing
- 20+ years’ experience
- Clear package prices, inc. VAT
- Professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- 5,000+ surveys completed
Take a look at what a roof survey costs or our case studies.
Local flat roofs in Braughing
Across the South East, older homes tend to have slate or clay tiles, and many later ones concrete tiles. Flat roofs fill the gaps in between, on extensions, garages, dormers and business premises. Much Hadham Palace, about 4 miles south-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Braughing. On older houses around here, roofs often carry the marks of earlier repairs, from replaced slates to new lead.
The streets around a church such as Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin are often among the oldest in a place, and if your house is among the older ones nearby, flat-roofed rear additions and dormers added over the years are worth checking.
Braughing is about 6 miles north-west of Bishop's Stortford, in Hertfordshire. If you are in Braughing, booking works exactly as it does anywhere else: get in touch, agree the price and pick a day. Across Hertfordshire, we cover Braughing and the places around it. Our Chelmsford page covers surveys nearby.
We cover every part of the SG11 postcode area for flat roof surveys and the streets around it. Streets in the area include The Street, Pentlows and Northfield, all of which we cover. We also cover Hay Street (1 mile north-west), Westmill (2 miles north-west), Albury (2 miles east), Gravesend (3 miles east) and Furneux Pelham (3 miles north-east). We also work in nearby towns such as Stevenage (9 miles west), Bishop's Stortford (6 miles south-east), Welwyn Garden City (12 miles south-west), Hitchin (13 miles west), Hoddesdon (11 miles south) and Cheshunt (14 miles south).
Around Braughing
We work in homes and buildings around The Axe And Compasses Public House. Well-known places in the area include Moated mound (3.7 miles east).
Tips from our surveys
A survey works best with a little help from you, before and after. Some tips:
- Check the outlets after the leaves fall
- Ask contractors to protect the roof if they work on it
- Watch the ceilings below the flat roof for stains
- Ask whoever fits equipment on the roof to make good the covering
Buyers can take the findings back to the seller or the agent. It can support a request for work before completion or a conversation about price, depending on what we found.
Small defects are simpler to deal with while they’re still small. Prompt repairs tend to add years to a flat roof.
DIY checks: what’s safe
The one thing to avoid is getting up close. Roofs are fragile and slippery, and a fall can be serious. That’s where a survey comes in, using safe viewpoints and a drone where applicable.
Your own check is a good start, but it isn’t a survey. You will not see flashings, valleys or the backs of chimneys properly from the ground, and those are details a survey looks at closely.