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Enfield Chase Flat Roof Survey
Flat roof surveys across Enfield Chase, backed by more than 20 years’ experience. You get a clear report with photographs.
- Failed upstands where the roof meets a wall
- Splits and cracks in the covering
- Outlets that hold water back
What affects the cost of flat roof surveys
When we price a survey, we consider:
- Whether it is a home or a commercial building
- How complicated the roof is, with its valleys, chimneys and parapets
- The number of roofs, including extensions and garages
- Basic, Standard or Premium
What a survey costs comes down to the roof itself: how big it is, how high it is, the number of separate roofs and how safely it can be seen. Flat roof survey starts from £150, including VAT.
Booking your survey
To price your survey accurately, we’ll ask about:
- What’s prompted the survey
- Pictures from the garden or a window, if you have them
- What kind of property and roof it is
- The address and postcode of the property
To get a price for flat roof surveys in Enfield Chase, phone 07833 053749 or email us. Some details about the property and the roof help us give you an accurate price.
About our flat roof survey in Enfield Chase
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. We check the surface, the falls, the upstands and the edge trims, 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 single-ply membranes, mastic asphalt and felt flat roofs, and people most frequently book us about leaks around rooflights and ponding water that doesn’t drain away.
Commercial and residential blocks across London often have big flat roofs with plant, rooflights and access walkways. Each pipe, upstand and fixing through the covering is a possible weak point. For a building in Enfield Chase, access is agreed with whoever manages the roof ahead of the visit. Rooflights, plant supports and pipe entries are common places for a membrane to fail.
The report works through the roof section by section, from the coverings down to the gutters, each with a short note and a photo. You will see the good as well as the bad.
- Where
- Enfield Chase (EN2, N21, EN1)
- Region
- Greater London
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
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Enfield Chase questions
Is parking a problem for a survey in Enfield Chase?
Sometimes, yes. If Enfield Chase has controlled parking where you are, a visitor permit is the easiest answer, and a driveway is even better.
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Enfield Chase?
Your council is the best source, with Historic England’s list for listed buildings. Both listing and conservation areas can limit changes of roofing material, and councils can also use Article 4 directions.
Can you find where water is getting through my flat roof?
The survey covers the covering and all the details where leaks typically begin, recording anything that could let water through. Where the source is not obvious, a roof leak investigation or electronic leak detection may be the next step.
Can you survey any kind of flat roof?
Felt, mastic asphalt, EPDM rubber, GRP fibreglass and single-ply membranes are all part of the work. The report names the covering and explains its condition.
Can you test old roof sheets for asbestos?
We do not test for asbestos. If we see materials that could contain it, like cement sheets on a building from before 2000, we flag them and recommend a specialist asbestos surveyor.
What will the report tell me?
Written findings with photos, covering the condition of the flat roof, the defects we found and what we recommend. The Standard Survey adds moisture detection and a structural check, and the Premium Survey adds thermal imaging, drone inspection where it applies and structural analysis.
How fast do I get the report?
It depends on the package: the Basic Survey report arrives within 48 hours, the Standard Survey in 24 to 48 hours and the Premium Survey the same day. The report is emailed to you.
Do you need a flat roof survey in Enfield Chase?
A flat roof lies open to sun, rain and frost, and water drains off it slowly. Over the years, coverings harden, crack and start to come away at the edges. People usually call us when a leak appears, before a purchase, or when the roof may be near the end of its life.
Here are some of the things we see frequently:
- Blisters and bubbles in the covering
- Failed upstands where the roof meets a wall
- Loose or cracked edge trims
- Dips that suggest the deck is deflecting
For a London address like Enfield Chase, it is useful to know about controlled parking before the day, along with any off-street space.
What to check before booking
- When you will get the report
- Whether the loft is part of the inspection
- Whether they hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance
- Whether VAT is in the quoted price
Landlord and commercial surveys in Enfield Chase
Roof problems in a rented home affect tenants as well as the building. A survey shows what needs attention, so you can plan the work around your tenants.
Any of our surveys can be booked by landlords, agents and building managers in Enfield Chase. To discuss a property or a block, call 07833 053749 or send us an email.
What a flat roof survey looks like in Enfield Chase
Forty Hall, about 1.6 miles north-east, is one of the historic houses in the wider area around Enfield Chase. If your home is one of the older ones, 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. Alongside Victorian and Edwardian terraces, outer London has a great many interwar semis, often with hipped roofs of clay or concrete tiles. On a semi of that age, the small roofs over the bays, the hip tiles and any later dormer each need their own look. Flat roofs on extensions, dormers, garages and business units are found alongside them almost everywhere.
If you run a business near Edmonton Green Shopping Centre, flat roofs over shops and units are easy to forget until water comes through a ceiling. For site and facilities teams at buildings such as Chase Side Primary School, ponding and blocked outlets on a wide flat roof are worth catching before the next wet season.
Enfield Chase is about 3 miles north-west of Edmonton, in Greater London. We survey roofs in Enfield Chase and the rest of Greater London, as part of our work across London and the South East. We cover towns and villages across Greater London. For surveys nearby, see our London page.
We cover every part of the EN2, N21 and EN1 postcode area for flat roof surveys. We offer flat roof surveys to properties on Monks Road, Audley Road and Nunn's Road and the roads around them. You will find Enfield Chase on the A1005, so it’s easy for us to get to. Other places close to Enfield Chase include Enfield (1 mile east), Gordon Hill (1 mile north-east), Bush Hill (1 mile south-east), Clay Hill (1 mile north-east) and Bush Hill Park (1 mile south-east). Larger places within reach include London (11 miles south), City of Westminster (10 miles south), Marylebone (10 miles south), Kensington (12 miles south-west), St Pancras (9 miles south) and Shoreditch (9 miles south).
Landmarks near Enfield Chase
In Enfield Chase, that means homes and buildings near Enfield County School for Girls, The Old Wheatsheaf pub and Enfield Town Park and the streets around them. There’s a railway station in Enfield Chase itself: Enfield Chase station. Other landmarks nearby include Edmonton Green Shopping Centre (2.8 miles south-east) and Museum of Enfield (0.8 miles south-east). The countryside around Enfield Chase includes Pole Hill and Oakleigh Park Rail Cutting.
What this survey cannot tell you
It’s useful to know what a survey won’t do before you book:
- Fragile surfaces, which we don’t walk on
- A fixed date for when the roof will need replacing
- Whether the deck or joists are strong enough
If in doubt, ring 07833 053749 or send us an email and we’ll suggest the right survey. The full list of what we check.
What we look at
- Single-ply membranes
- EPDM rubber
- Upstands and outlets
- GRP fibreglass
- Felt flat roofs
- Mastic asphalt
How it works
Expect us to ask a few questions before we start, like when any problem began and what work has been done before. The inspection then takes roughly 1–2 hours for an extension, garage or dormer roof, and around 3–4 hours for a commercial flat roof. In Enfield Chase, visits are available on weekdays and at weekends. London parking is frequently by permit or pay-and-display, so it is useful to know what’s near you, and to clear a path to the loft hatch. Upstairs rooms at the back are useful too, as they often give the best view of a rear addition.
- You send us the address and, for commercial roofs, an idea of the roof’s size.
- Inside, we look for signs of water under the roof where we can reach.
- The roof is inspected from every safe viewpoint, without walking on fragile surfaces.
- Each defect is photographed and its likely cause noted.
- You get a report setting out the condition and our recommendations, in order of urgency.
How to prepare
- Move anything stored under the loft hatch
- Point out any leaks or damp patches
- Let us know about parking near the property
Booking a survey
Booking is simple: just ring 07833 053749 or use the contact form, let us know about the property and we will suggest the right survey. The price is agreed up front.
Related advice
Before and after the survey
A little preparation and a few simple habits help, both for the survey and for the roof itself. Some pointers:
- Check ceilings under the roof for damp patches
- Check the outlets after the leaves fall
- Check from a window for ponding after heavy rain
- Note the date and type of any roof work
If anything in the report isn’t clear, just ask us. Standard Surveys come with a follow-up consultation, and Premium Surveys with an in-person one, giving you a chance to go through what we found.
Clear leaves and silt from outlets and gutters, above all in autumn. A flat roof that drains well wears much more slowly.