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Flat roof survey in Great Yeldham, Essex
Find out what’s going on with the flat roof before you spend money on it. Flat roof surveys in Great Yeldham.
- Failed seals around rooflight kerbs
- Gaps at upstands and abutments
- A sagging deck under the covering
Flat roof survey in Great Yeldham: what you get
Our Basic Survey, from £150, gives you a visual inspection with photographs and written recommendations. The Standard Survey, from £250, adds moisture detection and a structural check. On a flat roof, moisture readings can help show whether water has got under the covering. Larger commercial roofs are quoted for their size. If you’ve noticed loose or cracked edge trims and splits, cracks and crazing, we can find out what’s behind it.
Flat roofs on exposed homes in small places like Great Yeldham take more wind and rain, which is hard on edges, upstands and joins in the covering. Felt roofs, which often last around 15–20 years, typically 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.
Findings are set out part by part, from the main slopes down to the gutters and outlets, each with a short note and a photograph. It records what’s sound as well as what isn’t.
- Place
- Great Yeldham (CO9)
- Region
- Essex
- Price
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Report
- A written report with photos, by email
- Survey days
- Weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Telephone
- 07833 053749
- Page updated
- 27 October 2026
What a flat roof survey looks like in Great Yeldham
About 2.3 miles south-east lies Hedingham Castle, a reminder of how long the area around Great Yeldham has been built on. If your house is among the older ones, expect a mix of original materials and later repairs on the roof, and any change of roofing material on a listed home needs checking with the council first. Weatherboarded walls and clay tile roofs are typical of older Essex buildings, while many towns grew with post-war and newer estates. Flat roofs fill the gaps in between, on extensions, garages, dormers and business premises.
If yours is one of the older homes in the streets near Parish Church of St Andrew, the joins between later flat roofs and the old walls are where problems usually start. Take a building like St Andrew's Church of England Primary School: a large flat roof with plenty of outlets and rooflights has many places where a membrane can fail.
Great Yeldham is about 6 miles north-west of Halstead, in Essex. If you’re in Great Yeldham, booking works exactly as it does anywhere else: a call or an email, a price, then a date. We cover towns and villages across Essex. You can also see our page for Chelmsford.
All of CO9 is within our area for flat roof surveys. If you need a flat roof survey at a property on Church Road, Market Grove and High Street or anywhere close by, we can survey it. We also cover the places around Great Yeldham: Oaker Hill (1 mile north-west), Tilbury Juxta Clare (1 mile north), Little Yeldham (1 mile north-east), Toppesfield (2 miles south-west) and Ridgewell (2 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Braintree (9 miles south), Witham (15 miles south), Saffron Walden (14 miles west), Halstead (6 miles south-east), Great Dunmow (13 miles south-west) and Great Notley (11 miles south).
Around Great Yeldham
Around Great Yeldham, our work takes us to homes and buildings near The Three Bottles Public House and Hedingham School and Sixth Form and the streets around them. A little further out are Halstead Hospital (5.7 miles south-east) and Hedingham Castle (2.3 miles south-east).
What happens if roof problems are left?
Ponding seldom gets better on its own. Most often it means blocked outlets, poor falls or a deck that is dipping, and each wet season wears the covering further. Finding the cause now keeps more options open. In a small place like Great Yeldham, homes can be exposed to wind and rain, which finds any gap, and older walls, once damp, take a long time to dry.
Prices start from £150, with VAT included, for a Basic Survey. Standard is from £250 and Premium from £400, both including VAT. We confirm the price for your roof before booking.
What you get with us
- A written report with photos
- More than 20 years surveying roofs
- Insured for professional indemnity and public liability
- An independent look at the roof
DIY checks: what’s safe
Fresh stains on ceilings or walls after rain are worth noting. Take a photo and write down when you saw it.
If you have a loft with safe access, take a look inside. Use a torch and stay on the joists or boards, checking for stains, damp wood or chinks of daylight.
Prices for flat roof surveys in Great Yeldham
Several things affect the price of a survey:
- Height and safe access
- The package you choose: Basic, Standard or Premium
- The shape of the roof and its details
- How big the roof is
Prices start from £150, including VAT. The final price depends on how big and how high the roof is, access and the package you choose.
What we need to know
To price your survey accurately, we will ask about:
- The reason for the survey, such as buying, a leak or storm damage
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- When you need the report by
- Any photos you have, taken from ground level or a window
Once you know what you need, ring 07833 053749 or email us. From there it’s a case of choosing a package, agreeing the price and fixing a day.
How it works
After the inspection, everything we found is written up in a report with photographs. As for time on site, it usually takes between one and two hours for an extension, garage or dormer roof, and around 3–4 hours for a commercial flat roof. For a village or hamlet like Great Yeldham, the journey is planned in advance: let us know about narrow lanes, gates, long drives and where we can park. On the day, we inspect what can safely be seen, inside and out.
- We agree the roof to be surveyed, its use and any leaks you know about.
- We look at the roof from the ground, windows and the roof where it’s safe.
- The covering is checked for wear, splits, blisters and standing water.
- We photograph and record the outlets, upstands, trims and rooflights.
- The report, with photographs and recommendations, comes to you by email.
Before we arrive
- Keep pets inside or away from the areas we are looking at
- If you’re buying, check with the agent that we can get in
- Let us know about any leaks, stains or damp patches you know of
Booking a survey
Buyers should book once an offer has been accepted, so you have the findings in time to act on them before you exchange. Otherwise, simply ring 07833 053749 or send us an email whenever suits you.
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What we look for on each type of roof
Single-ply membranes
On single-ply roofs, the welds between sheets are the key detail. Seams, corners and the details around outlets and upstands get a careful look.
GRP fibreglass
A GRP fibreglass roof is a hard, resin-bonded surface over a timber deck. The survey checks for cracking at board joints, at the edge trims and where the roof meets walls.
Common questions in Great Yeldham
Is Great Yeldham in the area you cover?
Yes. We survey roofs across London and the South East, and Great Yeldham is part of that. Just ring 07833 053749 or email us and let us know about the property.
Will you come out to Great Yeldham?
Yes, we do. We cover the whole of London and South East England, from towns to the smallest villages. The journey is planned ahead, so it is useful to know about access.
Do you look in the roof space?
If it is needed and safe to reach, yes. Inside, we look for damp, staining, gaps and sagging.
Does someone need to be in?
That depends on the survey. Inside the building and in the loft, we need someone to let us in; we will agree the details when you book.
Can you find where water is getting through my flat roof?
We check the whole roof, since water can travel before it shows inside. Splits, open laps, upstands, outlets and rooflights are all checked. If the cause cannot be seen, we’ll say so and suggest what would help.
Does the weather affect the survey?
Light rain does not usually stop a survey, and it can even help show where water is getting in. Strong wind or heavy rain can stop drone flights and make roof access unsafe, so we’ll agree a new date if the weather isn’t suitable.
How many years has my flat roof got left?
There’s no honest way to give an exact number of years. As a guide, felt often lasts around 15 to 20 years, EPDM often 30 to 50 and GRP up to about 30, but the report tells you how your roof is really doing.
Tips that help
A few practical points come up again and again on our surveys. They’re worth knowing whatever the roof:
- Keep outlets clear of leaves and moss
- Treat rooflights and old sheeting as fragile
- Limit foot traffic on the covering
- Ask whoever fits equipment on the roof to make good the covering
Once we have been, the findings are written up with photos. It covers the type of covering, its condition and each defect, with our recommendations. Basic reports arrive within 48 hours, Standard reports in 24 to 48 hours and Premium reports the same day.
Check the roof from a window after a downpour. If water is still there a day or two later, have it checked.