Hampshire · London and the South East
Hartley Wintney Gutter Survey
A survey of gutters, valleys, outlets and downpipes across Hartley Wintney, using drones and thermal imaging where applicable. Get in touch for a price.
- Dripping or leaking gutter joints
- Gutters that have fallen out of line
- Gutters full of debris and silt
DIY checks: what’s safe
During heavy rain, look at the gutters from the ground or a window. Water spilling over the edge can be a sign of a blockage or a gutter that has dropped.
It helps to keep a record: when leaks happen, ground-level photos and any past roof work. Send it with your enquiry.
About our gutter survey in Hartley Wintney
Most blocked gutters are full of leaves, moss or silt. Homes close to trees fill their gutters faster and moss from the roof slopes makes it worse. We note where gutters are clogged or holding water, which outlets and hoppers are choked and whether any overflows are doing their job. The photographs show you exactly what we found. It’s an easy job to put off, but they rarely get better. We survey downpipes, outlets and hoppers and parapet and box gutters, and the problems we are asked to look at most are choked outlets or hopper heads and dripping or leaking gutter joints.
Around Hartley Wintney, older cottages sit alongside bungalows and newer houses. Coverings range from slate and clay tiles on older homes to concrete tiles on many later ones. Chimneys, valleys and gutters on older homes often need the most attention, and the fixings under the coverings matter too. The fixings under an older roof often fail before good slates or tiles do.
After the visit, you get a written report with photographs, sent by email. It explains the condition of the gutter, the defects we found and what we recommend.
- Location
- Hartley Wintney (RG27)
- Wider area
- Hampshire
- Prices
- From £150 inc. VAT
- Reports
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insured
- PI and public liability insurance
- Phone
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
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Why get it checked now?
It is easy to put damp down to the wrong cause. If a leaking gutter or downpipe is the source, other work on the wall won’t stop it. A gutter survey helps rule the rainwater system in or out. In a smaller place like Hartley Wintney, wherever a roof is exposed, a loose ridge or flashing doesn’t stay loose for long. Wind gets under it and lifts more.
Gutter survey starts from £150, including VAT. Basic starts from £150, Standard from £250 and Premium from £400, VAT included, and we’ll tell you which fits.
Why book us in Hartley Wintney
- Insured for professional indemnity and public liability
- Independent findings on the roof’s condition
- Drones and thermal imaging where applicable
- More than 20 years surveying roofs
Take a look at how roof surveys are priced and what we found on two real jobs.
The survey, step by step
A survey visit follows a simple order: we listen to what’s been worrying you, look at the roof from every safe viewpoint, photograph what we find and record our findings for the written report. Most visits take roughly 1–2 hours for most homes, and longer where there are parapet, valley or box gutters to follow. Some parts of a survey depend on the weather, so a visit to Hartley Wintney is booked with the forecast in mind: the parts that need calm, dry weather are planned around it.
- First, you tell us what you’ve seen, like overflows or damp.
- The eaves gutters, downpipes and fascias are checked from ground level and vantage points.
- Valley, parapet and box gutters are inspected as far as they can be seen safely.
- The roof space is checked for water marks if it’s safe to get into.
- The findings are written up with photos and recommendations.
Before we arrive
- Make a note of anything you’d like us to look at
- Keep pets out of the way during the survey
- Find any records of previous roof work
Booking a survey
Buyers should book once an offer has been accepted, so there’s time to use the report before exchange. For any other survey, just phone 07833 053749 or email us when you are ready.
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Hartley Wintney questions
Do you cover smaller places like Hartley Wintney?
Yes, we do. We survey roofs across London and the South East, from towns to the smallest villages. Longer journeys are simply planned in advance.
Does a conservation area affect roof work in Hartley Wintney?
The council and Historic England’s list are the places to check. Either can affect what roof work is allowed, so it is worth checking before planning any.
What do I do with the report?
The report comes by email, and what you do next is up to you: use it with a seller, an insurer, a roofer or a managing agent.
Do you test soffits or gutters for asbestos?
No. We don’t carry out asbestos testing. If rainwater goods or soffits look like they could contain asbestos, we note it and recommend a specialist asbestos surveyor checks them before they’re disturbed.
Do you carry professional indemnity insurance?
We hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance, for every survey we carry out.
Do you climb onto every roof?
Only when it’s safe. Some roofs are too steep or fragile to walk on safely. We use safe viewpoints, the roof space and a drone where it applies.
How long does a gutter survey take?
It usually takes about one to two hours on an ordinary house, with bigger or more complicated roofs taking longer. You’ll know roughly how long when we arrange the visit.
Tips that help
Here are a few things we’d tell any owner:
- Check for spilling water in a downpour
- Watch ceilings under valley gutters for fresh marks
- Ask for valleys and parapet gutters to be cleared too
- Look for downpipes coming loose
If anything in the report isn’t clear, ask us. With the Standard Survey there’s a follow-up consultation and the Premium Survey comes with an in-person one.
Hidden gutters need clearing too. They block in the same way as the gutters you can see but you cannot check them from the street, so make sure they’re included in any clearing work.
How the survey changes by roof type
Plastic (uPVC) gutters
Joints that have pulled apart are a common fault on plastic gutters. We record each one we can see.
Cast iron gutters
Cast iron gutters and downpipes are found on many older buildings. They last well when painted, but rust where the paint fails.
Gutter surveys in Hartley Wintney: local notes
If your home is older, it is worth knowing whether it is listed or in a conservation area before planning roof work. Listed building consent covers changes to a listed building’s special interest, and an Article 4 direction can bring extra controls in a conservation area. Some Hampshire villages still have thatched roofs. Older houses in the South East often have slate or clay tile roofs, while many later estates have concrete tiles. On roofs like these, good slates or tiles can outlast the nails, battens, lead and mortar around them.
Landlords with a home close to Winchfield station may find that the gap between tenancies is a good time to have the roof looked at. Take an older house close to St John's Church: old fixings, lead flashings and tall chimneys are typical of older roofs.
Hartley Wintney is about 4 miles north-west of Fleet, in Hampshire. Hartley Wintney gets the same service as everywhere else we work: a careful inspection, photos and a written report. Hartley Wintney is one of the places in Hampshire we cover. Reading is in our area too.
All of RG27 is covered for gutter surveys. That includes homes and businesses on London Road, High Street and Harthouse Court and the roads around them. If you’re just outside Hartley Wintney, we cover Mattingley (2 miles west), Hazeley (2 miles north-west), Hound Green (3 miles north-west), Rotherwick (3 miles west) and Bramshill (3 miles north-west). Further out, we also cover Basingstoke (9 miles west), Farnborough (6 miles east), Fleet (4 miles south-east), Aldershot (7 miles south-east), Alton (11 miles south) and Yateley (4 miles north-east).
What’s near Hartley Wintney
Typical jobs here are in homes near The Waggon & Horses pub. Hartley Wintney’s nearest station is Winchfield station, roughly 1.4 miles south. Other landmarks nearby include Fleet Community Hospital (2.6 miles south-east) and West Green House Agricultural Museum (1.2 miles west). Open spaces near Hartley Wintney include Hitches Hill and Dogmersfield Lake.
Signs you need a gutter survey in Hartley Wintney
Some gutters may be too small, or have too few downpipes, for the roof they serve. An extension or extra roof slope can add water to an existing gutter, and a heavy downpour shows up the problem.
A survey makes sense if you’ve noticed:
- Choked outlets or hopper heads
- Leaks at the gutter joints
- Valley or box gutters that overflow inside
- Gutters packed with leaves or moss
Take a building like Greenfields Junior School: its roofs, gutters and any chimneys need the same checks as a house’s, just on a bigger scale.
Choosing a roof surveyor
- Are they insured for the work?
- What exactly goes into their report
- Do they have a CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID for drone work?
- What they won’t be able to tell you