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Barkham Thermal Roof Survey
Find out what’s going on with the roof before you spend money on it. Thermal roof surveys in Barkham.
- Areas of a flat roof that may hold water
- Water that travels before it shows
- Damp around chimneys and parapets
What a survey costs
What a survey costs depends on the time and equipment it needs. The main factors are:
- Roof area
- Height and safe access
- Extensions, dormers and garages with roofs of their own
- Basic, Standard or Premium
One thing that affects the price is the package: from £150 for Basic, £250 for Standard and £400 for Premium, inc. VAT. The roof’s size, height and access matter as well.
Helping us price your survey
These details help when you contact us:
- Where water is showing inside, if it is
- How the loft is reached, if there is one
- What made you get in touch
- The property’s address and postcode
For a price for thermal roof surveys in Barkham, call 07833 053749 or send us an email. The address, the type of property and what you want to find out help us give you an accurate price.
Thermal roof survey in Barkham
A thermal camera can help when the cause of damp isn’t obvious. Leaks often run along a roof before they appear on a ceiling, and temperature patterns can help us trace where it may have come from. The images are used alongside a visual inspection and moisture readings, so no conclusion rests on one method alone. Typical surveys look at ceilings that feel colder in places and heat escaping through the roof, across ceilings below the roof, flat roofs and pitched roof slopes.
Somewhere as small as Barkham, older roofs are often steep and partly hidden by trees or outbuildings. Close-up drone photos and thermal images help show what can’t be reached safely. Both the forecast and the airspace are checked first, and the journey is planned beforehand. Steep slopes and tall chimney stacks are where a close-up view adds the most.
The report works through the roof section by section, from the coverings down to the gutters, with a note and a photo for each point. It records what’s sound as well as what is not.
- Place
- Barkham (RG40, RG41)
- Wider area
- Wokingham
- Prices
- From £400 inc. VAT
- Your report
- Written, with photos, emailed to you
- Survey days
- Monday to Sunday, daytime
- Insured
- Professional indemnity and public liability
- Call
- 07833 053749
- Updated
- 27 October 2026
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Barkham: your questions answered
How do I find out if my home in Barkham is listed?
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.
Is Barkham within the area you cover?
Yes, Barkham is on our map. A small place gets exactly the same survey as a big one.
Will I get photos?
Yes. Photos are taken throughout the survey, and the report uses them to show each finding.
How much does a thermal roof survey cost?
Our Premium Survey, from £400, includes thermal imaging. An in-person consultation and a follow-up 12 months later are included too. For bigger commercial roofs, we quote on size.
Does thermal imaging work on slate and tile roofs?
It can help, but the results are frequently less clear than on a flat roof. Slates and tiles over a ventilated space can mask what’s below, so we also look from the loft where it is safe.
Is it the same as a RICS Level 2 or Level 3 survey?
No. We are experienced roof surveyors, and our survey covers the roof rather than the whole building. If you need a full building survey, you will need a RICS survey as well.
How long will you be at the property?
It typically takes about 1–2 hours at a house, including the thermal images, and around 3–4 hours for a commercial roof. We’ll confirm the timing as you book.
What happens on the day
Photographs are taken throughout the visit, so the report shows exactly what we saw. Close-ups come from the safest viewpoint available. A typical visit takes about one to two hours at most homes, with bigger or more complicated roofs taking longer. Cottages and farmhouses around Barkham frequently 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 cannot see is noted.
- First we go over the roof, the problem you’ve noticed and the conditions forecast for the visit.
- The roof is inspected visually from safe viewpoints.
- We take thermal images of the roof to pick up temperature patterns.
- Areas that look unusual on the camera are checked with moisture readings where possible.
- The report sets out the images, what they suggest and what we recommend.
How to prepare
- Leave side gates unlocked
- Keep pets in another room
- Show us where any leaks or stains appear
Book a survey
Booking is simple: just call 07833 053749 or send us an email, tell us about the property and we will point you to the right survey. We confirm the price before anything is booked.
Related advice
When you need someone else
In fairness, a roof survey has limits:
- Readings unaffected by sun, shade or reflections
- Confirming water without moisture readings
- Structural calculations, which need a structural engineer
If you’re not sure which survey you need, call 07833 053749 or drop us an email and we’ll give you a straight answer. What a survey covers and does not.
Roofs we survey in Barkham
- Loft conversions
- Commercial roofs
- Insulated roof spaces
- Pitched roof slopes
- Flat roofs
- Ceilings below the roof
Drones, thermal imaging and Barkham roofs
Slate and clay tile are the usual coverings on older South East houses, with concrete tiles on many later estates. Many roofs like these can’t be judged properly from the pavement, and that is where a view from above or a thermal image earns its place. If your survey includes the drone, we check the Drone Safety Map for restrictions before flying.
If you live in an older home near Church of St James, tall stacks and steep slopes are easier to judge with close-up aerial photos than from the pavement.
Barkham is about 2 miles south-west of Wokingham, in Wokingham. We visit Barkham as part of our work across Wokingham, for houses, flats and commercial buildings. Barkham is one of the towns and villages in Wokingham we cover. You can also see our page for Reading.
Every address in RG40 and RG41 is within our area for thermal roof surveys. Local streets include Barkham Road and Barkham Street, and we cover them all. Other places close to Barkham include Langley Common (1 mile west), Arborfield Garrison (1 mile south-west), California (1 mile south), Finchampstead (3 miles south) and Eversley (3 miles south). Larger places within reach include Reading (6 miles north-west), Woodley (4 miles north), Earley (3 miles north-west), Crowthorne (4 miles south-east), Lower Earley (3 miles north-west) and Newtown (5 miles north-west).
Landmarks near Barkham
We work in homes and buildings around The Bull Public House And Smithy, Bohunt School Wokingham and Shepperlands Farm Nature Reserve and the streets around them. The closest station to Barkham is Wokingham station, roughly 1.9 miles north-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include Berkshire Library & Museum of Freemasonry (1.9 miles north) and Wokingham Hospital (1.7 miles north-east). Green spaces nearby include Heath Lake and Holt Copse & Joel Park.
Roof by roof
Loft insulation
The difference is clearest when the home is heated and it is cold out. We explain in the report how the conditions on the day affected what we saw.
GRP fibreglass roofs
Water can get through cracked GRP into the deck. We check cracks by eye and use the images to see whether there is a pattern around them.
Before and after the survey
Here are a few things we’d tell any owner, before and after a survey:
- Use the report as a baseline for later checks
- Heat the home normally on the days before
- Leave the roof to people with safe access
- Remember the conditions on the day affect the results
Where a pattern cannot be confirmed, the report says what could help, for instance electronic leak detection or a roofer opening up a small section.
Check loft insulation covers the whole area and hasn’t been disturbed. Insulation is often moved when people work in the loft space.
When to book a survey in Barkham
Some owners book because the rooms under the roof feel cold. Missing or slipped insulation can stand out as temperature differences, particularly when it is warm inside and cold outside.
Signs worth acting on include:
- Areas of a flat roof that may hold water
- Ceilings that feel colder in places
- Heat escaping through the roof
- Water that travels before it shows
If you look after a building such as The Coombes Church of England Primary School, a view from above covers a wide roof far faster than walking it.
Questions to ask before booking
- Whether you can ask questions once you have the report
- How they plan to inspect the roof safely
- Whether the inside of the roof is included
- Whether they hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance