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Free flat roof surveys, reports and specifications

Every project starts with a no obligation survey. Our surveyors attend site quickly, inspect the roof and its details, take core samples and photographs, and issue a written report with options and budget costs at no charge. For estates teams, that report becomes the basis of a planned maintenance programme or a capital bid.

Existing dome roof covering inspected before refurbishment, Coventry University
Existing dome roof covering inspected before refurbishment, Coventry University
What is included

Every roof survey, specified and guaranteed

Condition surveys

A full inspection of the roof covering, details, outlets, rooflights, upstands and edge protection, with core samples and a moisture survey where there is insulation in the build-up. Everything is photographed and the findings are set out plainly, with a condition grading for each roof area.

Feasibility and options

For a roof that is failing, the report sets out the options: repair, overlay or strip and recover, with budget costs and the guarantee period each would carry. For a portfolio, it ranks the roofs so the money goes where it is needed first.

Full performance specifications

Our surveyors produce the specification, bespoke details and drawings, U-value calculations and wind load design for tender or for direct appointment. Because we install as approved contractors, the specification is written with the manufacturer and can be guaranteed by them.

Support for capital bids

Schools, colleges and trusts use our reports and budget costs to prepare CIF and capital funding bids. South and City College Birmingham described the surveys, inspection reports and budget costs we provided at no cost as a valued added service in preparing their submissions.

Questions

Asked and answered

Is the survey really free?

Yes. Attending site, inspecting the roof, core samples, photographs and the written report with options and budget costs are all at no cost and with no obligation. We do it because a roof we have surveyed is a roof we can specify and guarantee properly, and most clients who see the report come back to us.

How quickly can you attend?

Normally within a few working days from the initial enquiry, from whichever office is closer. For a live leak we will come sooner and deal with the leak first.

What is in the report?

A description of each roof area and its build-up, the condition of the covering and details, core sample and moisture results, photographs, a condition rating, the recommended option with alternatives, budget costs and the guarantee period each option would carry.

Can you survey a whole estate?

Yes. Multi-site condition surveys for academy trusts, universities, local authorities and managing agents are a regular part of the work, and the output is a prioritised programme rather than a pile of individual reports.

Do you provide U-value calculations and drawings?

Yes. Our surveyors produce U-value calculations, tapered insulation schemes, wind load calculations and bespoke detail drawings as part of the specification, all checked with the membrane manufacturer.

Coverage

Roof Surveys & Reports from two offices

Nationwide, with the survey and the site team coming from whichever office is closer. Pick your division and the phone numbers on this page follow.

Midlands & South

Coleshill office

Covering the West and East Midlands, the South, the South West, East Anglia and the home counties from Jubilee Estate, Gorsey Lane, Coleshill.

The Midlands division

North & Scotland

Congleton office

Covering the North West, the North East, Yorkshire, Cumbria and Scotland from Riverside, Mountbatten Way, Congleton.

The North division
Next step

Planning a roof survey?

Send us the outline or the tender documents and a surveyor will come back to you, normally the same working day. The survey and report are free.

Tender and project enquiries

Have a project for us?

Send Absolute Waterproofing your roofing enquiry or tender. Give us the outline below and one of our surveyors will come back to you, usually the same working day.

Your division South and Midlands office Jubilee Estate, Gorsey Lane, Coleshill, West Midlands B46 1JU Call the Midlands office Email us
Your division North and Scotland office Riverside, Mountbatten Way, Congleton CW12 1DY Call the Northern office Email us
Free diagnostic survey We attend site quickly from the initial enquiry and provide an inspection report at no cost, with digital photographs, options and costs for the proposed work.

Prefer to talk it through? Call the office nearest the site and ask for a surveyor.