Flat roofing specialists · Bromley, Kent & London
Know exactly what condition your roof is in, what is causing the problem and what it will cost to put right, documented with photographs you can hand to an owner, insurer or managing agent. Detailed inspections and reports may be chargeable; quotations for works are always free.
16 years in flat roofing · evidence-based reporting · fully insured
Overview
A structured inspection of the roof and its details, recorded with photographs, setting out the covering's condition, the defects found, the likely cause of any water ingress and what remedial or replacement work the roof needs. It is a diagnosis, not a sales visit.
Property owners deciding whether to repair or replace; landlords and managing agents who need documented condition for service charges, planned maintenance or disputes; buyers and sellers who need clarity on a roof flagged in a survey; and commercial clients budgeting capital works.
Before buying or selling a property with a flat roof, when a survey has flagged the roof, when leaks are recurring, before committing to a large refurbishment, when preparing planned maintenance budgets, and after storm damage.
Flat roof decisions are expensive and are frequently made on guesswork. A general survey will note damp and move on; a roofing quote without an inspection is a guess with a price on it. An inspection by a flat roofing specialist tells you what is actually wrong, which is the only sound basis for deciding what to spend.
What happens if it is left
Without diagnosis, money goes on a new covering when the fault was drainage, or on repeat repairs when the build-up was already saturated.
Owners and agents who cannot evidence roof condition end up with reactive spending, disputed service charges and emergency pricing.
Undiagnosed moisture inside a build-up keeps spreading through the insulation and deck while the visible symptoms stay small.
Without photographic evidence of condition and cause, discussions with insurers, contractors, tenants or purchasers come down to whose word is preferred.
Our process
We confirm what you need the report for, repair decision, purchase, budget, insurer, tenant dispute, and arrange safe access to the roof.
Systematic examination of covering, laps, upstands, kerbs, penetrations, trims, outlets, falls and ponding, plus internal evidence where relevant.
We identify the failure mechanism and, where relevant, whether moisture has entered the build-up, which is the fact that decides repair versus replacement.
A written report with photographs of each defect, its location and its significance, and clear recommendations.
Where works are recommended, we provide a free, fixed-price quotation for them so you can move straight from diagnosis to decision.
What you get
You see the defects photographed, not described, and can judge the recommendation for yourself.
The report addresses the question that actually matters and explains the reasoning behind it.
Reports are suitable for handing to owners, boards, insurers, purchasers and managing agents.
Knowing the roof's condition converts unpredictable emergency spend into planned capital works.
16 years in flat roofing means the details get looked at properly, not glanced at from a ladder.
If work is needed, the quotation is free and fixed price, so there is no second appointment to get to a number.
In detail
Field membrane condition, laps and welds, blistering, splits and impact damage; upstand heights and terminations; kerbs to rooflights and plant; pipe and cable penetrations; perimeter trims and drips; outlets, gratings, gutters and overflow provision; falls and standing water; evidence of movement; and internal signs of ingress including staining position and pattern.
On a flat roof the point where water appears inside is rarely below the entry point. Water runs on the deck or the vapour control layer, follows falls and fixings, and emerges at a joint or light fitting metres away. Working outwards from internal evidence to a defensible entry point is the core skill in a leak inspection, and it is why we work through the details systematically rather than patching the nearest suspicious spot.
The single most important finding is whether water has entered the insulation. A dry build-up with failed details can usually be repaired or overlaid; a wet build-up cannot, because sealing over saturated boards traps the moisture and shortens the life of the new work. Ponding history, staining, board condition at openings and internal symptoms all feed into that conclusion, which we state plainly in the report.
Managed property needs reporting that is consistent, dated, photographed and specific about location, 'north-west corner, outlet 2' rather than 'the roof'. That format supports planned maintenance programmes, service charge justification, and year-on-year comparison across repeat visits. We also provide RAMS for commercial inspections and are asbestos awareness trained for older buildings.
Where a homebuyer survey has flagged a flat roof, a specialist inspection turns 'roof coverings appear to be at the end of their serviceable life' into a defined scope with a fixed price. In storm damage and escape of water situations, dated photographic evidence of the defect and its cause is far more useful than a description written after the repair.
Quotations for works are always free and fixed price. Detailed roof inspections and photographic reports may be chargeable, because they take time and produce a document you own and can use. We tell you the cost before we attend, so there is no ambiguity about which type of visit you are booking.
Common questions
Quotations for works are free. Detailed roof inspections and photographic reports may be chargeable, and we always confirm the cost before attending so you know which you are booking.
A written report with photographs of each defect, its location and its significance, our diagnosis of the cause, and clear recommendations. Where works are needed, a free fixed-price quotation follows.
The report documents condition, defects and cause with dated photographs, which is the evidence such discussions turn on. We report what we find, without shaping it to a preferred outcome.
Yes. If the deck and insulation are dry and only details have failed, we will say so and quote the smaller job.
It depends on roof size, access and complexity. We will give you a realistic idea when you book rather than a standard slot.
Yes: single-ply, liquid, felt, asphalt and older systems, domestic and commercial.
Yes, with consistent formatting across visits so condition can be tracked and budgeted year on year.
Yes, and emergency leak and storm-damage call-outs are accommodated where possible.
Bromley, Kent, London and the South East, including Orpington, Beckenham, Croydon, Dartford and Sevenoaks, and nationwide for larger commercial projects.
Tell us about the roof and your postcode. We will inspect it, tell you what has actually failed and give you a fixed price, backed by a 10-year workmanship guarantee.
16 years in flat roofing · Sika, Danosa and Bauder trained · fully insured · 10-year workmanship guarantee