An inspector goes up into your loft, identifies the foam, tests the rafters and emails you a photographed report that sellers, buyers, lenders and landlords across Bolton can read in minutes. Roof surveys from £195. Removal is quoted separately in writing, and only when the survey supports it.
Look first, strip later. Foam only comes off when the timber gives a reason.
Plenty of foam does no harm for years, and some of it conceals trouble. We find out which kind you have by taking readings on the wood, then explain your choices plainly.
Four ways to deal with spray foam in a roof, ranked by cost. The cheapest one is the one you choose.
Everything below is included. There is nothing else to pay.
Not on the day, not on the invoice, not afterwards.
The report records what we could see and what we could not, so nobody is guessing later. Take it to any contractor you like.
Smithills sits on the north-western edge of Bolton, where the town climbs towards the moor. Stone-built cottages and farmhouses stand beside Victorian terraces and later estates, many under slate or stone-flag roofs that take the weather straight off the West Pennine Moors. We look for foam on the undersides of the covering, test the rafters and put the result in a report.
Welsh slate, stone flags or concrete tile, then battens, felt and rafters. We record how each layer is holding up under the foam.
Also covering the rest of Bolton — same price, same service.
Been told every trace must be stripped? Ask us for a free second opinion. Nobody can say that with confidence until the rafters have been measured with a moisture meter.
Bolton (BL1, BL2, BL3, BL4 and BL6) and its neighbourhoods, from Smithills, Heaton and Halliwell to Deane, Farnworth, Breightmet and Horwich. Our inspector is based around Bolton, so most visits can be booked within a few working days.
£195 fixed. Written report. Yours to keep.
Houses up towards the moor take wind-driven rain for much of the year, so the underside of the roof matters more here than in a sheltered street. Where foam has been sprayed over old slates or stone flags, it can hold moisture against the timber instead of letting the roof dry out. Only a visit with a meter shows which is happening.
Older stone properties are often altered a room at a time, with insulation added by different people in different decades. One report that records every section, and says which parts we could not see, saves a buyer or a surveyor from guessing.
