How a spray foam survey booking runs in Northern Ireland
How a booking runs, from the form you send to the day a specialist puts the findings in writing.
If a lender's report, a buyer's survey or a cold room under a foamed roof has brought you here, this is the order things run in once you book. Spray foam surveys, loft insulation surveys and cavity wall insulation surveys all follow the same path, at a price agreed at the point of booking.
Whichever survey you choose, the steps follow the same order, from the form to the specialist's write-up.
Pick the survey that matches the problem
Book a spray foam survey where foam has been sprayed into a roof space and the question is what it is doing to the timbers and the airflow. Choose a loft insulation survey when the roof space is the concern but no foam is present, or a cavity wall insulation survey where the worry is the fill sitting between the two leaves of brickwork. Each is booked at its set price.
Describe what you have already spotted
Send the property address and say what caught your eye: foam covering the rafters, beads of moisture on the sarking, a bedroom that never warms up, or a sentence in a valuation that mentions insulation. Photographs of the roof space, the foam surface and any staining are useful before the visit.
Agreeing a day and how the roof space is reached
A local specialist makes contact to fix a day and to work out the route into the roof. Say early if the hatch sits in a wardrobe, if a ladder is needed, if a boiler or water tank blocks the way, or if the roof is flat with no internal opening, so the visit is planned around it.
On site, working through the roof
The specialist examines the foam, the timbers it sits against and the vents at the eaves. Moisture readings are taken at rafters and sarking, the spread of the foam is measured, and any cut-back edges are looked at closely. On a loft or cavity booking, attention shifts to the insulation layer or the wall cavity instead.
Weighing the foam against the roof it sits in
Foam on its own does not mean the roof is in trouble. The specialist takes in the age of the covering, whether vents were covered over, how the underlay behaves and whether the foam was applied beneath a breathable membrane. That is what separates a roof coping with moisture from one holding it in.
The written report and what comes after
A written report follows the visit. It sets out what was found, which timbers and vents were checked, what the foam appears to be doing, and the options the specialist puts forward, from clearing blocked vents to trimming the foam back or having the roof covering looked at. Where a lender or buyer needs documentation, the report is written so it can be handed over.
Book a visit for your property
Give the address, pick the survey and add a line on what you have noticed; a specialist will reply with available dates.