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We offer fast and reliable chimney flue location survey in London.
London continues to see significant construction activity, reflecting its status as a major global city. London’s development landscape is dynamic and multifaced, aiming to meet the growing demands of its population and economy. The city is investing heavily in residential projects and sustainable development, ensuring it remains vibrant urban centre.
Many of London’s historic buildings have old chimney flues that can be adopted to modern uses without compromising the architectural integrity of the structure. The routes of those flues, especially in the buildings from the Victorian period can be a complex, convoluted network. Learning the routes of the flues is therefore a task London designers and architects must consider before progressing to the next phase of the project.
GPR technology proved itself to be a useful method of locating and mapping chimney flues in London. In fact, our company was one of the first companies to apply GPR for chimney flue detection in London and the entire UK. Thanks to our professionalism and high quality service KB Surveys is appointed by Royal Household for chimney flue location surveys in Buckingham Palace.
1.What is chimney flue location survey in London?
Chimney flue location survey is London is a service in which we utilise advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology to detect chimney flues shafts and bricked up fireplaces.
Our surveyors will scan all the walls with the suspected chimney flues with our state-of-the-art GPR equipment.
Detected chimney flues will be either marked directly on the wall or the data collected on site will be save for office-based post processing.
In the instance, when the data is interpreted in the office, the routes of the chimney flues will be overlayed onto the elevation drawing. If the elevation drawing is not provided, we will create a simple elevation sketch and overlay chimney flue locations on it.
When necessary, we employ other techniques such as endoscopic cameras and thermal imaging for chimneys that are still in use.
2. What is the cost of chimney flue location survey in London?
The cost of a chimney flue location survey in London is priced on the project-to-project basis. The price however will depend on the number of walls that require investigation and duration of the survey. Small chimney flue location survey usually takes a few hours, the large jobs might take several days.
3. Why would I choose chimney flue location in London
Chimney flue location survey in London is a useful and cost-effective tool for the designers and architects to find out old chimney flue routs that can be repurposed for modern needs.
Adopting existing chimney flues is a smart and sustainable way of modernising historical buildings. This approach leverages the present architecture and avoids the need for extensive new construction, which can be particularly advantageous in a densely built urban environment like London.
Common new systems that are installed using old chimney flues are:
-modern ventilation systems
-new heating systems
-cable routing
4. How chimney flue location survey in London is performed?
Chimney flue location survey in London involves several specific steps to ensure accurate and non-invasive detection. Here is a detailed processes we follow:
-pre-survey preparation- at this stage we assess the building, noting any visible signs of the chimney structure, such as chimney stacks, fireplace, or any alternations to the walls. Once the visual inspection ends, we will move to survey setup.
-survey setup- we will determine best access points for scanning and calibrate the equipment.
-scanning phase- the data will be collected in the orthogonal grid; our surveyors will inspect the real-time data visualisation and in case it is not satisfying, they will use acoustic method to detect the flue.
-data interpretation- the precise locations of the flue are marked on the walls for reference, if you requested on site mark out. If a drawing is requested, the collected data will be saved for office post-processing.
-reporting- once the data is interpreted and the paths of the flues established, the results are overlayed on the elevation drawing provided by a client. A detailed report is generated and send to a client together with map(s) of the identified flue locations.
-post-survey actions- in the resort will be recommendations for further actions if such as considered necessary.
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Our company was one of the first to offer chimney flue surveys in London |
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We are trusted by Royal Household |
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We are fully insured and accredited |
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We value your feedback and continuously improve our processes |
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