Get in touch
Talk to the person who will fly it
- Phone
- 07426 908037
- Based
- Exeter, covering Devon and the South West.
- What to send
- The address or at least the postcode, what has prompted you to look into it, and roughly what the building is. If you already know something about the roof, say so: age, covering, whether anything has been done to it, whether there is a leak and where it shows inside. If you are asking on behalf of a client or a landlord, say that too, because it changes what the report needs to say.
Send the details
Everything here goes straight to the survey inbox and is answered by the surveyor. Nothing is added to a mailing list and nothing is passed on.
Before you ask
What you are dealing with
Registered with the CAA
A registered operator with both an Operator ID and a Flyer ID. The Operator ID is the one that has to be displayed on the aircraft, and it is the number a client or an insurer asks for.
A2 Certificate of Competency
The A2 CofC is the theory and self-practical qualification that sits above the basic Flyer ID test. There is no GVC, which is stated here rather than left out, because it changes how some sites have to be planned.
Insured with Coverdrone
Commercial cover through Coverdrone, one of the specialist drone insurers. A copy of the certificate goes out on request before a booking, not after it.
DJI Mavic 4 Pro
The main survey aircraft. A 100 megapixel Hasselblad camera and 6K video, which is what lets a photograph of a ridge from twenty metres away still show an open mortar joint.
DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced
The thermal aircraft. A 640 by 512 radiometric thermal camera alongside the visual one, so a heat pattern can be read against the picture of the same elevation.
Construction background
The surveying came after years of contracting, so the report is written by somebody who has stood on the scaffold as well as flown over it, and who knows which faults matter and which are cosmetic.
Written report within 48 hours
A process commitment, not a sales promise. The flight is the short part of the job; the report is where the time goes, and it lands within two days of the visit.
No scaffolding, no ladders
Nothing leans on the building and nobody goes up it. That removes the access cost, the permit paperwork and the working-at-height risk from the survey itself.