Practical Support for Church Wardens.
Built around your building.
Free guides, checklists and templates to help church wardens and PCCs understand fabric risk, prepare for inspection, and make the case for repair — before small problems become expensive ones.
Caring for a church building is a real responsibility, often carried by volunteers without a building background. This hub brings together practical, plain-English tools — developed alongside our work inspecting church roofs and towers across the UK — so you can act with confidence between quinquennial inspections.
Looking After a Church Building is Harder Than It Should Be
Most church wardens are volunteers, not building professionals — yet they carry legal responsibility for a structure that's often centuries old, complex, and hard to access safely. The quinquennial inspection gives a snapshot every five years, but a great deal can happen to a roof, tower or gutter in between. High-level areas are the hardest to see and the most likely to cause expensive, escalating damage if a problem goes unnoticed.
This hub exists to close that gap — with resources that help you see more, understand more, and act sooner, without needing scaffolding or specialist training to get started.
£1.2m
avoidable cost added by delayed repairs across 30 surveyed churches (Historic England, 2019)
16x
cost increase on a single gutter repair left five years too long — £1,250 to £20,000 (Historic England, 2019)
39%
of churches now report their roof at risk or in urgent need of repair (National Churches Survey, 2025)
Free Guides & Tools for Church Wardens and PCC's
Download what's useful to you now, or work through the hub in order — from understanding risk, to planning and budgeting, to preparing for your next inspection.
Zone C - Prepare for Inspection
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Get your church ready so your inspector's time — and your budget — go further.
What your Diocesan Advisory Committee actually wants to see, and how to provide it
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Zone D - Ongoing Peace of Mind
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Why the five-year inspection cycle needs a safe way to check in between.
What your Diocesan Advisory Committee actually wants to see, and how to provide it
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Developed Alongside Our Work with Church Buildings
Three Weave provides aerial inspection and visual intelligence for heritage buildings across the UK, including church roofs, towers and spires. Everything in this hub is built from what we consistently see in that work — the areas that get missed, the evidence PCCs and DACs actually need, and the questions wardens ask us most.
We're not the ones repairing your roof or approving your faculty application. Our role is to help you, your PCC and your professional advisers see clearly what's happening at height — safely, and without the cost or disruption of scaffolding — so decisions can be made with confidence.
We are licensed and fully insured operators, regulated under CAA rules for commercial drone operations.
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Inspect
Understand
Act
Assess what you can see from the ground, and decide whether a professional look is needed.
If a closer look is required, we carry out a safe, non-invasive aerial inspection of your roof, tower, spire, ground, boundaries or hard to reach internal fabric - no scaffolding, no ladders, no disruption to services.
You receive a clear report and imagery you can share with your PCC, your quinquennial inspector, or your DAC — supporting whatever decision comes next.
From Ground-Level Checklist
to Full Aerial Report
Important Information
Three Weave provides aerial inspection and visual intelligence services only and does not undertake formal surveys, structural assessments, or quinquennial inspections. The resources on this page are intended to support early-stage risk identification, PCC decision-making and inspection preparation. Professional advice should always be sought from your quinquennial inspector, architect, or Diocesan Advisory Committee where required.