# Drone Chimney Inspection Report Example A drone chimney inspection report: elevation-by-elevation findings on a masonry stack, access constraints, and what a visual aerial survey can and cannot conclude. To whoever has to decide whether to spend money on access - a building owner, a managing agent, or the structural engineer they have retained. This is usually the document that justifies a scaffold or avoids one, so it is read closely and sometimes adversarially. That is why the limitations section earns its place: be explicit that a visual aerial survey cannot report on flue integrity, or on anything it could not see, before someone assumes otherwise. - **Written from:** 06 General asset inspection, in the Drone Inspection Report Template Pack (https://canfly.io/toolkit/drone-inspection-report-template) --- > This is a worked example, not a real survey. Every name, address and finding is invented. It shows how the template reads once the placeholders are filled in and the guidance notes are deleted. ## Asset Inspection *Bellworth Mill chimney, Ruse* - **Report reference:** AER-2026-241 - **Client:** Bellworth Mill Trust - **Site:** Bellworth Mill, Ruse - **Asset inspected:** Free-standing brick chimney, approx. 34 m, octagonal, c. 1897 - **Reason for inspection:** Pre-works condition record ahead of grant application - **Date of survey:** 2 July 2026 - **Surveyed by:** A. Petrov, operator BGR-OP-4471 --- ### 1. Executive summary The chimney was inspected by unmanned aircraft on 2 July 2026. It is in fair to poor overall condition for its age and exposure. The structure appears stable, but the upper 6 m shows significant mortar loss and one displaced band. 9 findings were recorded: 1 S1, 2 S2, 4 S3, 1 S4, and 1 not assessable. Principal recommendation. Secure or remove the displaced iron band at the 26 m level before the next high wind. It sits directly above a public footpath. Areas not assessed. The internal flue was not inspected. The south-west face above 30 m was in deep shadow throughout the available window and is graded NA. ### 2. Scope Visual inspection by unmanned aircraft of all four external faces of the chimney from base to cap, at a nominal stand-off of 8 m. Not within scope: internal flue inspection, structural adequacy, materials testing, load assessment, compliance certification, cost of remedial works. ### A worked finding, from later in the report **F-01 - Displaced iron band** (S1) - **Location:** North-east face, 26 m, second band below the cap - **Observation:** Band displaced approximately 40 mm from the brick face over roughly a quarter of its circumference. Corrosion product visible at the fixing. Brickwork beneath is spalled. - **If untreated:** Failure of the band, with material falling onto the footpath 26 m below. - **Recommendation:** Secure or remove before the next period of high wind. Restrict access beneath in the interim. - **Action taken:** Trust notified by telephone at 09:20 on the day of survey. Footpath closed the same morning. - **Evidence:** AER-2026-241_F-01_ne-band.jpg ## The rest of this report Withheld here; complete in the Drone Inspection Report Template Pack (https://canfly.io/toolkit/drone-inspection-report-template), as an editable .docx and a finished PDF. - 3. Limitations - 4. Method and conditions - Severity scale - 5. Findings - 6. Defect schedule - 7. Recommended actions - Appendix A - Image index - Appendix B - Operator details --- **Citing this page:** canfly?, “Drone Chimney Inspection Report Example”, https://canfly.io/toolkit/examples/chimney-inspection-report. canfly? aggregates the official UAS geographical zones that EU and EEA states publish under Regulation (EU) 2019/947, Article 15. It is not an air-traffic or flight-authorisation service; critical flights must be confirmed against the national authority.