Conservation rooflight installation in Richmond

Guide prices

Guide ranges for supply & fit. Your price is fixed in a written quote after we have seen photos or surveyed. Scaffold, access towers or a crane are priced separately if the job needs them, and building control fees, where a job needs them, are shown as their own line.

Covering TW9 and neighbouring districts

Jobs across TW9, TW10 and TW1 are part of our normal cover for Richmond. We are not an office on the high street. Our fitting teams come out to the property from wherever they are working that week. Neighbouring places such as Twickenham and Isleworth are covered on the same terms, so a house on the edge of town is no harder to book than one in the centre.

What we check on a supplied unit

A damaged delivery is a frequent snag on fit-only work. Before the day, unpack a conservation rooflight, photograph it, and tell the seller about any cracks or scuffs, because claims are much easier made early. We will also ask for the model or a link, so we can read the maker's instructions and check the opening size and the flashing kit it expects. If everything lines up, we fit it. If not, we explain what needs changing first.

Included in the work

• Position checked against any consent drawings or council conditions
• Rooflight set low so it sits close to the line of the roof
• Inside lining fitted to suit the room's ceiling or exposed rafters
• Reusing the original covering — We plan to reuse the existing slates or tiles wherever we can.
• Energy and old roofs — We make sure the rooflight meets current energy rules while suiting an older roof build-up.

A typical installation day

On the day, you need to be in at the start and at the end. In between, the fitters get on with it. They will want the room below cleared where possible, a parking spot if you have one, and somewhere to set the unit down safely. After checking the opening and the upstand or flashing, they fix a conservation rooflight, seal it and finish the inside. Packaging and any old unit leave with them unless the quote says otherwise.

Planning, building control and Richmond

England's rules in short: permitted development usually covers a rooflight on a house roof provided it doesn't stick out more than 0.15 m or rise above the ridge, though a listed building always needs consent and some streets have Article 4 directions. Building regulations apply to new openings, and replacements go through building control; as we are not registered with a competent person scheme, we use a building notice and show the fee on the quote. The energy limit for rooflights in existing homes is 2.2 W/m²K, and the 2026 Approved Document L, in force from 24 March 2027, keeps that figure.

Details that speed up your quote

For fit-only work, the product details matter most: the link, the spec sheet, or a photo of the label on the box. Alongside that, send pictures of the roof and the ceiling below, approximate opening sizes, the type of roof covering, and how someone would get onto the roof. For supply and fit, the same photos and sizes do the job. Finish with your postcode, such as TW9.

Common questions in Richmond

Got a unit waiting to go in, or need one sourced? Either way, start with your Richmond address and a couple of photos.