Dome rooflight replacement in Woolwich

Woolwich guide prices

Guide ranges for supply & fit, per dome; building control notice fee extra on homes in England and Wales. 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.

Areas around Woolwich we cover

Jobs across SE18, SE7 and SE28 are part of our normal cover for Woolwich. 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 Plumstead and Abbey Wood are covered on the same terms, so a house on the edge of town is no harder to book than one in the centre.

Your dome rooflights or ours

Supply and fit tends to suit people who would rather not pick a unit from a catalogue. We look at the roof, the opening and how you use the room, then put a dome rooflight on the quote that fits all three. Fit-only suits people who already know what they want, or have one on site. We are happy with either. The difference is who stands behind what: on fit-only, the maker or retailer covers the product, and our workmanship guarantee covers the installation.

What we do on the day

• Inside checked for drips and the trim refitted
• Kerb top cleaned of old sealant, fixings and loose felt
• Kerb checked for rot, size and height before the new unit goes on
• Is the kerb sound? — We check each kerb for rot and movement before quoting a dome swap.
• Multi-skin domes and energy — We fit multi-skin domes rather than single-skin ones as replacements.

A typical installation day

Fitting days start with a look at the sky. If rain is due, the order of work changes so the roof is never left open to it. A typical day for a dome rooflight runs like this: set up access, protect the room, open up the roof or prepare the existing kerb or frame, check sizes, fix, seal, then finish inside. On jobs that take more than a day, the opening is weather-sealed overnight. The last hour goes on tidying, waste removal and a walk-round with you.

Regulations for Woolwich properties

Two sets of rules matter in England. Planning: a rooflight on a house is normally permitted development if it projects no more than 0.15 m and stays below the highest part of the roof, but flats, listed buildings and Article 4 areas need checking. Building regulations: new openings need approval for the structure and energy performance, and a replacement is a controlled fitting. We are not registered with a competent person scheme, so we notify replacements to building control with a building notice and put the council's fee on the quote.

Details that speed up your quote

Start with your phone. Take a picture of the roof where the unit goes or already sits, then one from inside looking up. Measure what you can, even roughly. Tell us what the roof is covered with and how a fitter would reach it: ladder, garden access or scaffold. Bought it already? Send the link or spec. Add your full postcode, for example in SE18, and we can price it.

Common questions in Woolwich

Get in touch with the details of your Woolwich property and we will explain what the job involves and what it costs.