Dome rooflight replacement in Dartford

What the job costs in Dartford

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.

Fitting across Dartford and nearby

Distance is rarely the deciding factor. A roof in Bexley, 3 miles from Dartford, gets the same survey, the same written quote and the same fitting process as one in DA1, DA2 and DA9. What changes the price is the job itself: size of unit, roof type, access and lifting. Swanley, around 4 miles out, is treated the same way.

What we check on a supplied unit

There are two ways to do this. Supply and fit means we source a dome rooflight that suits your roof and install it, so one company answers for both the product choice and the fitting. Fit-only means you buy the unit and we install it. With fit-only, the product warranty stays with the maker or seller, and our written guarantee covers the fitting work. Both routes get the same checks on the opening, the upstand and the maker's instructions before anything is fixed.

What the job includes

• Adaptor or packing fitted where the old kerb needs it
• Old dome unscrewed, lifted off and taken away
• Membrane checked where it meets the kerb, with small repairs made
• Is the kerb sound? — We check each kerb for rot and movement before quoting a dome swap.
• Fragile dome safety — We treat old domes as fragile at all times.

From arrival to clean-up

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.

Do you need permission in Dartford?

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.

Before you get in touch

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 DA1.

Common questions in Dartford

Tell us your postcode, DA1 or close by, and what you want fitted. We will reply with the next steps and a quote.