Dome rooflight replacement in Guildford

Guide prices in Guildford

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.

Where our fitters travel

Distance is rarely the deciding factor. A roof in Godalming, 4 miles from Guildford, gets the same survey, the same written quote and the same fitting process as one in GU1, GU2 and GU4. What changes the price is the job itself: size of unit, roof type, access and lifting. Woking, around 6 miles out, is treated the same way.

Your dome rooflights or ours

If you have bought a dome rooflight yourself, we check four things before fitting. First, the delivery: open it, look for chips, cracks and bent frames, and report any damage to the seller straight away. Second, the size, measured against the builder's opening rather than the external frame. Third, the upstand height above the finished roof. Fourth, the maker's instructions, which set the fixings and sealing. Product warranty claims go to the seller and maker; our guarantee is for how it was fitted.

What we do on the day

• Inside checked for drips and the trim refitted
• Kerb checked for rot, size and height before the new unit goes on
• Kerb top cleaned of old sealant, fixings and loose felt
• Multi-skin domes and energy — We fit multi-skin domes rather than single-skin ones as replacements.
• Upgrading to glass — We check whether the kerb suits a glass unit before recommending one.

From arrival to clean-up

Arrive and agree the plan. Sheet the floor and furniture. Set up the ladder, tower or scaffold. Check the opening, the upstand or flashing, and the unit against the paperwork. Fix and pack a dome rooflight level. Seal it into the roof. Line the reveal or fit the ceiling trim. Clean the glass, clear the waste, and talk you through it. That is the shape of most fitting days, and for this type of job it usually takes a few hours per dome.

Regulations for Guildford properties

Replacing a rooflight in an English home is a controlled fitting: it has to be self-certified by a scheme-registered installer or notified to building control. We are not registered with a competent person scheme, so replacements we fit are notified with a building notice, and the new unit has to meet current energy limits. Adding a new one usually means a building regulations application, because joists or rafters are trimmed. On the planning side, most house rooflights are permitted development if they project 0.15 m or less; on a side slope the glass must be obscured and fixed unless the opening part is over 1.7 m above the floor.

Details that speed up your quote

A fast quote needs five things: a photo of the roof from outside, one from the room below, rough sizes of the opening or the space, the roof covering (felt, single-ply, fibreglass, tiles, slate or metal), and a note on access. If you have already bought the unit, add the product link or spec sheet. And give us the postcode, GU1 or a neighbouring district.

Common questions in Guildford

Questions before you commit? Send them over with your Guildford postcode and we will answer them plainly, with a quote alongside.