Electric opening rooflight installation in Hampstead

Guide prices

Guide ranges for supply & fit; the electrician's final connection is quoted separately. 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.

Coverage in and around Hampstead

Fitters travel to the job, so the address is what counts. In Hampstead that means postcode districts NW3, NW6 and NW5, and the same teams can just as easily take on work in Kilburn, about 1 mile away, or Chalk Farm at roughly 2 miles. Survey and fitting dates are offered according to fitter availability, and travel is built into the quote rather than added later.

Your electric opening rooflights or ours

Your unit or ours, the fitting standard is the same. For supply and fit we choose an electric opening rooflight to suit the roof and price it with the installation. For fit-only we work with what you have, after confirming it arrived undamaged, that it matches the builder's opening, and that the upstand will sit at the height the maker asks for. Report any transit damage to the seller, as the product cover is theirs and the maker's. Our written guarantee applies to the fitting itself.

What we do on the day

• Unit fitted, sealed and weathered like a fixed flat rooflight
• Cable route and controls set up ready for the electrician's final connection, quoted as a separate line
• Wall switch, remote receiver or control box fixed in place
• Who makes the final connection — We confirm who will connect the rooflight to the mains before booking.
• Cable length and size — We check the cable run against the maker's limits before planning where the controls go.

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 an electric opening 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.

Planning, building control and Hampstead

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 NW3.

Common questions in Hampstead

Tell us your postcode, NW3 or close by, and what you want fitted. We will reply with the next steps and a quote.