Electric opening rooflight installation in Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury 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.

Is your address covered?

Fitters travel to the job, so the address is what counts. In Shrewsbury that means postcode districts SY1, SY2 and SY3, and the same teams can just as easily take on work in Wellington, about 10 miles away, or Telford at roughly 13 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

Which works out better, buying your own or letting us supply? It depends on what you value. Buying your own gives you control of the product and what you pay for it. Letting us supply puts the whole job, unit and fitting, under one written quote. On a customer-supplied unit we still measure it against the opening, look at the upstand, and inspect the condition it arrived in. Warranty on the product sits with whoever sold it, while the fitting carries our own guarantee.

What we do on the day

• Opening and closing tested, with controls explained at handover
• Cable route and controls set up ready for the electrician's final connection, quoted as a separate line
• Rain sensor positioned where it will get wet when rain starts
• Where power comes from — We find a sensible power supply for the rooflight before fitting day.
• Opening onto a side slope — We check where the opening part will sit if the roof is pitched or the unit faces a neighbour.

Fitting your electric opening rooflight, step by step

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 an electric opening 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 one day, plus the electrician's connection.

Do you need permission in Shrewsbury?

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.

Getting a price from photos

Keep it simple. Two or three photos, outside and inside. Approximate sizes. What the roof is made of. Anything awkward about getting up there, such as a conservatory below, a narrow side path or no parking. If you bought the rooflight online, the link or model name. Then your postcode in or around SY1. That is enough for a first price.

Common questions in Shrewsbury

Planning an electric opening rooflight in Shrewsbury? Tell us about the roof and we will come back with a clear price in writing.