Electric opening rooflight installation in Stourbridge

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?

Jobs across DY8, DY9 and DY5 are part of our normal cover for Stourbridge. 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 Brierley Hill and Kingswinford are covered on the same terms, so a house on the edge of town is no harder to book than one in the centre.

Buying your own, or letting us supply

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 the job includes

• Upstand checked or built to suit the unit and its actuator housing
• Cable route planned through the kerb or reveal before the lining goes on
• 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.

Regulations for Stourbridge 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

What we cannot see, we have to guess, and guesses make quotes wider. So the more you send, the tighter the price. Useful: shots from the roof or garden, shots from the room underneath, a rough width and length, the roof finish, any access problems, and the product page if you have already ordered. Add the property postcode around DY8 and we will come back with a quote or a survey date.

Common questions in Stourbridge

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