Fit-only rooflight installation in South Croydon

Guide prices

Guide ranges for labour only — you supply the rooflight. 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 South Croydon

Fitters travel to the job, so the address is what counts. In South Croydon that means postcode districts CR2, CR0 and CR9, and the same teams can just as easily take on work in Croydon, about 1 mile away, or Purley 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.

Already bought your unit?

Your unit or ours, the fitting standard is the same. For supply and fit we choose a 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.

On the day, we cover

• Check of the delivered unit, glass, fixings pack and instructions before work starts
• Opening tested where relevant, packaging taken away and paperwork handed back
• Internal reveal trimmed or lined, with the protective film removed at the end
• Internal versus external size — We check whether your rooflight's quoted size is the hole size or the outer frame size.
• Warranty conditions on your unit — We read the warranty terms that came with your rooflight before we fit it.

Fitting your rooflight, step by step

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 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 South Croydon

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

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, CR2 or a neighbouring district.

Common questions in South Croydon

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