Flat rooflight installation in Heywood

Guide prices

Guide ranges for supply & fit. 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.

Covering OL10 and neighbouring districts

Jobs across OL10, OL11 and BL9 are part of our normal cover for Heywood. 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 Middleton and Rochdale are covered on the same terms, so a house on the edge of town is no harder to book than one in the centre.

Already bought your unit?

A damaged delivery is a frequent snag on fit-only work. Before the day, unpack a flat rooflight, photograph it, and tell the seller about any cracks or scuffs, because claims are much easier made early. We will also ask for the model or a link, so we can read the maker's instructions and check the builder's opening size and the upstand height it expects. If everything lines up, we fit it. If not, we explain what needs changing first.

On the day, we cover

• Product paperwork handed over and warranty registration explained
• Upstand checked or built to the maker's internal and external sizes
• Membrane, felt or GRP finished to the frame the way the maker shows
• Weight of large panes — We check the weight of the unit against how we will get it onto the roof.
• Pitch of the glass — We make sure the glass will sit at the pitch its maker asks for.

How a fitting day runs

Where a job takes one day, the split is usually structural work first and finishing second. Early on, the fitters cut or prepare the opening, trim where needed and prepare the upstand or flashing. Then a flat rooflight is lifted in, fixed and made weathertight so the roof is sound before anyone moves inside. Plasterboard, trim and filler for the reveal come after. Each evening the work area is swept, and at the end the glass is cleaned and the team talks you through what was done.

Do you need permission in Heywood?

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

Start with your phone. Take a picture of the roof where the unit goes or already sits, then one from inside looking up. Measure what you can, even roughly. Tell us what the roof is covered with and how a fitter would reach it: ladder, garden access or scaffold. Bought it already? Send the link or spec. Add your full postcode, for example in OL10, and we can price it.

Common questions in Heywood

Planning a flat rooflight in Heywood? Tell us about the roof and we will come back with a clear price in writing.