Flat rooflight installation in Shirley

Guide prices in Shirley

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.

Where our fitters travel

Jobs across B90, B28 and B91 are part of our normal cover for Shirley. 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 Solihull and Acocks Green are covered on the same terms, so a house on the edge of town is no harder to book than one in the centre.

Fit-only or supply and fit

If you have bought a flat rooflight yourself, we check four things before fitting. First, the delivery: open it, look for chips, cracks and bent frames, and report any damage to the seller straight away. Second, the size, measured against the builder's opening rather than the external frame. Third, the upstand height above the finished roof. Fourth, the maker's instructions, which set the fixings and sealing. Product warranty claims go to the seller and maker; our guarantee is for how it was fitted.

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
• Lifting gear or extra hands arranged for large and heavy panes
• Pitch of the glass — We make sure the glass will sit at the pitch its maker asks for.
• Solar gain on south-facing roofs — We ask which way the roof faces and how the room is used before suggesting glass.

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 a flat 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.

Regulations for Shirley properties

Replacing a rooflight in an English home is a controlled fitting: it has to be self-certified by a scheme-registered installer or notified to building control. We are not registered with a competent person scheme, so replacements we fit are notified with a building notice, and the new unit has to meet current energy limits. Adding a new one usually means a building regulations application, because joists or rafters are trimmed. On the planning side, most house rooflights are permitted development if they project 0.15 m or less; on a side slope the glass must be obscured and fixed unless the opening part is over 1.7 m above the floor.

Before you get in touch

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 B90. That is enough for a first price.

Common questions in Shirley

Tell us your postcode, B90 or close by, and what you want fitted. We will reply with the next steps and a quote.