New rooflight in an existing roof in Aberystwyth

What the job costs in Aberystwyth

Guide ranges for supply & fit, including structure and making good; building control or warrant fees extra. 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.

Areas around Aberystwyth we cover

Jobs across SY23, SY24 and SY25 are part of our normal cover for Aberystwyth. 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 Llandrindod Wells and Newtown 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

Supply and fit tends to suit people who would rather not pick a unit from a catalogue. We look at the roof, the opening and how you use the room, then put a new rooflight on the quote that fits all three. Fit-only suits people who already know what they want, or have one on site. We are happy with either. The difference is who stands behind what: on fit-only, the maker or retailer covers the product, and our workmanship guarantee covers the installation.

On the day, we cover

• Insulated upstand built square, level and to the maker's height
• Survey of joist direction, roof build-up, ceiling void and access
• Plasterboard reveals formed inside and left ready for skim or decoration
• Cables, pipes and ceiling fittings — We look into the ceiling void for anything in the way of the new opening.
• Warm or cold roof build-up — We find out whether the roof is insulated above or between the joists before designing the upstand.

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 new 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 Aberystwyth

In Wales, a new rooflight opening generally needs building regulations approval, and a replacement needs either a scheme-registered installer's certificate or a building notice to the council. We are not registered with a scheme, so we use a building notice and show the fee on the quote. Rooflights must meet 2.2 W/m²K and roof windows 1.4 W/m²K. Planning is tighter than in England: rooflights are not permitted development in conservation areas, National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty or World Heritage Sites, so we check your address before quoting.

Details that speed up your quote

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 SY23, and we can price it.

Common questions in Aberystwyth

Tell us your postcode, SY23 or close by, and what you want fitted. We will reply with the next steps and a quote.