New rooflight in an existing roof in Adwick le Street

Guide prices in Adwick le Street

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.

Coverage in and around Adwick le Street

Covering Adwick le Street means covering the people who live and work there, not a single postcode. We take on domestic and commercial jobs in DN6, DN5 and DN1, and are happy to quote further out in Bentley and Doncaster. If your address sits between towns, tell us and we will confirm whether it falls in our normal area or needs travel set out separately on the quote.

Your rooflights or ours

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

Included in the work

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

Fitting your rooflight, step by step

On the day, you need to be in at the start and at the end. In between, the fitters get on with it. They will want the room below cleared where possible, a parking spot if you have one, and somewhere to set the unit down safely. After checking the opening and the upstand or flashing, they fix a new rooflight, seal it and finish the inside. Packaging and any old unit leave with them unless the quote says otherwise.

Planning, building control and Adwick le Street

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.

Details that speed up your quote

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 DN6. That is enough for a first price.

Common questions in Adwick le Street

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