New rooflight in an existing roof in Biddulph

Biddulph guide prices

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.

Fitting across Biddulph and nearby

Jobs across ST8, ST6 and ST7 are part of our normal cover for Biddulph. 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 Kidsgrove and Congleton are covered on the same terms, so a house on the edge of town is no harder to book than one in the centre.

What we check on a supplied unit

There are two ways to do this. Supply and fit means we source a new rooflight that suits your roof and install it, so one company answers for both the product choice and the fitting. Fit-only means you buy the unit and we install it. With fit-only, the product warranty stays with the maker or seller, and our written guarantee covers the fitting work. Both routes get the same checks on the opening, the upstand and the maker's instructions before anything is fixed.

Included in the work

• Joists or rafters trimmed with new timbers to carry the load around
• Plasterboard reveals formed inside and left ready for skim or decoration
• Opening marked out, covering stripped back and the deck cut cleanly
• Planning for your roof — We check whether the new rooflight falls within permitted development for your house and nation.
• Warm or cold roof build-up — We find out whether the roof is insulated above or between the joists before designing the upstand.

A typical installation day

Arrive and agree the plan. Sheet the floor and furniture. Set up the ladder, tower or scaffold. Check the opening, the upstand or flashing, and the unit against the paperwork. Fix and pack a new rooflight level. Seal it into the roof. Line the reveal or fit the ceiling trim. Clean the glass, clear the waste, and talk you through it. That is the shape of most fitting days, and for this type of job it usually takes two to three days.

Planning, building control and Biddulph

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.

Help us quote accurately

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 ST8, and we can price it.

Common questions in Biddulph

Got a unit waiting to go in, or need one sourced? Either way, start with your Biddulph address and a couple of photos.