New rooflight in an existing roof in Stafford

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.

Coverage in and around Stafford

Jobs across ST16, ST17 and ST18 are part of our normal cover for Stafford. 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 Rugeley and Cannock 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?

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.

What we do on the day

• Plasterboard reveals formed inside and left ready for skim or decoration
• Insulated upstand built square, level and to the maker's height
• Roof membrane, felt or tiles made good and dressed up the upstand
• 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

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 and building rules in England

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.

Getting a price from photos

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 ST16, and we can price it.

Common questions in Stafford

Ask for a quote for your Stafford roof. Survey dates are offered based on fitter availability once you are happy with the price.