New rooflight in an existing roof in Solihull

Guide prices in Solihull

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.

Is your address covered?

Distance is rarely the deciding factor. A roof in Shirley, 2 miles from Solihull, gets the same survey, the same written quote and the same fitting process as one in B91, B92 and B90. What changes the price is the job itself: size of unit, roof type, access and lifting. Acocks Green, around 3 miles out, is treated the same way.

Fit-only or supply and fit

Which works out better, buying your own or letting us supply? It depends on what you value. Buying your own gives you control of the product and what you pay for it. Letting us supply puts the whole job, unit and fitting, under one written quote. On a customer-supplied unit we still measure it against the opening, look at the upstand, and inspect the condition it arrived in. Warranty on the product sits with whoever sold it, while the fitting carries our own guarantee.

What the job includes

• Roof membrane, felt or tiles made good and dressed up the upstand
• Rooflight fitted, sealed and checked for even clearance on every side
• Survey of joist direction, roof build-up, ceiling void and access
• Which way the joists run — We check the direction and size of the joists before fixing the rooflight's position.
• Planning for your roof — We check whether the new rooflight falls within permitted development for your house and nation.

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 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

Two sets of rules matter in England. Planning: a rooflight on a house is normally permitted development if it projects no more than 0.15 m and stays below the highest part of the roof, but flats, listed buildings and Article 4 areas need checking. Building regulations: new openings need approval for the structure and energy performance, and a replacement is a controlled fitting. We are not registered with a competent person scheme, so we notify replacements to building control with a building notice and put the council's fee on the quote.

Help us quote accurately

What we cannot see, we have to guess, and guesses make quotes wider. So the more you send, the tighter the price. Useful: shots from the roof or garden, shots from the room underneath, a rough width and length, the roof finish, any access problems, and the product page if you have already ordered. Add the property postcode around B91 and we will come back with a quote or a survey date.

Common questions in Solihull

Planning a new rooflight in Solihull? Tell us about the roof and we will come back with a clear price in writing.