New rooflight in an existing roof in Kidderminster

What the job costs in Kidderminster

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 Kidderminster

Distance is rarely the deciding factor. A roof in Stourport-on-Severn, 4 miles from Kidderminster, gets the same survey, the same written quote and the same fitting process as one in DY11, DY10 and DY12. What changes the price is the job itself: size of unit, roof type, access and lifting. Stourbridge, around 7 miles out, is treated the same way.

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

• Rooflight fitted, sealed and checked for even clearance on every side
• Roof membrane, felt or tiles made good and dressed up the upstand
• Insulated upstand built square, level and to the maker's height
• 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

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 and building rules in England

In England, a new rooflight opening generally needs building regulations approval because the roof structure is altered and the glazing must meet energy rules: 2.2 W/m²K for a rooflight in an existing home, or 1.4 W/m²K (or WER Band B) for a roof window. Planning is often not needed on a house: permitted development covers rooflights that stand no more than 0.15 m proud of the roof slope and sit below the highest part of the roof. Flats, listed buildings and areas with an Article 4 direction are different, so we check your address first.

Before you get in touch

A fast quote needs five things: a photo of the roof from outside, one from the room below, rough sizes of the opening or the space, the roof covering (felt, single-ply, fibreglass, tiles, slate or metal), and a note on access. If you have already bought the unit, add the product link or spec sheet. And give us the postcode, DY11 or a neighbouring district.

Common questions in Kidderminster

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