Roof access hatch installation in Sutton

What the job costs in Sutton

Guide ranges for supply & fit. 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 Carshalton, 2 miles from Sutton, gets the same survey, the same written quote and the same fitting process as one in SM2, SM1 and SM3. What changes the price is the job itself: size of unit, roof type, access and lifting. Banstead, around 2 miles out, is treated the same way.

Your roof access hatches or ours

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.

Included in the work

• Kerb checked or built square, level and to the maker's height
• Gas struts or actuator fitted and adjusted for full opening
• Opening and upstand sized for a clear climb-through, not just daylight
• Clear opening size — We check the hatch's clear opening rather than its outer size.
• Energy performance of hatches — We check the hatch's published U-value against the limit that applies.

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 roof access hatch 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.

Regulations for Sutton properties

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.

Getting a price from photos

Each detail you send takes a question off our list. Photos inside and out show the opening and the ceiling. Rough measurements tell us the unit size. The roof covering tells us how it will be sealed in. Access notes tell us whether a tower or scaffold is needed. A product link, if you have one, lets us check it against the opening. Your postcode, SM2 or nearby, confirms travel.

Common questions in Sutton

Get in touch with the details of your Sutton property and we will explain what the job involves and what it costs.