Roof access hatch installation in Wembley

What the job costs in Wembley

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.

Areas around Wembley we cover

Jobs across HA0, HA9 and UB6 are part of our normal cover for Wembley. 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 Brent and Harlesden 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

Supply and fit tends to suit people who would rather not pick a unit from a catalogue. We look at the roof, the opening and how you use the room, then put a roof access hatch on the quote that fits all three. Fit-only suits people who already know what they want, or have one on site. We are happy with either. The difference is who stands behind what: on fit-only, the maker or retailer covers the product, and our workmanship guarantee covers the installation.

Included in the work

• Locks, catches or handles checked from inside and out
• Gas struts or actuator fitted and adjusted for full opening
• Hatch fixed and weathered, with the membrane dressed up the upstand
• Access hatch or smoke vent — We confirm the hatch is only for access and not part of a building's smoke ventilation.
• Clear opening size — We check the hatch's clear opening rather than its outer size.

What happens on the day

Where a job takes one day, the split is usually structural work first and finishing second. Early on, the fitters cut or prepare the opening, trim where needed and prepare the upstand or flashing. Then a roof access hatch is lifted in, fixed and made weathertight so the roof is sound before anyone moves inside. Plasterboard, trim and filler for the reveal come after. Each evening the work area is swept, and at the end the glass is cleaned and the team talks you through what was done.

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.

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 HA0, and we can price it.

Common questions in Wembley

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