Roof access hatch installation in Pontefract

Guide prices in Pontefract

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 Castleford, 3 miles from Pontefract, gets the same survey, the same written quote and the same fitting process as one in WF8, WF7 and WF10. What changes the price is the job itself: size of unit, roof type, access and lifting. Kippax, around 6 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

• Opening and upstand sized for a clear climb-through, not just daylight
• Kerb checked or built square, level and to the maker's height
• 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.
• Safety at the roof edge — We ask how often people will use the roof and for what.

What happens on the day

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 roof access hatch, 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

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 WF8 and we will come back with a quote or a survey date.

Common questions in Pontefract

For a free, no-obligation quote in Pontefract, use the form or call us with the details of your roof.