Roof lantern installation in Glasgow

What the job costs in Glasgow

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 warrant fees, where a job needs them, are shown as their own line.

Fitting across Glasgow and nearby

If you also own a property or a business unit in Rutherglen, Bishopbriggs or Bearsden, that is no problem. We can survey and quote both, and where it suits, line the fitting days up together. Every address is reached by fitters travelling to it from their current jobs, and G2, G4 and G1 sit comfortably within that pattern.

What we check on a supplied unit

There are two ways to do this. Supply and fit means we source a roof lantern that suits your roof and install it, so one company answers for both the product choice and the fitting. Fit-only means you buy the unit and we install it. With fit-only, the product warranty stays with the maker or seller, and our written guarantee covers the fitting work. Both routes get the same checks on the opening, the upstand and the maker's instructions before anything is fixed.

Included in the work

• Caps, end closures and ridge trims fitted and sealed
• Frame assembled on the kerb in the maker's set order
• Internal trims fitted to the ring beam or upstand
• Lanterns and planning — We check whether your lantern can go in without a planning application.
• Level, not to a fall — We set or check the kerb level unless your lantern's maker says otherwise.

A typical installation 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 lantern, seal it and finish the inside. Packaging and any old unit leave with them unless the quote says otherwise.

Planning and building rules in Scotland

For Scottish homes: building warrant for new rooflight openings; no warrant for replacing a rooflight complete with its frame, provided it meets the standards, including 1.6 W/m²K; planning permission in conservation areas and listed building consent for listed properties. Outside those, permitted development usually covers house rooflights, but the planning authority has the final word, so we check before you commit.

Getting a price from photos

Keep it simple. Two or three photos, outside and inside. Approximate sizes. What the roof is made of. Anything awkward about getting up there, such as a conservatory below, a narrow side path or no parking. If you bought the rooflight online, the link or model name. Then your postcode in or around G2. That is enough for a first price.

Common questions in Glasgow

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