Roof lantern installation in Canterbury

Guide prices

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.

Fitting across Canterbury and nearby

Distance is rarely the deciding factor. A roof in Whitstable, 6 miles from Canterbury, gets the same survey, the same written quote and the same fitting process as one in CT1, CT2 and CT4. What changes the price is the job itself: size of unit, roof type, access and lifting. Herne Bay, around 7 miles out, is treated the same way.

Already bought your 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

• Upstand checked for size, level and square before the kit is opened
• Glass lifted and laid into the frame by hand or with gear
• Internal trims fitted to the ring beam or upstand
• Following the build order — We assemble lanterns in exactly the sequence the instructions give.
• Level, not to a fall — We set or check the kerb level unless your lantern's maker says otherwise.

How a fitting day runs

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 lantern 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.

Planning, building control and Canterbury

England's rules in short: permitted development usually covers a rooflight on a house roof provided it doesn't stick out more than 0.15 m or rise above the ridge, though a listed building always needs consent and some streets have Article 4 directions. Building regulations apply to new openings, and replacements go through building control; as we are not registered with a competent person scheme, we use a building notice and show the fee on the quote. The energy limit for rooflights in existing homes is 2.2 W/m²K, and the 2026 Approved Document L, in force from 24 March 2027, keeps that figure.

Details that speed up your quote

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 CT1, and we can price it.

Common questions in Canterbury

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