Roof lantern installation in Newtown

What the job costs in Newtown

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 Newtown and nearby

Distance is rarely the deciding factor. A roof in Welshpool, 12 miles from Newtown, gets the same survey, the same written quote and the same fitting process as one in SY16, SY17 and SY15. What changes the price is the job itself: size of unit, roof type, access and lifting. Llandrindod Wells, around 19 miles out, is treated the same way.

Fit-only or supply and fit

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

• Frame assembled on the kerb in the maker's set order
• Glass lifted and laid into the frame by hand or with gear
• Caps, end closures and ridge trims fitted and sealed
• 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.

How a fitting day runs

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.

Do you need permission in Newtown?

Welsh rules differ from England's in one important way: rooflights lose permitted development rights in conservation areas, National Parks, AONBs and World Heritage Sites. Elsewhere on a house, a rooflight that projects no more than 150 mm and stays below the highest part of the roof is usually fine. Building regulations still apply to new openings, replacements we fit go through a building notice because we are not scheme-registered, and the energy limit for rooflights is 2.2 W/m²K. A new Welsh Approved Document L takes effect on 4 March 2027.

Getting a price from photos

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 SY16, and we can price it.

Common questions in Newtown

Tell us your postcode, SY16 or close by, and what you want fitted. We will reply with the next steps and a quote.