Roof lantern installation in Yeovil

What the job costs in Yeovil

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.

Coverage in and around Yeovil

Jobs across BA20, BA21 and BA22 are part of our normal cover for Yeovil. 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 Dorchester and Bridgwater are covered on the same terms, so a house on the edge of town is no harder to book than one in the centre.

Fit-only or supply and fit

Your unit or ours, the fitting standard is the same. For supply and fit we choose a roof lantern to suit the roof and price it with the installation. For fit-only we work with what you have, after confirming it arrived undamaged, that it matches the builder's opening, and that the upstand will sit at the height the maker asks for. Report any transit damage to the seller, as the product cover is theirs and the maker's. Our written guarantee applies to the fitting itself.

On the day, we cover

• Caps, end closures and ridge trims fitted and sealed
• Internal trims fitted to the ring beam or upstand
• Glass lifted and laid into the frame by hand or with gear
• Upstand size and tolerance — We check the kerb against the lantern maker's figures before the kit is opened.
• Lanterns and planning — We check whether your lantern can go in without a planning application.

A typical installation day

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 Yeovil

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.

Getting a price from photos

A fast quote needs five things: a photo of the roof from outside, one from the room below, rough sizes of the opening or the space, the roof covering (felt, single-ply, fibreglass, tiles, slate or metal), and a note on access. If you have already bought the unit, add the product link or spec sheet. And give us the postcode, BA20 or a neighbouring district.

Common questions in Yeovil

Send a few photos and your BA20 postcode, and we will put together a written quote for the job.