Pitched roof window installation in Camborne

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.

Areas around Camborne we cover

Jobs across TR14, TR15 and TR16 are part of our normal cover for Camborne. 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 Redruth and Falmouth are covered on the same terms, so a house on the edge of town is no harder to book than one in the centre.

What we check on a supplied unit

Supply and fit tends to suit people who would rather not pick a unit from a catalogue. We look at the roof, the opening and how you use the room, then put a pitched roof window on the quote that fits all three. Fit-only suits people who already know what they want, or have one on site. We are happy with either. The difference is who stands behind what: on fit-only, the maker or retailer covers the product, and our workmanship guarantee covers the installation.

What we do on the day

• Rafters trimmed where the window is wider than the gap between them
• Underlay collar or membrane dressed and taped around the frame
• Inside lining fitted and left ready for decoration
• Side slopes and neighbours — We check which slope the window is going on before you commit.
• Energy limit for roof windows — We check the window's published figures against the energy limit for existing homes.

Fitting your pitched roof window, step by step

Where a job takes one day, the split is usually structural work first and finishing second. Early on, the fitters cut or prepare the opening, trim where needed and prepare the upstand or flashing. Then a pitched roof window is lifted in, fixed and made weathertight so the roof is sound before anyone moves inside. Plasterboard, trim and filler for the reveal come after. Each evening the work area is swept, and at the end the glass is cleaned and the team talks you through what was done.

Planning, building control and Camborne

Replacing a rooflight in an English home is a controlled fitting: it has to be self-certified by a scheme-registered installer or notified to building control. We are not registered with a competent person scheme, so replacements we fit are notified with a building notice, and the new unit has to meet current energy limits. Adding a new one usually means a building regulations application, because joists or rafters are trimmed. On the planning side, most house rooflights are permitted development if they project 0.15 m or less; on a side slope the glass must be obscured and fixed unless the opening part is over 1.7 m above the floor.

Before you get in touch

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 TR14. That is enough for a first price.

Common questions in Camborne

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