Rooflight replacement in Sittingbourne

Guide prices

Guide ranges for supply & fit; building control notice fee extra in England and Wales. 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 Sittingbourne

Distance is rarely the deciding factor. A roof in Faversham, 7 miles from Sittingbourne, gets the same survey, the same written quote and the same fitting process as one in ME10, ME9 and ME11. What changes the price is the job itself: size of unit, roof type, access and lifting. Gillingham, around 9 miles out, is treated the same way.

Fit-only or supply and fit

Your unit or ours, the fitting standard is the same. For supply and fit we choose a replacement rooflight 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

• Kerb inspected for rot, height, level and fall once the old unit is off
• Old rooflight or dome unscrewed, lifted out and taken away for disposal
• New unit bedded, fixed and sealed exactly as its maker shows
• Is the kerb worth keeping? — We decide whether the existing kerb can stay only after checking it for rot, height and squareness.
• Dome to glass upgrades — We check that the opening and kerb suit a flat glass unit before quoting a dome-to-glass swap.

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 replacement rooflight 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 Sittingbourne

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

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 ME10. That is enough for a first price.

Common questions in Sittingbourne

Tell us your postcode, ME10 or close by, and what you want fitted. We will reply with the next steps and a quote.