Sun tunnel installation in Brierley Hill

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.

Where our fitters travel

Jobs across DY5, DY2 and DY8 are part of our normal cover for Brierley Hill. 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 Stourbridge and Dudley are covered on the same terms, so a house on the edge of town is no harder to book than one in the centre.

Already bought your unit?

If you have bought a sun tunnel yourself, we check four things before fitting. First, the delivery: open it, look for chips, cracks and bent frames, and report any damage to the seller straight away. Second, the size, measured against the builder's opening rather than the external frame. Third, the flashing kit and the roof pitch range. Fourth, the maker's instructions, which set the fixings and sealing. Product warranty claims go to the seller and maker; our guarantee is for how it was fitted.

What we do on the day

• Dome fixed and sealed on top of the flashing
• Roof opening cut and the flashing fitted to tiles, slates or a flat-roof kit
• Dust cleared from the room below and the loft
• Condensation in cold lofts — We insulate the tube where it passes through a cold loft.
• Length and bends in the tube — We plan the shortest, straightest route we can between the roof and the ceiling.

Fitting your sun tunnel, step by step

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 sun tunnel 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.

Regulations for Brierley Hill properties

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.

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 DY5, and we can price it.

Common questions in Brierley Hill

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