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Chichester · PO19 · West Sussex

Trade rooflight fitting in Chichester

Glass is heavy, and bigger units get heavy fast. Fitting a rooflight in Chichester means planning how it travels from the delivery vehicle to the roof without chipping an edge or straining a back. Smaller units go up by hand with two fitters. Larger ones may need a hoist, a scaffold loading bay or a crane, and we tell you at quote stage if that applies. Once it is up, the fitting follows the maker's sequence: seat, fix, seal, finish. We take on work like this across West Sussex.

Guide price from £295 + VAT · Labour only, ex VAT for trade accounts

Guide prices

Per flat rooflight

£295 – £495plus VAT, trade rate

Fit a supplied unit to your prepared upstand, sealed and trimmed

Per roof lantern

£695 – £1,495plus VAT, trade rate

Assemble and glaze a supplied lantern on your upstand

Two-person day rate

£445 – £645plus VAT, trade rate

Fitting team for multi-unit or mixed work

Guide ranges for labour only, ex VAT for trade accounts. 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 PO19, PO18 and PO20 are part of our normal cover for Chichester. 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 Bognor Regis and Emsworth 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 do on the day

  • Pitched roof windows fitted with their flashing kits
  • A short note of anything we found that needs your attention
  • Flat rooflights fitted, sealed and trimmed on your kerbs
  • Programme and access — We confirm site access, lifting arrangements and working hours before the visit.
  • Deliveries and damage — We check delivered units against the schedule before fitting.

From arrival to clean-up

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 rooflight, seal it and finish the inside. Packaging and any old unit leave with them unless the quote says otherwise.

Do you need permission in Chichester?

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 on trade replacements we agree up front who notifies building control, 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.

Help us quote accurately

Each detail you send takes a question off our list. Photos inside and out show the opening and the ceiling. Rough measurements tell us the unit size. The roof covering tells us how it will be sealed in. Access notes tell us whether a tower or scaffold is needed. A product link, if you have one, lets us check it against the opening. Your postcode, PO19 or nearby, confirms travel.

Common questions in Chichester

Who deals with building control on trade jobs?

On new-build and extension work the rooflights usually sit within your approval or warrant. On replacements in homes in England and Wales we agree up front who notifies building control; we are not registered with a competent person scheme, so we cannot self-certify.

How does payment work?

Payment terms are set out on your written quote before you accept it. Depending on the job, that may mean a deposit, stage payments for larger work, or payment on completion. The contract is with S&K Property Investments and Improvement Ltd, part of the S&K Group. Nothing is added without your agreement: if something unexpected comes up, we discuss it and agree any change before carrying on.

What is included in the price?

The written quote lists it line by line. Typically that covers fitting labour, fixings, sealants, membrane or flashing materials, any upstand work, internal finishing if agreed, and taking away the waste. For supply and fit, the unit itself is included too. Scaffold, lifting gear and any third-party fees, where needed, are shown separately so you can see what each part of the job costs.

Running a job in Chichester? Send the drawings or unit details and we will price the fitting, plus VAT, in writing.

Rear extension at dusk with lit rooflights and a roof lantern
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Trade fitting in Chichester

Send photos and rough sizes, or ask for a survey for install work. One fixed written price before anything starts.

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