Rooflight upstands & kerbs in Exeter

Guide prices

Guide ranges for labour and materials, rooflight not included. 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 Exeter we cover

If you also own a property or a business unit in Heavitree, Exmouth or Tiverton, that is no problem. We can survey and quote both, and where it suits, line the fitting days up together. Every address is reached by fitters travelling to it from their current jobs, and EX4, EX1 and EX2 sit comfortably within that pattern.

On the day, we cover

• Fall built into the kerb where the rooflight needs one
• Insulation fitted to the upstand faces to limit heat loss
• Kerb sized from the maker's drawing, internal and external dimensions both checked
• Height above the finished roof — We set the upstand so it stands at least 150 mm above the finished roof, measured from the top of any ballast, paving or walkway.
• Fall built in or level — We confirm whether your rooflight needs the kerb to provide a fall or should sit level.

A typical installation day

Building an upstand starts with the rooflight's own drawing: its kerb size, height above the finished roof and fall. The team sets the timber out to those figures, checks the diagonals, insulates the outer faces and dresses the membrane up and over. If the rooflight is going on the same day, it is fitted next; if not, the kerb is protected until it does.

Planning and building rules in England

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.

Help us quote accurately

What we cannot see, we have to guess, and guesses make quotes wider. So the more you send, the tighter the price. Useful: shots from the roof or garden, shots from the room underneath, a rough width and length, the roof finish, any access problems, and the product page if you have already ordered. Add the property postcode around EX4 and we will come back with a quote or a survey date.

Common questions in Exeter

Questions before you commit? Send them over with your Exeter postcode and we will answer them plainly, with a quote alongside.