Rooflight upstands & kerbs in Leicester

Guide prices in Leicester

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.

Covering LE1 and neighbouring districts

Leicester and the districts around it, LE1, LE4 and LE5, all sit inside our working area. So does the ground between Leicester and Humberstone (2 miles), and on towards Braunstone (2 miles). When a fitting team is booked, their travel is already in the quoted price, so it does not turn up as a surprise line on the final bill.

Included in the work

• Insulation fitted to the upstand faces to limit heat loss
• Kerb sized from the maker's drawing, internal and external dimensions both checked
• Treated timber frame fixed down to the deck and joists
• Roof covering compatibility — We check what the roof is covered in before choosing how the membrane meets the kerb.
• 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.

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.

Regulations for Leicester 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.

Before you get in touch

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 LE1 and we will come back with a quote or a survey date.

Common questions in Leicester

Tell us your postcode, LE1 or close by, and what you want fitted. We will reply with the next steps and a quote.