Walk-on rooflight installation in Longfield

Guide prices in Longfield

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.

Fitting across Longfield and nearby

Longfield and the districts around it, DA3, DA13 and DA4, all sit inside our working area. So does the ground between Longfield and Hartley (1 mile), and on towards Swanscombe (3 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.

Fit-only or supply and fit

There are two ways to do this. Supply and fit means we source a walk-on rooflight that suits your roof and install it, so one company answers for both the product choice and the fitting. Fit-only means you buy the unit and we install it. With fit-only, the product warranty stays with the maker or seller, and our written guarantee covers the fitting work. Both routes get the same checks on the opening, the upstand and the maker's instructions before anything is fixed.

Included in the work

• Perimeter joints sealed and the waterproofing lapped as the maker shows
• Lifting plan for the unit, including people or gear for the day
• Unit bedded and fixed so it sits level with the finished surface
• Non-fragile is not walk-on — We make sure the unit is genuinely designed for foot traffic.
• Units tested to old standards — We check which standard the walk-on unit has been tested to.

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

Regulations for Longfield 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

A fast quote needs five things: a photo of the roof from outside, one from the room below, rough sizes of the opening or the space, the roof covering (felt, single-ply, fibreglass, tiles, slate or metal), and a note on access. If you have already bought the unit, add the product link or spec sheet. And give us the postcode, DA3 or a neighbouring district.

Common questions in Longfield

For a free, no-obligation quote in Longfield, use the form or call us with the details of your roof.