Skylights and rooflights across Durham
We survey, supply and fit skylights and rooflights across Durham, including Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees.
Many North East homes have loft rooms that benefit from larger roof windows with blackout blinds.
North East terraces and colliery-town housing often have rear offshoots where a rooflight brightens a narrow kitchen.
Towns in Durham
Products and services in Durham
Planning and building rules in England
English householder permitted development (Class C) normally covers rooflights that stand no more than 0.15 m proud of the roof plane and stay below the highest part of the roof. A rooflight on a side-facing slope must be obscure-glazed, and fixed shut unless the opening part is more than 1.7 m above the floor.
For English homes the energy rules ask for rooflights of 2.2 W/m²K or better and roof windows of 1.4 W/m²K (or WER Band B); most modern double glazed units meet both. Replacing a rooflight or roof window can be self-certified by an installer registered with an authorised competent person scheme; otherwise building control approval is needed.
Neighbouring areas
Common questions
Do you cover all of Durham?
Yes. We survey and fit across Durham, including Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees. Remote and island addresses are by arrangement.
Do I need planning permission for a rooflight in Durham?
In England a rooflight on a house is usually permitted development under Class C if it projects no more than 150 mm beyond the roof slope and sits no higher than the ridge.
Do you work on commercial buildings?
Yes — offices, schools, warehouses and retail, including smoke vents and fragile-roof replacements, with safe access planned.
Will a rooflight make my room too hot?
It can on a south-facing roof with clear glass. Solar-control glass, an opening unit and a blind keep the room comfortable.
Are you accredited?
We do not display trade-body logos unless a membership is held and current. Product certifications belong to the manufacturers and we provide their documents.
