Velux Windows & Rooflights in Wiltshire
New installations, replacements and repairs to leaking roof windows.
What this covers
Not sure if it’s the window or the flashing? Call and describe what you’re seeing — Leith can often tell before he’s even looked at it.
There are three jobs people usually need here: fitting a new roof window into a roof that doesn’t have one, replacing an old or failed unit with a new one, and fixing a window that’s started to leak. We do all three — new roof windows, Velux and other makes, replacements and repairs.
Leaks almost always come from the flashing, not the window itself. It’s the wrong flashing kit for the roof covering, lead that’s been dressed badly around the upstand, or a window fitted at too shallow a pitch for its design. Working out which of those it is, rather than just resealing the edges and hoping, is most of what a proper repair involves. We’ve written more on diagnosing and fixing roof leaks generally.
Flashing kits are specific to the roof covering — slate, plain tile, profiled interlocking tile — and fitting the right one, cut and dressed correctly to that roof, is most of the job. Get the kit or the detailing wrong and it doesn’t matter how good the window is.
For a new opening into a pitched roof: we check the surrounding rafters can take the trimming, cut and trim the opening square, fit the window and flashing kit, then make good the plasterboard and decoration inside and the tiling or slating outside. If the roof in question is flat rather than pitched, a rooflight is a different product built for a different job — see our flat roofing page for that.
What to expect
Five steps, same on every job.
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Inspection and quote
Leith comes out, checks the roof covering and the opening, and takes photos. You get a written quote — free, no obligation.
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Agreed scope and price
What’s included, what it costs, and a start date. The price doesn’t move unless we find something underneath and agree it with you first.
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The work
Old unit and flashing removed where relevant, the opening trimmed or adjusted if needed, new window and the correct flashing kit fitted, then made good inside and out. You deal with Leith throughout, not a different crew each day.
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Tidy-up and sign-off
Site swept, waste taken away, and we walk the finished job together with the photos from before.
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Our workmanship guarantee
Up to 10 years on the installation itself, from LH Roofing, confirmed in writing in your quote.
Roof windows we’ve done
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Every roof window job we’ve done in the last three years is in our work, with photos from before, during and after.
Common questions
Anything not answered here, ask on the phone — it’s a two-minute conversation.
Almost always it’s not the window itself — it’s the flashing. Wrong kit for the roof covering, lead that’s been dressed badly around the frame, or a window fitted at too shallow a pitch for its design. We check where the water’s actually getting in before we touch anything, rather than just resealing the edges and hoping.
Yes — most replacements are straightforward because the opening’s already there. If the new unit’s a different size or make to the old one we’ll adjust the trimming and flashing to suit, but it’s rarely a bigger job than swapping the window itself.
Usually not, under permitted development — but there are exceptions: conservation areas, listed buildings, and sometimes the front-facing slope of the roof. Building regulations apply either way. We’ll tell you what we think applies to your house, and you can check with the council before we order anything.
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Get a free, no-obligation quote
Call Leith directly on 07811 286915, or use the form. Estimates and advice are always free.
Call 07811 286915Leith Henderson. Every quote, every job and every phone call is him — Mon–Fri, 8:30am–4pm.