Skylights and rooflights installed across Codsall

Codsall is a village of houses with space around them, and the space tends to decide which rooflight makes sense. A roof window suits a pitched roof with a room under it, and a lantern suits a flat-roofed addition with some floor area beneath.

Both can sit on one written quote, so the trade-offs are in front of you before you choose.

Larger plots and garden rooms

On the bigger plots in and around the village the houses are often detached and set back, and a rear extension or garden room can be generous. A lantern over the middle of a large room does a lot of work, giving height and a pool of light that moves round the floor through the day.

Aluminium and uPVC are the two usual frame materials for a lantern, and each has its place. Aluminium is slimmer and takes a wide choice of colours, while uPVC usually costs less. Our guide to aluminium and uPVC roof lanterns compares them, and the quote prices each where both suit the opening.

Open land beyond the garden changes the view and also the weather the rooflight faces. Wind and rain meet the glass directly, so we pay attention to the kerb height and the way the covering turns up it, and we say what we propose on the quote.

Hedges, oaks and open fields

Many gardens around Codsall are bounded by mature hedges and a few tall trees, and the village is close to open land. Trees and fields change what a rooflight faces. Leaves, seeds and blossom settle on glass, and pollen and dust gather on a flat unit laid at a shallow fall, so the shape of the rooflight and the glass coating both matter.

A lantern with steep sides sheds debris more easily than a near-level flat rooflight. Rain washes dirt off more readily where a self-cleaning coating is fitted, whichever shape you pick, and a unit you can reach from a ladder is simpler to rinse. At the survey we note which branches or hedges hang over the roof, then tell you straight which option will need cleaning most often.

Shade also affects the glass choice. Beneath the canopy, a rooflight receives less summer sun, so strong solar control may matter less to you than a warmer winter performance. Our page on self-cleaning skylight glass explains how the coating works.

Codsall sits in South Staffordshire, and planning decisions are made by South Staffordshire Council. An application is often unnecessary for a rooflight or roof window in Codsall, since permitted development covers it, and the conditions are in our rooflight planning guide. Farmhouses and barns around the village may be listed, and a listed one needs its own consent; in an ordinary Codsall house the rights can be taken away by an Article 4 direction covering the area, or by a condition that came with an earlier permission.

A farmhouse or a converted barn in the countryside around the village can be listed or carry conditions on its permissions. We look up the address before suggesting any unit, and the council makes the call on any application that proves necessary.