Skylights & rooflights in Carlton in Lindrick
Older cottages, inter-war and post-war semis, bungalows and newer infill make up Carlton in Lindrick, just inside the Nottinghamshire border. Skylights, roof windows and lanterns are installed and replaced here, and each quote says how every part of the unit will be looked after.
What the village roofs demand
A village that is part old centre and part later suburb gives a rooflight two different jobs. In the older streets the question is whether a new opening will look right from the road. In the later housing it is about getting daylight into rooms that were planned without much of it.
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Older cottages where the slope shows from the street
In the oldest part of the village a roof slope faces the road and every opening on it is seen. We favour slim, flush units there and place them with care, keeping them in line with the windows below instead of scattering them across the slope.
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Bungalows with unused roof space
Bungalows and chalet-style houses are common in villages of this kind, and the roof space above them is often the cheapest room to add. Where that space becomes a room, the escape rules set the sill height and the opening size, and we check both at survey.
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Rear extensions with a dark middle
Houses here have often been extended to the back or the side, and the new room runs deeper than the daylight reaches. Over the middle of that room, a flat rooflight or small lantern does what an extra wall window cannot.
Houses in Carlton in Lindrick
The older core of the village has cottages and small houses in brick and stone, with pitched roofs that have been re-covered more than once. These roofs sit close to the street, and a new opening on the front slope draws the eye. We usually steer a customer towards the back slope first, where a roof window is less visible and the planning questions are fewer. Where an older roof has been re-covered in a different material, the line between old and new shows from the road, and we think about that before choosing where a unit goes.
Beyond the centre the village is largely semi-detached and detached houses from the inter-war and post-war periods, in tile with simple hipped or gabled roofs. A good many have been altered since, with a garage turned into a room or a kitchen pushed out at the back. Those alterations are where light is most often missing, and where a rooflight is the most useful.
Garage conversions deserve a mention. Where a garage has become a playroom or a study, the flat or shallow roof above it usually sits close to a boundary and the room beneath is often short of light. A flat rooflight there lets daylight in without a new wall opening, and without anything that looks onto a neighbour's window. We check the boundary and the height of any neighbouring wall before suggesting where it should go.
Bungalows make up a real part of the village's housing, and a number have roof space that was never put to use. Modern building around the edges adds trussed roofs, in which an opening that would cut through a truss is a matter for structural design. We check which kind of roof you have before any promise is made.
Exposure varies from street to street. A house hemmed in by neighbours sees a calmer exposure than one on an edge with nothing in front of it. We read each roof for how it faces and what stands round it, then choose flashing and glass to suit.
Take the hipped tile roofs of the inter-war semis. A hip carries its rafters at an angle, so the places a roof window can go are narrower than a plain gable suggests, and the opening is kept clear of the hip line. What wears is the flashing and the seals, and the blind, glazing and handle can be replaced indoors. At survey we look at the hip rafter and the shorter rafters either side, the state of the ridge and hip tiles near the opening, and whether an earlier loft conversion has already cut into the framing. A rear slope with a clean run of rafters usually gives the best position, and we mark it on the slope before anything is lifted.
Options for village houses
Bungalow and chalet lofts call for roof windows, rear extensions for flat rooflights and lanterns, and older cottages for slim units placed with care. Your quote spells out the unit chosen, which parts are expected to wear, and the method for changing each one. Where the house is old and the slope faces the road, we show you where the unit would sit before the quote is fixed.
Roof WindowsFor bungalow and chalet lofts across the village, sized to the rafters and checked against the escape rules at survey.
Conservation RooflightsFor the older cottages in the village core, where a slimline frame set flush leaves the front slope looking much as it did.
Flat Roof RooflightsOver the kitchens and garage conversions added to the semis, where the centre of the floor is far from the nearest window.
Roof LanternsFor the larger rear extensions on detached houses, where the room is tall enough to carry the added height.
Electric & Opening RooflightsFor stairwells and tall ceilings where the glass cannot be reached by hand, so a switch or handset does the opening.
Energy Efficient RooflightsFor house roofs where older single-glazed lights are letting heat out and a modern unit can do better.
Planning in a village with a conservation area
Bassetlaw District Council
Bassetlaw's district council decides planning in Carlton in Lindrick. For a lot of houses a roof window needs no application at all. Those tests are national, and the guide to planning and Building Regulations on this site goes through them in full. A tall lantern is the one we examine hardest.
The council's data names a Carlton in Lindrick conservation area near the centre of the village, with no designation date given. We do not assume which streets it covers. At survey we check Bassetlaw's map against your address, and if your house is inside it we bring a slimline conservation frame to compare with the standard one. The conservation area shares its name with the village, so the question to settle is which streets fall inside it.
A flat or a maisonette is a different case from a house, because its roof carries no permitted development. Over a divided property, a rooflight means an application to the council and a nod from the freeholder. If you are not sure which your home counts as, tell us on the first call and we will work it out before we visit.
Houses near the centre of the village may also have a front slope that faces the road. Even outside any designated area, a skylight there is seen by every passer-by, and we will talk you through where it looks best before the quote is fixed. Matching the line of the windows below usually matters more than the size of the unit.
Conservation areas
The council records a conservation area called Carlton in Lindrick near the centre, without a designation date. At survey your address is checked against Bassetlaw's map, and we spell out any extra controls before proposing a unit.
Building Control has to be told about a new or replacement rooflight, and we make that notification where it applies. Keep the certificate with your house papers, because the buyer of the house will ask for it, and so will their solicitor.
Where Carlton in Lindrick meets Worksop and North Anston
Carlton in Lindrick sits close to several places we work in. Worksop is about three miles south and Dinnington is nearly four miles to the west, with North Anston a little further along in the same direction. Harworth lies to the north, with Tickhill beyond it, while Maltby is to the north-west, Kiveton Park to the west and Thurcroft to the north-west again. Worksop has a bigger mix, from older terraces near the middle to large estates around the edge. Dinnington and North Anston are mainly mid-century housing, and Tickhill has an older core where the look of the slope matters. Costhorpe, close by, is covered by this page too. The pages for the other places cover the roofs nearest to them.
Carlton in Lindrick
Carlton in Lindrick: the first five years
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Survey
Surveying a village roof
Carlton in Lindrick is 19.6 road miles east of central Sheffield, around 32 minutes by road, and the survey is fitted to your diary. On an older cottage we look at the slope, the rafters and how the opening will read from the street. On a bungalow we measure the head height in the roof space, the sill and the opening size. We also look at where scaffold can stand and whether the garden can take it.
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Fitting day
Opening a roof in a lived-in house
Roof covering round the opening is lifted and stacked, the rafters are trimmed where the opening needs it and the frame is set and flashed. Rooms below are sheeted. Neat flashing has straight overlaps, and the sealant along the frame is tooled to an even bead. You can check both from a ladder or from the garden once we have gone.
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First winter
The first cold months
After the first spell of heavy rain, look at the reveals and run the opening sash through its full travel. If the glass mists on its room side on a cold morning, the cause is usually damp air indoors and not a defect. Cracking the sash open for a few minutes, or fitting a trickle vent, is the usual remedy. A bathroom close to a bungalow's roof room is the likeliest place to see it.
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Year 5
Year 5: seals and gear
Our year 5 checkpoint covers seals and opening gear, particularly on the edge of the village where the wind reaches the roof first. Your plan lists the parts that wear, including the glazing and any motor, and describes how it is replaced, from inside the room or from the roof, without taking up the tiles around the frame.
Carlton in Lindrick roof questions answered
Would my house fall inside the Carlton in Lindrick conservation boundary?
Possibly, if you live near the middle of the village. The council's data lists the area but gives no designation date, so we match your address to Bassetlaw's map at survey and explain what it means for the unit before we quote.
Is a bungalow loft suitable for a roof window?
Often it is. In a bungalow, the escape rules let a roof window be the way out of a roof room, provided the sill height and opening size meet the figures. We measure those at the survey, along with the head height, and tell you at once if a room cannot comply.
Can a lantern go over a rear extension?
Usually. We trim the joists to make the opening, raise an insulated kerb on it and tie the roof covering into that kerb. At survey we establish which way the joists run, how sound the covering is and whether a lantern's height suits the house.
Who handles Building Control for the work?
Building Control is our job, where the work is notifiable. Bassetlaw's team or a registered approver receives the notification, and the certificate afterwards belongs with your house papers, because a buyer will want to see it.
Do you cover Costhorpe and the villages round about?
Yes. Costhorpe is part of this page, and Worksop, Dinnington, North Anston, Harworth, Tickhill, Maltby, Kiveton Park and Thurcroft all fall within our reach. The larger places have pages of their own.
My semi has a hipped roof. Does the hip stop a roof window going in at the side?
The hip does narrow the choice. A window cannot sit across a hip rafter without structural trimming, so the usual place is the main slope, clear of the hip by a rafter or two. A side slope can work if the framing allows, though it faces the neighbour, and the planning guide covers what side-facing roof windows must meet. We read the hip at survey and say which slope gives the cleanest fit, so the position is agreed before a quote is written.