Rooflight Replacement
We're rooflight replacement contractors, so failed panels get swapped like for like, or upgraded to non-fragile rated units where your people need to walk the roof. That puts the daylight back on the floor.
Rooflight replacement, or just the failed panels?
You notice it on the floor first, where it's darker than it used to be, and up top the panels have yellowed or cracked. That's when rooflight replacement is due, and a failed fragility check says the same thing. Old industrial rooflights won't hold a person's weight, and they let water in.
We grade every panel on the survey, then match the job to what we find. A few failed panels get changed on their own, while a run that's aged together gets renewed in one go with new GRP rooflights. Where you need the roof safe to walk on, non-fragile rooflights bring it back in line. Flashings and the weathering details get renewed around each new panel, so the joints seal as one.
You get the graded panel schedule on paper, so you can see exactly which rooflights we're changing and why. The programme and price are fixed before a single panel comes out.
Independently assessed and approved by key industry organisations.
What we cover
What our rooflight replacement service covers
From a single dome to full rooflight runs, here's what the work covers. You end up with daylight back on the floor and a roof that's safe to walk on.
Survey and condition check
We check every rooflight for age, fragility and worn fixings. Then we tell you what has to change now and what can wait.
Like-for-like GRP rooflight replacement
We take out the failed in-plane rooflights and fit new GRP panels matched to your profile. The roof line stays even and watertight.
Non-fragile upgrade
Fragile or worn-out rooflights get swapped for non-fragile rated units. That puts the roof back in line with current access and fall-protection standards.
Daylight panel repairs
Where only a handful of panels have gone, we change those and leave the rest. No re-sheeting the bay.
Flashings and weathering detail
We renew the lap seals, the fixings and the flashings around each new panel. The joint stays sealed.
Systems we install
We fit Brett Martin GRP rooflights, matched to your existing sheet profile, and non-fragile rated units where the roof has to be safe to walk on.
Why work with us
Why Choose Elite Roofing Scotland
We grade every panel before we price anything, and we only change the ones that have failed. We're NFRC members and CHAS accredited, and the guarantee terms are confirmed in writing.
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I used Elite Roofing Scotland to undertake recent re-roofing works to our industrial unit. Great workmanship and very easy to deal with!
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Our Process
How a rooflight replacement runs
Five steps take you from the fragility check to a watertight handover, worked bay by bay.
Free site survey and fragility check
We get up on the roof and go over every rooflight for cracks, yellowing, brittleness and worn fixings. We take down the profile and the panel size while we're there, so the new units match. You end up knowing which industrial rooflights have to change now and which have life left in them.
Written specification and unit match
You get a written specification. It names the GRP or polycarbonate units we'd fit and says whether a non-fragile rated upgrade is needed. You also get the start date, how long we'll be, and the price. Every panel is matched to your existing roof line, so the daylight comes back without re-sheeting the bay.
Access and safety planning
Fragile rooflights are what people fall through. So before anyone goes up, we plan the access, the fall protection and the method statements under the Work at Height Regulations 2005 and CDM 2015. On a working site we agree the work area and the timing with you, so production carries on and the people underneath stay safe.
Panel-by-panel replacement
We work bay by bay, lifting only the failed units and fitting the new ones into the existing sheets. The roof around them stays exactly where it is. Nothing gets stripped that didn't need to come off, so the disruption and the cost stay down.
Weathering and handover
We seal the laps, the fixings and the upstands around every new panel, then check each joint is watertight before we come off the roof. The roof line ends up even and tidy. You get the workmanship guarantee and the system product guarantee with the handover.
Projects
Industrial roofing and cladding case studies from across Scotland
See how we deliver roofing and cladding projects for clients across Scotland and the north of England.
Insights
Storm Damage Insurance Repair, Strathaven
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Sectors we serve
Rooflight replacement for every sector
Daylight and safety restored on industrial, commercial, public sector and residential roofs.
Areas we serve
Rooflight replacement across Scotland
We're based in East Kilbride and replace rooflights right across the Central Belt: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Stirling, Fife and Ayrshire. We get called into the north of England too.
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
It's an in-plane panel set into an industrial roof to let daylight through, usually made of GRP or polycarbonate. They crack, yellow and go brittle with age, and once that happens they leak and they fail safety checks.
No. Old or fragile rooflights won't take a person's weight and shouldn't be walked on. We swap them for non-fragile rated units, which brings the roof back in line with current access and safety duties.
The two words overlap. On an industrial roof we mean in-plane rooflights, set within the roof sheets, rather than the sort of domestic skylight you'd have at home. We replace them like for like, so the roof line stays even and watertight.
Just the failed panels, if that's all that's gone. We swap them individually and leave the rest of the bay alone, which keeps the roof intact and the cost down. The new units are Brett Martin GRP.
New rooflights let more daylight in than yellowed ones, so the lights on the floor go on later. Non-fragile units make the roof safer to walk on as well. We match the replacement to your existing profile, so the roof stays weathertight.
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