Posts filed under 'Skylight'
If you’re considering installing a skylight yourself, be sure to read the following complete project very carefully to learn what’s involved. Penetrating roofing materials and framing the opening below can be difficult and demanding, even for experts.
Continue Reading December 28th, 2006
If you’re installing a skylight, you’ll eventually have to get up on the roof. Before you embark on a trip up your ladder, it’s important that you know and observe the following safety precautions.
Continue Reading December 28th, 2006
Installing a skylight in a room that has a finished ceiling with an attic or crawl space above it involves planning both a ceiling opening and a roof opening. On the other hand, you’ll need to lay out only one opening if the area you’re working in has an open beam ceiling.
Continue Reading December 28th, 2006
Before you can begin cutting through the roof, you’ll have to build a curb, or box frame, for your skylight if it’s the curb-mounted type.
Continue Reading December 28th, 2006
If you have an older home that has a limited number of windows and tends to be cave-like inside, then installing skylights in your home can be a great idea.
Continue Reading December 27th, 2006
One downfall of standard skylights is that they do great at illuminating otherwise dark interior spaces, but there is no way to ‘”turn them off.” Hanging window blinds over skylights is clumsy, at best.
Continue Reading December 22nd, 2006
Let´s say you do not like the petty skylights. You want some nice, large windows to let the most possible sunshine under your roof. In that case you can choose from…
Continue Reading August 10th, 2006
A definition and description of the different types of skylights vinyl windows that can be installed in a home…
Continue Reading August 10th, 2006
Currently I have a problem with skylights in my home. They are leaking and are very old. I want to replace them with larger units that will not leak. Is that possible?
Continue Reading August 4th, 2006
Skylights are overhead windows, often in a roof, that allow sunlight to filter inside any enclosed area; they are a great natural light option to artificial lighting solutions during…
Continue Reading August 4th, 2006
A skylight window is not a skylight in the strictest sense of the word. It is usually a large window in a loft space or in a similar place. These windows are very effective when…
Continue Reading August 4th, 2006
Skylights can be installed in any room of a single story house or the upper most rooms near the roof in a multiple story house. How to decide upon the perfect skylight for your home?
Continue Reading August 4th, 2006
Skylight shades are fairly recent phenomena in home architecture, but they have gained a lot of popularity. Shades are an innovation in the area of skylights that…
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Honeycomb shades have the ability to trap air, thus making them the most efficient product for skylight systems…
Continue Reading August 4th, 2006
This design marked the Velux® story and it remains one of the most versatile roof windows available today.Pivoting windows are ideal for…
Continue Reading August 4th, 2006