Skylight – the perfect choice

Skylights are available in different styles and options. It’s a bit like buying a car, choosing which options are the most useful!

– Consider the following questions:

• How big do i need? The roof structure is a factor in size selection.
• What type of roof do I have?
• How does the roof face to the East, North or West? – Peak performance could be in the morning or afternoon.
• Does the roof face always the sun?
• Is my roof flat or pitched?
• Which skylight and suits my roof?
• How big is the roof cavity? -For bigger roof spaces – Should I consider a premium SOLATUBE Daylighting System as a more effective option?
• Do I require Ventilation? – You probably do!
• Can I use an opening VELUX SKYLIGHT for strategic air changes?
• Blinds and dimmers with motor operators are a cost effective solution if you don’t need full day light all day.
• What is the room used for?

Solatube designed their first solar tubes here in Australia and changed the skylight industry forever. They introduced the concept of tubular daylighting – using a highly mirror like tube which delivers natural light through the roof space into the home.

Velux Opening Skylights

Velux have a complete range of opening skylights and roof windows. You can choose from many different sizes with different control options and opening mechanisms. The velux range includes skylights suitable for installation onto flat roof, and also solar blinds for light control during the summer months.

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VELUX incorporate enhanced functionality with better flashings, better ventilation controls and superior honeycomb blinds to control the light flowing through. VELUX’s continuous research and development of their products has resulted in the hi-tech VELUX Active automation we have today.

Buildings which are designed to provide a healthy living environment, including Good Air Quality, often use opening skylights to improve their ventilation.

Some Opening skylights and roof windows can be positioned within reach, which means they can be opened by hand.

Solatube round skylights have the Add-On Vent option available. This superior exhaust system has a roof mounted fan and duct to discharge to the atmosphere. You can safely remove smells and moisture out of bathrooms at the flick of a switch.

Finally consider a traditional Australian skylight.

For over forty years these have been produced by local plastic moulding companies, using cheap thermoformed acrylic sheet on a galvanised sheet metal flashing base that sits above the roof line.

A square box called a light shaft, often fabricated out of painted chipboard or plywood, or cheap flexible aluminium foil, guides the daylight through the roof space. A prismatic diffuser conceals this and closes the ceiling.

Most skylight companies have standard sizes based on older imperial measurements. For example the modern size of 550×550 is equivalent to two foot square – shrunk slightly to suit a modern trussed roof.