How To Choose The Best Flat Roof Skylight For Your Living Space

Given the numerous options of glazing products, it must be difficult to choose the right skylight for you. However, if you know about their type, style, and correct placement, you can overcome a lot of confusion. Before purchasing a glazing unit for your property, therefore, it’s essential to consider the purpose for which you want to install flat roof skylights.

There are two reasons why people make skylights a part of their home or office design. The first is its functionality and the second reason has to do with aesthetics. Talking about the functionality, glazing units act as a good carrier of sun rays into the interior of a building. This means you don’t have to shell out dollars on electricity bills and a lot of energy could be saved for the benefit of the environment.

Besides, you also get all the benefits of daylight right by sitting inside your bedroom and enjoying a cup of coffee with your favorite book. Since sunrays in controlled amount are good for a person’s health and wellbeing, adding skylights to your building’s design is a good choice.

 

As of the aesthetics, flat roof skylights have always been a beautiful design element for properties. They add flexibility to the architectural design. They give a large appearance to small rooms. The aesthetic appearance of a property increases with their use and that in turn, raises the value of the property.

Let’s see how to select the right glazing for your building.

The position of the skylight

The correct positioning of a glazing unit is a great deciding factor for allowing the optimum amount of light in your living space. Make sure you consider the roof structure, plumbing, and wiring in your building, in advance. If you’re installing skylights in your bedroom, it’s suggested to add some kind of dimming device or blind to control when and how much of the natural light should enter the room.

Skylight vs. Roof window

Skylights come in square, round, and rectangular shapes. A reflective light shaft is included to the ceiling and diffuser is used to close off. In this way, it allows natural light in the interior in an optimum amount. The terms skylights and flat roof rooflights are interchangeable.

A roof window, on the other hand, is usually attached with a timber or open plaster light shaft. It has a clearer than a skylight.

Shape and size

Your skylight’s shape must suit the theme of your home. Circular feature skylight is nice to highlight curved stairwells. It’s not possible to add glazing in the central position in all types of rooms. For tubular skylights, an “off centre” location is best.

Glazing

There are two glazing types that flat roof skylights come in. The first is polycarbonate domes and the second is moulded acrylic. These two can also be in insulated glass, double glazed, single glazed, and low-e in which, a microscopic coating is applied on the inner surface to increase the skylight’s insulation feature and block infra-red heat. This is important that you choose an energy efficient unit for your home or office.

Are your rooflights easy to install?

Here at Panoroof, we want to introduce as many property owners as possible to the benefits of a rooflight. We have worked hard to design and manufacture skylights that are really quick and easy to install, so you won’t have to wait long before you’re reaping the rewards.

All of our rooflights come securely packaged with all the instructions that you could need, plus we are on hand to offer advice if needed. So it doesn’t matter if you are installing your rooflight or you’re leaving that to a builder – it will be in place in no time at all!

It’s easy to tell if you require a rooflight, but deciding where to put it can be decidedly more difficult. There are a few general rules of thumb to follow. If you place a rooflight facing north, you’ll benefit from consistent levels of natural light throughout the year. If you want to save on your energy bills, then you should opt for a south facing skylight.

If you still aren’t sure which is the best option for your home, we recommend seeking a professional opinion. A qualified builder will quickly be able to identify the best spot for your new skylight.

If you’re looking for great value rooflights, then you have come to the right place. Ours are some of the most competitively priced in the UK. So no matter the budget for your home renovations, you’ll be able to invest in a rooflight that makes your property look lighter and brighter.

All of the prices are listed here on our site. If you require a custom rooflight, then we will require some additional information from you before we are able to give you a quote. You’ll get so much for your money though, so this is an investment you can make with peace of mind.