Illuminate a Room Naturally with a Roof Skylight

All You Need to Know About Skylights

Skylights, also referred as roof lights are typically acrylic, single glazed ‘‘opal’’ molded roof additions. They are specially designed to let natural light come into a home or building.

Roof lights can be installed in both existing and new homes. This ‘‘window like roof addition’’ can let go through much more light (about three times more) as a vertical window of the same proportions, distributing it evenly, saving energy and significantly enhancing your visual comfort levels. If you want to include a skylight on your roofing project, you have several options.

Three Types of Skylights

Fixed Skylights

They are the most popular type of skylights. Unlike roof windows, fixed skylights do not open for air ventilation. They are completely sealed to the roof. You can use them in low-lit areas like attics and stairways. Ninety percent of the materials used in this is glass. The frame of the skylight is made up of aluminum, steel or timber.

Roof Windows

This type of skylight is ideal for any room needing extra light and ventilation such as kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms. Roof windows work with high or cathedral ceilings. As they can be opened, they are a very convenient roof accessory for the summer months, especially in two-story houses where heat tends to accumulate on the upper level.

Tubular Skylights

Use them to bring in light into a room like very small second bath, where there is not enough space to install a wall window or is simply lacking direct access to the roof to allow traditional skylight installation. The tubular design reduces absolute heat loss and heat gain because of their small cross-sectional area. They bring daylight inside by capturing sunlight on the rooftop, and redirecting it down to a highly reflective shaft and diffusing it throughout the interior space.

Regardless the type of skylight you choose for your home, rely on Horn Brothers Roofing experts install your roof lights in Colorado. Call us on (303) 274-1111 to speak with an expert.