Sun tube rooflights are the perfect solution for bringing light into a home, to the most awkward areas. Take the top of the stairs or the attic as an example, they tend to be dark areas in the majority of homes, and bringing natural light in is easy with these systems. Much like the name suggests, a tube passes from the outside of the home to the inside, with a glass or polycarbonate dome situated on the roof’s exterior, attracting the light and sending it down into the once dark – and now bright – space. It’s a clever system and it’s one that’s been developed over the last few years so there are many different designs available, but the concept remains the same.
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Why Guttering is so Important
Guttering is one of the main drainage solutions for your home. Without this, you could see damage accumulating very quickly due to the rain your home is exposed to. The main function of guttering is to collect the water run-off from your roof so that it doesn’t just drain down the side of your home, potentially eroding parts of your wall or creating a breeding ground for rot. Instead, any water from rain will run into the gutters, which is usually made from PVC (very water-proof material), and drain down into the road’s drainage system outside of your home. A number of things can cause your gutters to work less effectively; from the leaves which could fall into it, or from the storms which may cause damage. If they’re damaged,... Read More »
Benefits Of Installing Dome Rooflights On Your Home
Dome rooflights are very high quality thermoformed rooflights that are designed to make the best use of natural light. These rooflights come in a wide range of shapes, sizes and glazing options to meet the entire customer or client’s needs and requirements. Most of these rooflights offer patented high security mechanism. By the use of high security screw bolts that are fitted in all units, common tools cannot remove once installed thus high level security. To improve the overall thermal efficiency of the roof and the house, most dome rooflights provide broken interface. The following are some of the benefits of installing dome rooflights to your home or office building; Makes full use of natural daylight By installing these rooflights, you will be making optimal use of the natural daylight.... Read More »
Flat-To-Pitched Roof Conversions
When most people think about roofing conversions, the image that usually appears is one from a pitched, angled roof, to a flat roof, but as the number of home owners with a home with a flat roof has increased, so has the number of people experiencing buyers remorse, wanting to have the conversions reversed. People tend to grow dissatisfied with flat roofs over a number of years, usually due to troubles relating to its poor durability, and high cost of its long-term maintenance, but they can also be less energy efficient as well, and as energy prices have soared over the past couple of decades, the cost of replacing it seems like a better and better deal. There are a number of reasons why people choose to convert a flat... Read More »
Planning permission and skylights – need to know
If you are looking to re-roof your home or insert skylights/roof lights, you do not normally need to apply for planning permission. This is because the permitted development rules allow for roof alterations subject to limits and conditions as follows: Any alteration cannot project more than 150 millimetres from the existing roof plane. No alteration made can be higher than the highest part of the roof. Side facing windows must be ‘obscure-glazed’ and any opening needs to be 1.7m above the floor. Skylights are a great option to lighten up your home; these are standardly available in 16 or 24 inch frames. You can opt for a larger skylight, but this will mean that the installer will need to cut one or more of the rafters. This is fine for... Read More »