Openable Flat Roof Skylight

Roof lights also known as flat roof windows are an opening that is created in the structure of a flat roof.

Openable flat roof skylight.

Skylights are wonderful for filling a space with natural light but they can also create problems with heat build up. Curb mounted skylights are ideal for flat roofs up to a pitch of 60 degrees. As radiant energy from the sun pours in it can make a room almost unlivable. It may incorporate venting options but the window itself does not open.

If you have a large flat roof space or terrace a skylight that opens up can help improve access especially in more difficult to reach areas of the home. In europe this type of window may be called a rooflite. An openable skylight not only gives you light but also ventilation. A skylight is a fixed window set into the roofline.

These new flat roof skylights are fitted in a pvc curb and topped with one of two covers. Operable skylight can be raised a few inches for ventilation using a crank on a pole from the room below. Flatglass rooflights are easy to install and come in a wide range of different designs to match your requirements. It can be installed on a flat roof at 0 up to a 60 roof pitch on a site built curb.

Velux electric openable skylights have rain sensors so when it starts raining the window closes automatically. A roof window actually opens usually with a pivoting awning style mechanism. Fixed manual opening and opening solar powered. Installing a skylight is one of the most impactful ways to enhance the brightness and beauty of a room.

The brilliantly simple flat roof skylight incorporates the velux high performance laminated glazing unit and an all metal exterior frame. That s where operable skylights make sense. Designed with flat roofs in mind curvetech glass is a curved edge to edge cover that allows rainwater to easily disperse off the glass. Curvetech glass or polycarbonate dome.

Sometimes you don t even have to. The skylight is mounted on a wooden frame known as a curb that the installer builds around the opening on your roof. Reduced heating and lighting costs. It may even incorporate window screening in much the same way as an awning style window set into side walls.

The smooth exterior gives not only a lower profile on the roof but also provides a cool daylighting solution by effectively blocking heat build up and uv rays. With a velux flat roof skylight designed to meet the growing demand for skylights in homes with flat or low pitch roofs you can transform and improve virtually any space with daylight. We also have a massive range of colour and glaing options for you to choose from. With an electric remote control opening and closing windows and blinds is as easy as pushing a button.

This is to allow light to come into an interior space below. Vented slimline lantern we re one of the few companies who can give you the option of an opening vent and our glazing bars are the slimmest in the uk.