By Othon Jarle
Skylights are an elegant and effective way to bring more light into your home, improving the feeling of your space, and the natural light in your home and creating more brightness in your surroundings.
Skylight installations are not complicated and are a long-term investment in the comfort and quality of your space. Skylights can be custom-designed to fit the space you have and there are so many health and wellbeing benefits to allowing more natural light into your home through skylight installation.
What are the benefits of skylights?
The obvious benefit of skylights is that they let more natural light into your home, which improves the general feeling of your home and gives your family a light and bright living space. Some other reasons skylights are a great investment:
- Skylights can be custom-designed to fit all roof types
- Skylights are a natural and beautiful way to let more light into your home
- Skylights can help to ventilate your home, improving air circulation
- Skylights can be used in all sorts of settings; from factories to homes to offices
What are the different kinds of skylights?
Skylights can fit into any home, suit any style and provide a range of benefits like thermal comfort, and of course natural light. Some of the different kinds of skylights include:
- Thermal glazer skylights: these skylights provide significant energy savings
- Custom fire-rated skylights: are a great choice if your home is located in a bushfire-prone area as they provide a fire barrier
- Ventilator skylights: these skylights remove hot or moisture-laden air from roof cavities, helping to prevent dampness which can lead to mold.
- Tubular skylights: a tube-shaped skylight
There are plenty of options depending on your needs, you can have a variety of custom skylights installed.
What if I need skylight repairs?
Once a skylight is installed it is generally a very hardy addition to your home that requires minimal upkeep, however, sometimes you might find yourself in need of skylight repairs.
There are lots of things to consider when you are getting skylight repairs, and these will all impact the cost and extent of the skylight repairs required.
An easy skylight repair is when a skylight needs resealing, which is a simpler job than replacing an entire skylight. Whether you need to skylight repairs, or if it is more sensible to replace the entire skylight will depend on the type of roof you have, the roof’s pitch and the brand and style of skylight. It’s always best to talk to a professional skylight installation team to get advice on how to proceed with your skylight repairs.
