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The Effects Heavy Snow has on Skylights. The worst scenario that involves heavy snow is the collapse of the glazing that is intended to protect you from the elements. Fortunately, this is very rare and usually only happens when a skylight has been improperly designed. …
Do Your Skylights Create Glare? Normally skylights do not put glare into a room like a vertical window does. However, there are situations when you may get glare onto a video screen, which makes it difficult to see what is on the monitor or television. …
Single Slope Definition Sloped glazing or overhead glazing is glass or acrylic that usually slopes at an angle on the roof, sometimes making up the entire roof. Some people don’t know whether to call it a skylight or something else, but really, anything that lets …
Live in the Mountains? Have or Want a Skylight? We understand that it is sometimes hard to find good reliable and knowledgeable help in the mountain communities. We offer estimates and skylight work in all of Colorado’s mountain communities. Including but not limited to:Aspen, Evergreen, Avon, Vail, …
Velux Curb Mount Skylights FCM stands for Fixed Curb Mount Skylight. These skylights are excellent quality and an excellent product to use to replace the acrylic domed skylights. The heavy metal cladding (and glass) resists hail stones. They are available in standard and custom sizes. …
Lava skylight are a lot like the ones we install, only with a lot more fire!
A lava skylight is an opening in the roof of a lava tube. Skylights usually form when part of the roof collapses into the tube, but they also occur where a roof failed to form over the lava channel. You can see a stream of glowing lava moving below if the tube is active.
The Model Company Objective | The Way Velux Does Business In 1965, Velux’s founder, Villum Kann Rasmussen, formulated the Model Company Objective. It still guides the way of doing business in the Velux Group. In everything Velux does, they set a standard of excellence. For product quality, for business conduct and …
Nanotechnology and Its Uses for Skylights and Glazing Low e3 glass is standard on all Velux skylights, but what is Low e3? Low-e3 coatings reduce the amount of ultraviolet and infrared light that can pass through glass without compromising the amount of visible light transmitted. Low e3 coatings …
The Proper Way to Fix a Skylight from Leaking The first step we take in a skylight repair is to diagnose the issue. Is it the skylight, the flashing, the roof, or something else that is causing the leak. It’s easy to blame the skylight, …
Terminology for Curb Mounted Skylights The picture shows the cross-section of a curb mounted skylight. It illustrates how a curb sits on your roof with the flashing attached to the skylight. The skylight sits on top of the curb (like a lid on a shoe box) and …