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Skylight Terminology and Parts The first step to knowing your way around your skylight is to understand some basic skylight terminology. For more information. Acrylics Plastic glazing, most commonly available in clear, bronze, or white but also available in other colors. Usually blown into a dome shape for aluminum framed skylights. …
Roofing Terminology and Parts The first step to knowing your way around your roof is to understand what’s what. Decking Sometimes called sheathing, usually plywood that covers the top of your roof rafters. Usually felt paper is applied over the decking and then the roofing over the felt paper. Felt …
The Best Way to Control Light While having fresh air and daylight is a good thing, glare in your TV room and home office or a nap with the sun shining in your face is not. There are lots of other reasons to want to adjust the light coming into …
Cardinal Glass Rolls Out NEAT Glass Technology This new glass uses two different types of coatings that do two things: All products from Velux Skylights will come standard with this product and all custom skylights provided by Skylight Specialists, Inc. will also be offered the option for this technology. If …
Skylight Shafts that Lead to Nowhere Skylight shafts add a dramatic flair to any room. But what if you live in an apartment or studio underneath someone? A British designer has an answer for you. He designed and merged two apartments in Vienna to create a home. To add to …
New Velux Glass Sun Tunnels Velux is introducing a new Sun Tunnel that utilizes glass instead of acrylic for the exterior lens See link below. See Also Velux Sun Tunnels Glass Sun Tunnels
Modern skylights work with the environment to admit healthful daylight and fresh air, while silently venting stale air Velux came out with a “No-Leak” skylight in 2010 that takes away all worries about skylights leaking on residential homes. See the linked article concerning designing skylights into your home for light …
Skylight Energy Efficiency is an all season concern Summer heat gain and winter heat loss will both take a bite out of your energy budget. The cold is upon us. Although we haven’t seen much snow as of yet, the temperatures have been quite bit chilly. Generally, we perform most …
The Tubular Skylight Alternative – Using solar to light your home without having to use cumbersome tubes. Finally, you can have daylight where you want it. After more than thirty years of rooftop and Skylight installation experience, Skylight Specialists, Inc. is expanding our product mix to include the Solectric Daylight …
There are many homes that have difficult sloped or even vertical glazing problems that we are experts at solving We often get called on by insurance companies and national contractors to help them solve glass problems that their residential clients have issues with. An example is a six-figure project that we …
