If your desire is to enhance the aesthetics of your home, skylights will provide an impressive amount of natural light while giving you a beautiful view of the night sky. Like many other architectural enhancements, skylights can add to the resale value of your home. The technology and its components used in manufacturing of skylights has drastically changed over the years to improve their overall energy performance and extend their designed life expectancy.
A variety of options are available such as low-e glass argon-filled, tempered glass for safety and a multitude of factory-installed blinds to allow you to control how much or how little light illuminates your home. Some of the increasingly popular choices for skylights are:
Venting Skylights
They are offered with either remote controls or manual operating to allow in fresh air in. All the way down to units with rain sensors that will automatically close when moisture is detected.
Fixed Skylights
Are the most common choice when ventilation is not desired. Factory installed blinds have become an increasingly popular option.
Solar-powered Skylights
Offers a green solution to control your venting skylight and operation of your interior blinds effortlessly with a small remote control.
The average designed-life expectancy of a skylight is 20 years with minimal maintenance required when installed following all manufacturers guidelines and installation specifications. While it’s critically important that the installation guidelines are met, poor installation is still the leading most common cause for a skylight to leak. The second most common is the age of the skylight when it has reached its life span.
Please call for a free evaluation of any of your current skylights or for a free estimate on any new installations or any needed repairs.
