What are tubular skylights?

Adding skylights to your home is a common way to increase the natural light that flows into your home, but did you know there are different styles of skylights you can choose from? A popular skylight option is called tubular skylights. With tubular skylights, homeowners increase natural light by using a tube in the ceiling of a room.

How are tubular skylights constructed?

There are 6 main parts of a tubular skylight. Those include a roof dome, roof flashing, mirror skylight tubes, solar power dimmer, ceiling ring, and the diffuser lens. Once you have all parts of the tubular skylights ready for installation, the next step is to choose where you want to install your tubular skylight on your roof.

Before you make a hole in your roof, check with your shingle or maintenance company to ensure your warranty isn’t voided if you make changes to the structure of your roof or cut into other shingles.

After you’ve checked your warranty and chosen where to install the tubular skylight, you are ready to make the hole in your roof and install. While it may seem easy to do this on your own, hiring a professional skylight roof installation company to help you is a better option. They’ll be experienced in the installation process and will ensure the installation process goes smoothly.

What are the benefits of tubular skylights?

Tubular skylights look like a natural dome light on your ceiling, so guests won’t notice they aren’t a light fixture, but they’ll notice the brightness in your room.

Because of their small size, tubular skylights are better insulated than other skylight options which are better for your electric bills because there is less chance of drifting for internal or external air flow.