Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge 1 Jun 10, 2007 3:24 pm What do you guys think about internal sky lights?
My house is a bit dark so I can see they would be a good advantage to have, but I am yet to find anything that isn't UGGGGGLY. The house is a turn of the century queenslander, so it needs to fit in with the age of the house as well. Re: internal sky lights 2Jun 10, 2007 4:26 pm I think sklights are great. You can get styles from minamilist modern to period stained glass and everything inbetween.
Don't forget to consider the effect on thermal performance (insulated shaft, ability to close etc). Re: internal sky lights 3Jun 10, 2007 4:33 pm Since you are in Queensland I would suggest that one consideration should be a design that can be opened and used as a vent.
These are fantastic for letting heat out of the top of your room in Summer and getting great flow through air. Cheers, Earl Re: internal sky lights 5Jun 10, 2007 5:11 pm as82,
Lighting shops are not the right place to look. Try a web search with sky light as the keyword and restricted to Australia and I'm sure you'll get more retailers that you can poke a stick at. Cheers, Casa Re: internal sky lights 6Jun 10, 2007 5:52 pm "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: internal sky lights 7Jun 10, 2007 6:02 pm Or a better product at a better price...
http://www.infolink.com.au/articles/Bre ... z48319.htm Has been seen on eBay and in the Trading Post... Looks good and marketed by Breezway in Australia... "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: internal sky lights 10Jun 12, 2007 12:47 pm My parents in QLD recently put a skylight in and one thing they included was a flap door inside it that allows them to turn it off when they want to.
ie when watching TV bright light above them was not desired. They pull string and the flap closes the skylight off. A great idea and it works well. Steve Thanks. Yeh ideally that would have been good, but have progressed too far now. Hoping some well placed internal walls fixed up into the battens will provide some… 2 5412 Thank you alexp79 and gommeqld for your advice, that's very helpful, thanks 3 7941 3 10212 |