At first i thought it a good idea to get lots of skylights pointing south but on further investigation some say that they can get too hot in summer and some say its best to have them in the north facing roof.
What experience do the panel have of skylights?
In message , "George (dicegeorge)" writes
If you see a factory with a "sawtooth" roof, you will always see the glass panels facing north - in fact that's what they are called - "North lights"
lots of skylights pointing south
In my south-ish facing kitchen roof, I'm putting in solartube instead of skylights to avoid overheating in the summer. Simon.
A couple of years ago we converted the loft on our old house.
We put in two big south facing Velux windows and a fire escape velux. We found that blinds were important in the summer! Plus, we could open them to dump heat when it was very hot. Convection works!
Guy
ive read that the blinds should be on the outside of the windows because once the heat radiation is through the glass it wont bounce back out... but wont external blinds blow away in storms?
and are any of the expensive special glass treatments worth it? triple glazing with some UV plastic film?
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