Can you tell me about skylights in the kitchen?
We will be redoing our roof in the next month or so and i have always complained about the shortness of natural light in our kitchen. I am interested in getting a sky/tubular light but was wondering about leakage, heat, etc. Here is a pic of our kitchen. Any ideas of where to place it????
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brigitte333
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16 years agoI vote for a Velux skylight also. We have one in our kitchen directly over our island. I love the natural light. The skylight is 24" square at the roof with shaft that widens to 39" square at the ceiling line. We have not had any problems.
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16 years agoWe had a solatube before the remodel. The light it produced was nice, but I never liked the flourescent light look of the cover. Our contractor suggested this and we love it. It's a Velux 2 x 2 on the roof line but opens up to 4 x 2 at the ceiling. I love how it opens up the whole kitchen. We also have one in our foyer. The kitchen one is operable and the foyer is fixed.
alku05
16 years agoFor our remodel, in addition to the kitchen, we also re-did our atrium roof installing 10 velux skylights. With the new skylights, the atrium does not heat up appreciably, even with the CA sun beating down on it.
Whether or not your skylight leaks is directly dependent on whether it was installed correctly. Hire someone who is experienced. There's nothing like natural light; you'll be so happy you put in a skylight.
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