Skylights can provide your home with more natural light and a few other benefits. If you’re trying to decide whether or not to get them, keep the following information in mind on the advantages they offer.
1. Increased Natural Light
Skylights let more natural light into your home. This can brighten up any part of your home, but it’s especially useful in darker areas. For example, if you have a hallway or other part of your home where sunlight usually doesn’t reach, adding a skylight helps keep this area well-lit during the day.
2. Reduced Energy Use
Investing in skylights can pay off in terms of lower electric bills. When you have skylights installed in your home, you can leave the lights off more often throughout the day. Skylights can add overhead light in your kitchen or living room, so you don’t have to turn on ceiling lights or lamps.
Depending on the kind of skylights you get, you might also be able to reduce your energy usage for heating. When it’s cooler out, skylights can add solar heat to your home, so you don’t have to run your furnace as much.
3. Added Ventilation
Some skylights can be opened, which helps add ventilation to your home. Added ventilation with skylights helps improve the indoor air quality in your home and keeps it feeling more comfortable temperature-wise.
If your home gets stuffy, you can open these skylights to let in fresh outdoor air. You can also keep your home feeling a bit cooler when it’s warm out by opening these skylights to let in a breeze.
Skylight Concerns
Skylights used to have a few drawbacks to consider, such as water damage from leaks, heat loss and faded fabrics. Over the years, these drawbacks have been addressed through different improvements, making skylights a good investment for your home.
Layers of water protection help reduce the risk of leaks, which is important when rainstorms hit. Glass coatings and glazing help prevent heat from escaping your home in winter. These coating and glazing options also reflect sunlight instead of absorbing it, which helps protect fabrics from becoming faded.
If you’re thinking of getting skylights for your home, contact Surf and Turf Roofing. We offer superior roofing services, including skylight installation.
