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Once very common, skylights went out of vogue due to modern architectural design trends. Now skylights are witnessing a return to popularity, mainly because people have become energy and environmentally conscious. This article will explain the benefits of using skylights in your house.

Skylights let the sunshine right inside your house. This brightens up your house in a very natural way. You save a packet on your electricity bill during the daytime.

Wall windows let in just a fifth of the sunlight that comes through a skylight of the same dimensions. That means you get a five-fold benefit of natural lighting and heating, which translates to a commensurate saving on your energy bill.

Skylights beautify the house from within and without. People feel better in a room with natural sunlight, and the room appears open and spacious rather than closed and oppressive. Kitchens and living rooms appear friendlier with skylights. A skylight in the bathroom makes bathing a warm pleasure in cold weather, apart from increasing the privacy.

Skylights are just great for growing plants indoors. You don’t need those special lamps to give the plants their daily dose of light energy. No lamps, no electricity, isn’t that great?

Blinds are necessary accessories for skylights. You need to cut down the amount of sunlight streaming into the interior of the house in the summer, and blinds let you do this. You can opt for skylight tints instead of blinds. Tints are protective films that can be applied to the skylight panes to cut down the sunlight passing into the house. Your budget will decide your choice of blinds or tints.

You will have to take a few points into consideration when you’re installing the skylights. One is the climate in your geographical area. The other is the facing (direction) of the skylight. The roof style is important too. Is the skylight installed in a flat roof or an angled one? These factors affect what is called the energy performance rating of the skylight.

You will have to compute the size of the skylight according to the area of the room you’re placing it in. If the room is already well served with a number of windows, then the skylight should not exceed 5% of the floor area. Otherwise the skylight can go up to 15% of the floor area.

For optimum energy efficiency, it is recommended that you get the skylights installed by a professional contractor. The setting and sealing is crucial to the skylight’s energy efficiency! A professional has the experience and expertise to the job right. They are the best persons to advise you on the size, type and location of the skylight to install according to the room being served. Of course you should check the credentials and references of the contractor before assigning the job to him.

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