Skylights give a structural beauty to your home or your
office. Nothing can replace the obvious beauty that natural sunlight can
provide to your place. This modern lighting effect can bring glorious effect to
your haven, but controlling the heat and light can become a problem in the long
term.
There are of course, advantages and disadvantages of
keeping skylights in your buildings – let’s take a look at them.
Advantages
of Skylights:
·
Natural Light and Beauty:
Skylights are indeed good investment if you are a
homeowner who is environmentally and architecturally aware of residents.
They provide large amounts
of light and warmth without much cost because they do not require electricity
and for a major part of the day provide sunlight.
A Skylight’s beauty and
architectural design can increase the value of your place.
·
Spectacular Vision:
Skylight provides with a
natural vision of scenery outside which often comes in the form of clouds or
lightning or a clear starry night.
Depending on the glass,
the view can be expansive or limited in view.
The major advantage is that you get the joy of views
outside within your own place.
Disadvantages
of Skylights:
A major disadvantage can be the influence they have on
power use. During hot summers, you might need to adjust the air conditioners’
thermostat to compensate the rising the temperature.
During winter, ice covered
on the skylights can make your room frigid and so you might want to change the
settings of the heater too.
Cleaning and Dusting
Skylights can be a major problem. You might need a really big ladder to take
you up till the pane.
Since most glasses don’t have coverings or window
treatments, dust accumulates quickly.
So, choose a skylight that gives the best effect to you
and your place. Skylights add to the beauty of your commercial or residential
building.
