With such a large range of skylight options, we understand that choosing skylights can be difficult.
Finding the right skylight doesn’t have to be overwhelming. With over 50 years of experience, Belle Skylights makes the process simple—offering expert advice on styles, placement, and options tailored to your space. From consultation and design to manufacturing, supply, and installation, we take the time to understand what matters most to you.
Call Belle today to discuss your daylighting needs, and explore our tips below to help you choose the right skylight.
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Installed for an array of purposes, skylights can be utilised as a practical source of natural light to increase visibility around your home. Alternatively, they can be used as a feature to turn a dark space into the most vibrant entertaining room in the house. Before choosing your skylight, consider what you need it for.
The placement of your skylight will affect a few factors. For instance, it will determine the size of the skylight you are to install, as well as how many skylights you need. Skylights are usually positioned in the middle of the room.
The size of the room can sometimes affect your choice of skylight. For example, an obscurely shaped room and roof may require multiple bends in tubing to achieve the optimal performance of your skylight. However, when it comes to skylight size, the general rule is the larger the better.
There are various accessories that can increase the comfort and convenience of your skylight. For example, blinds and horizontal shades can decrease the amount of light and shield your skylight from rain if need be. It is much better to include these things in your initial purchase than wish you had them after the fact.
Skylight types include round, square and rectangular and can be glazed with moulded domes or glass. A traditional skylight includes a reflective light shaft from the skylight to the ceiling and is closed off at the ceiling with a skylight diffuser.
Read more...The positioning of your skylight is key to ensuring that the correct amount of light will enter the space at different times in the day. It is also imperative that you carefully consider the roof structure and any electrical wiring or plumbing that may be in the roof space which could be in the way of the skylight.
Read more...Skylights can be as effective in smaller spaces as they are in large ones. Whether it is a small bathroom or a large scale living area, natural light can be focused through the use of a skylight to give a great feeling of depth and space in your home.
Read more...The shape of your skylight can greatly influence the theme of your home. For a more modern house, square or rectangular shapes can add complexity to the aesthetics of a room. Curved stairwells can be highlighted by a circular feature skylight.
Read more...At Belle Skylights we offer an enormous variety of skylights for every application. Energy efficient skylights like the Belray Ecolite and the Belray Selectolite;
Read more...Skylights can come with moulded acrylic (perspex) or polycarbonate domes. They can also be single glazed in glass or have double glazed, low-e, insulated glass. Low-e is an invisible microscopic coating on the internal surface of the glass panel that blocks infra-red heat and increases the insulation properties of the skylight.
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A cost-effective lighting alternative, the Solatube daylighting system is quick and easy to install—requiring no structural alterations. Available in two sizes, these skylight types can adapt to any room you want to illuminate.
Complex applications that require light in areas where natural sunlight is nonexistent.
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A revolutionary glass skylight, the Belray Ecolite system is available in custom, modular or single units. An insulated, double glazed glass unit, this clean and modern skylight exhibits extremely high light transmission with very low solar heat gain.
Residential and commercial projects such as office buildings, community centres, education, health care and public buildings where maximum light transmission with low solar heat gain is required.
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Offering a wide range of products, VELUX are a high quality producer of both electronic and manually operated roof windows, skylights and accessories. No matter your lighting situation, VELUX will have a skylight that can suit your budget and your needs.
Bringing dark spaces to life, particularly rooms with no windows, ventilation or natural light. Included with your solar or electronic skylight is the intelligent touch screen remote control.
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A popular way to introduce natural light into the centre of any building is to use glass in a section of your roof. Intalok is a thin section aluminium glazing bar system, using the highest quality structural grade aluminium that can suit a wide variety of requirements.
Enhancing the architecture and design of the room, suits larger areas, can be applied as glass glazed roof, kitchen, living room and dining spaces, star voids or custom designed areas.
Find out moreCutting down on your carbon emissions, skylights are the natural alternative to harmful, wasteful and expensive electric lighting. Not only does utilising natural daylight reduce your electricity bill, but it also impacts the environment positively, as it is a sustainable energy resource, boasting a 5 star energy rating.
Unlike a dehydrating air conditioner, an electric venting skylight has the health benefits of a ‘natural exhaust effect’. This warm air is drawn up through the venting skylight, providing cool, fresh air throughout the house. The natural light filtering through the house also provides valuable Vitamin D and limits eye strain.
Regular exposure to natural light has been proven to increase productivity and performance. Positively affecting our sleep cycle and vitality levels, natural light is an important part of maintaining a healthy and constructive lifestyle.
The benefits of natural light aren’t just limited to your carbon footprint and your bills. Mould loves dark, indoor spaces to grow in, and can be extremely damaging to you and your family’s health. Allowing natural sunlight into your home through a skylight will greatly reduce the risk of mould.
Balancing the light in the room, skylights reduce glare and transform living areas into more open, safe spaces. Conventional incandescent bulbs don’t do your home justice; skylights being white, flattering daylight into your rooms, showing off your home’s best features.
