Installing Skylight Tubes

Skylight tubes – Ceiling windows can make your home brighter with natural light, reducing your need for artificial lighting and energy costs associated with it. Installing skylights traditionally involves installing a large glass pan in the ceiling over an open surface of a building – but if you want to bring more natural light into a smaller area, such as bathroom or hallway, you can use the rigid pipe skylight. This is a system that uses metal channels to direct the light from your roof in your home.

Instructions

Select the roof position where you want to install skylight tubes, and locate roof beams in the area immediately around the site. Run a screw through the ceiling, centered between the two roof beams. Remove the insulation from the area around the screw inside the wind. Wear gloves when handling the insulation. Cut a hole in the ceiling that matches the diameter of the hose with a back and forth saw.

Select a space

Select a space between two roof beams on the roof where you want to install the exterior side of the skylight tubes. Keep the line between the ceiling and the ceiling as straight as possible, to allow more light to flow into the room. Drive a nail through the roof where you install the roof window. Measure the distance between the ceiling and the ceiling so that you know how much hose you need. Climb on the roof and find out the nail. Look for the area where shingles are raised. Draw a circle on the roof centered over the nail that matches the diameter of the hose. Cut a hole in the ceiling along the circle with a tiger saw. Removing roof rails keeps shingles in place along the sides of the hole.

Slide the upper edge of the flashing under the shingles on the sides of the ceiling. Apply a thick string of joint between shingles and blinking around the perimeter of flashing, and nail it flashing to the ceiling with galvanized nail. Place a tight joint on top of the nails. Slide the upper part of the hose into the flashing and fixed dome to the top of the window, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Return to the wind and connect the hose between the ceiling and the hole in the ceiling. Attach diffusers to the end of the tube inside the room, according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

A sky tube uses a tube that transfers the sunlight from the roof to the interior of a building. The sky pipes can direct the light into rooms that are not directly under the roof opening. They can also be provided with electric light to provide light at night and dimmer to reduce daytime light transmission.