Skylights are a great addition to any house, as they bring in more natural light – cutting down on artificial light electricity costs, as well as promoting good health for a home’s occupants. Unfortunately, however, skylights are hard to install in most pre-built homes because they require so much roof real estate. Also, unless the sun is at the right angle and there are absolutely no clouds in the sky, skylights don’t always illuminate a space in a way that makes their cost worthwhile. Thats why we love Solatube – a smart technology which takes skylights one step further by refracting, reflecting and concentrating solar light into a small tube using mirrors and lenses.
Solatube’s efficiency comes from its patented Raybender Technology and Light Intercepting Transfer Device (LITD). These two items allow Solatube to utilize light that is not necessarily in the direct path of the tube and redirect it to provide optimal light from sunrise to sunset.
Available in three models, a compact 10″, a larger 14″, and an even larger 21″ Solatube demonstrates how even a small opening can bring a lot of illumination into a room, using forward-thinking technology.
+ Solar Tube
+ Installing a Tubular Skylight
WE HAD A SOLAR SKYLIGHT INSTALLED IN OUR BATHROOM IN 1996. THE LIGHT HAS BEEN WELCOMED, WE HAVE ISSUES WITH IT.IT HAS FADED OUR VINYL LINOLUEM AND THE SHOWER CURTAIN. WE ARE REPLACING THE FLOORING WITH HARDWOOD. THEY SAY THE WOOD WILL NOT FAD. I PLAN TO REPLACE THE SHOWER CURTAIN. IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER IT BECOMES WARMER IN THE BATHROOM. IS THERE SOME KIND OF A FILTER I COULD PUT IN TO LESSEN THE LIGHT AND HEAT IN THE SUMMER? CAN THIS BE DONE INSIDE THE BATHROOM, BECAUSE WE ARE IN OUR 80′S AND CAN’T GO UP ON THE ROOF? i’LL BE WAITING FOR AN ANSWER. ELAINE HAGENMUELLER
I tore out your Solar Tube advertisement from the, I think it was called, Adventure Life magazine while waiting in my doctors office and it might be what my daughter wants for one of her bedrooms in their home. I’m going to give her your web-site and we’ll see what she and her husband think of it. I think it’s a great system, we’ll see what developes. Thanks.