Avoid obstruction of daylight with flat roof windows
It is of the highest importance how the windows of your home are placed in order to make the most of the daylight. The design of the room itself and external obstructions like neighbouring buildings, vegetation, ground surface etc. will influence the amount of natural light illuminating your living space. Large façade windows can provide a nice view but rarely let in enough daylight alone. In combination with strategically well-placed VELUX flat roof windows, you can create a perfectly even illumination and transform your living space completely.
In these cases one or more flat roof windows can make a huge difference and light your home in a completely new way. See how and why below.
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A deep room
With only façade windows it can be difficult to illuminate a deep room. Opening up the room to the sky will allow daylight to flow in and reach all corners of your living space. Besides making the room come to life with light and air, the flat roof windows will improve the indoor climate. The vented flat roof window will allow hot air to access the room and in this way it will provide natural ventilation to your home. |
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Surrounding buildings and the trees
Neighbouring buildings and vegetation can be like a shield limiting the daylight that reaches your façade windows. Maybe a multi-storey house is built close to your home or your neighbours’ trees grow tall and wide. Flat roof windows are generally less affected by external obstructions as they face the sky and will allow more daylight to flow no matter how the surrounding environment develops. |
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Terrace or a roof overhang
A terrace or a roof overhang is great for providing shade in summer. But they can limit the amount of daylight that reaches your façade windows, leaving the inside of the house dark – especially during the winter. Flat roof windows will solve this problem. All year long they will light the room naturally and help ventilate your home. In the summer the pleated blinds in the windows will help regulate the temperature and in the winter this extra source of sunlight will help to heat the room. |
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Rooms with windows facing north
North-facing façade windows will hardly ever be able to let in rays of sun – simply because of their orientation. The daylight entering even large façade windows is concentrated just a few metres into the room, especially when the façade windows are facing north. That makes flat roof windows the only way to bring sunlight into the room even in winter months and thus change it into a nice and pleasant place to stay. |