Flat Glass Roof Lantern
Perhaps the greatest difference between flat and lantern rooflights is their appearance.
Flat glass roof lantern. Roof lanterns are an alternative to flat glass rooflights. Glass roofs uk specialise in the manufacture and supply of glass bonded roofs and glazing products. Aluminium roof lantern skylight and flat roof skylight are all terms used to describe a glazed structure constructed within a flat roof system. Both lanterns and flat roof windows can be well insulated.
With a wealth of experience in the aluminium glazing sector and our partnership with an innovative design team glass roofs uk is able to offer an extensive product range manufactured to the very highest standards from our two manufacturing sites. Our aluminium lantern roof systems come in a broad range of both standard and bespoke sizes. To ensure our frameless glass roof lanterns are the ideal fit for all tastes and project requirements we can fit them with a wide choice of high performance glazing options. Double glazed units triple glazing and laminated glass available upon request please contact us for pricing.
Practicalities of walk on glass floors and rooflights. Frameless flat rooflight super neutral self cleaning glass as standard. Nevertheless lanterns will often offer poorer insulation indicated on the product description by a twice as high uw value due to the many joints between the glazing panes in the product. Flat rooflights are available in a wide range of shapes sizes and specifications so we can create perfectly designed skylights roof lanterns or roof lights for you.
Structural glass floors are not only stunning from a design perspective but also fulfil an important practical purpose allowing light to permeate a structure. Thermally broken aluminium with structural glass silicon joins. We regularly design and install glass walk on floors and bridges along with structural glass roof lights for precisely this purpose. They are especially suited to rooms with flat roofs above.
Both internally and externally flat rooflights are barely visible at ground level whereas roof lanterns provide an impressive perspective to the architecture of any building. Every time you have connection between two pieces of glass there will be potential for heat loss. Our roof lanterns have a distinct and unique design that utilises the latest state of the art technology in structural silicone glazing. As standard we fit our roof lanterns with neutral toughened solar glass installed.
They allow for flexibility in wall design and window placement. Flat rooflights are a great way to add lots of extra daylight into a room.