I am interested in installing a sky light in my living room, but I am not sure what type of “attachment” (i.e. curb mounted, …) I should use with my roof. My roof has a low pitch, 12″ to 1.5″ (7.5 degrees), and is fabricated with hot tar and white rock. I was planed on purchasing a Velux sky light with manual controls.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
spboy
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You might be able to do the carpentry with their instructions, but you will need a BUR roofer to do the curb, cant, and seal it in.
This can involve as many as four trades.
Carp
insulation
sheet metal
roofer
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Velux has a curb that'll get you over the 15 degree pitch generally required. a few years ago it was $125. For being perfectly sized, dadoed to receive drywall, and insulated, it's a pretty good deal.
I agree with Cloud Hidden. Velux makes a excellent curb.
Edited 6/12/2005 3:53 pm ET by doodabug
Welcome to Breaktime, and tx for asking questions.
Velux is the way to go, worth every penny. But you might need to add in yr profile so we can see if yr in the cold part of the continent. Skylights have an R-value of abt 7 (correct me if I'm wrong) and yr ceiling should be abt R28 or more. Ergo there will be quite q heat loss up there. At least it'll melt the snow off!
Now, Piffin and co are right - youll need the tar spread up the curb and a flashing kit to come down over that (velux make that too). If you ARE in snow country think whether the skylight will leak with a build-up of snow around it. And I seem to remember a FHB from several years ago that the author had used 1x material for the curbs just so's he could have insualtion on the sides, too, as a weak spot. If yr in rthe sun belt make sure the sun doesn't fade yr fabrics and yr Toulouse-Lautrec!
Back to the snow-belt idea, tho. If it gets colder you may want to add a sheet of Plexiglas at hte bottom of the opening. I installed a S/L over the head of our bed - great to see the Pole Star, but the cold came crashing down on our necks. Oh, and I'll never live down the fact that it leaked for 6 years!!
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I live in sunny So. Cal., so winter snow and extreme cold are not a problem.
Then make sure things like falling nuts are not a problem. I think our carriage house had a skylight originally. Now it is a hatch. I'd bet the squirrels high level bombed the skylight with a walnut. If I every put a skylight back, I'm getting one of the hurricane type ones they sell in Florida.I wonder how hard avocados are when falling?