Do you want to provide natural ventilation and let more natural light into your home? Nothing transforms a room like brand-new skylights.
Whether you’ve purchased a new home or want to breathe life into a dreary space, a new skylight is an excellent solution, no matter your roof pitch.
This article will explore why Velux manual-operated skylights are easy to operate, why they suit numerous roofline designs and the benefits of brightening your home with Velux.
Velux VS Manually Operated Skylights: An Overview
Let’s look at the basic features of the Velux VS Manual Skylight!
- With a smooth profile, Velux skylights sit lower on the roof and don’t obstruct the roofline. It’s the perfect choice for modern-style homes.
- There are outer aluminium cappings (grey) with a white-painted interior timber frame and sash.
- The high-performance double glazing is standard with a NEAT outer coating, so there’s no need for frequent cleaning. Velux-operated skylights, which include a removable insect screen, are available in 10 sizes.
- Velux skylights have flashing for corrugated iron or tile roofs and offer approximately 80% heat block.
Velux VCM Manually Operated Flat Roof Skylight
If you have a flat roof, this Velux skylight can open up your home without you feeling the chilly air from outside! What are some of its key features?
- The Velux VCM model is maintenance-free, with a white PVC interior frame for a tough interior finish.
- It includes high-performing double glazing as standard with a NEAT outer coating.
- Outer aluminium cappings are grey, and the skylight has a removable insect screen.
- Available in 6 sizes, the Velux flat roof skylight options offer approximately 75% heat block.
- Velux VCM flat roof skylights require custom-made flashing, which is available at Roofing Options!
Why are Velux Manual Skylights the Solution?
There are many reasons to consider upgrading your home with Velux. Let’s quickly explore them now.
Skylights provide natural lighting
Velux manual skylights allow you to experience soft, natural lighting without feeling the sun’s heat on a warm day.
Skylights capture more daylight than windows, keeping your rooms brighter throughout the day. It is a great mood booster, and you might get a better night’s sleep!
Direct daylight also makes your interior colours pop by eliminating shadows and dark corners, so whether you love bold colours or a neutral room, Velux skylights help colours appear true.
Passes strict weather tests
Velux skylights are a trusted source for long-lasting skylights. All their products are tested to comply with Australian manufacturing standards and exceed the Bush Fire Attack (BAL) fire requirements.
They meet standards AS4285 SKYLIGHT Cyclonic and Non-Cyclonic Tests, AS1288 Overhead Glazing Laminated inner pane, AS3959 Bushfire Attack Level 40, NCC Boundary Separation (Class 1 and 10 buildings within 900mm of a boundary wall, and Class 2 and 9 Buildings, 3 metres from a boundary wall).
These tests include fire performance during an emergency and extreme hail damage that can happen without warning. You’ll feel safe and secure no matter the weather!
Quality construction
VS Velux manual skylights are a quality frame made from Ponderosa pine. It is factory-treated with a base preservative to reduce mould mildew and is further treated with a coat of white paint for a clean interior finish. It has high-performance double glazing with these layers:
- The outer layer is 3mm toughened E3-coated Cardinal glass.
- The cavity is made from a 9mm sealed Argon gas space.
- The inner is 5.65mm of clear, laminated Cardinal glass (0.76 PV B interlayer).
- NEAT Coating on the outer pane reduces the need for cleaning.
- Finally, warm-edge technology increases energy savings.
Expect a 10-year warranty on the insulated glass seal as well!
If you want to add more natural daylight to your spaces, custom flashing, or know more about other roof types, the Roofing Options team can help you with a successful renovation! We supply and deliver roofing supplies to Endeavour Hills, Clyde, Narre Warren, Berwick, and Langwarrin homes!
Skylights offer outside views
Do you want to be a bit closer to nature even when you’re inside? Putting in a Velux skylight gives you a unique connection to the outdoors.
Experience a comfortable living, view the stars, treetops, sky, and create a subtle breeze without opening every window in your home. Whether your goal is to build a new residential or commercial property or you want to redesign your unit, it’s important to look into your options! Take a look at the advantages of laserlite polycarbonate roofing sheets for inspiration.
Energy-efficient
Whether used for residential or commercial purposes, Velux skylights come with an impressive 5-star maximum summer performance and energy efficiency rating. The Velux manual skylight also keeps up to 80% of heat and 99% of UV rays out of your interior space, giving you additional indoor climate control.
An excellent example is a Velux project called The Circadian House, a vision for design that allowed residents to live with and follow the daily and seasonal cycles of the outdoor environment. This design improved health by adjusting lighting according to the 24-hour cycle (and seasonal fluctuations) between summer and winter light intensity. This maintains comfort at any given time.
The solar heat gain coefficient for a complete skylight is 0.21, with glass only being 0.28. Velux skylights are also given 4.5 out of 5 stars for their Winter Rating and 4.5 out of 5 stars for their Cool Daylight in Summer!
High-grade and openable Velux skylights can become your everyday luxury. Manually operated and with reachable settings, these can reach up to 285cm with an additional rod.
Control the amount of light and fresh air you want in your room by twisting the windler handle, or the push of the rod gives you a breathtaking view of the sky!
Skylights make rooms feel bigger
When you open your roof to a sky view, you can brighten your room and create the illusion it is bigger than its actual size.
If you have a hallway bathroom with no windows or want to expand your kitchen without major renovations, a Velux skylight can make spaces more inviting. Want to invest in the future of your property? Explore the reasons to invest in Colorbond 0.42 corrugated steel roofing!
Where To Use Velux Manual Skylights?
Velux manual skylights can be used in many ways in different rooms and areas with limited options for windows where light is needed.
Kitchen skylight options
Are you in the planning process of building, or do you have an existing kitchen space? Velux skylights can fit into a roof space to suit your required installation.
If your kitchen lacks the natural sunlight needed for food preparation and cleaning, these skylights offer an advantage for your flat or pitched roof. Skillion roofs, cathedral ceilings, and vaulted roofs can create additional ambience and style.
Bathroom skylight options
If the lighting in your bathroom is limited to a small window, this can limit the amount of natural lighting! Don’t have much surface area?
Velux manual skylights support flat, pitched, metal, or tile roofs, and a range of options, such as glazed blinds, flashing, and replacement parts, are available for most roofing constructions.
If you want to learn more about good roofing options, check out our Velux FS Fixed Skylight, Velux Solar Skylights, Velux FCM Fixed Skylight, and more.
Roofing Options: Reliable Roofing Supplies for Melbourne Homes
From Steel Roof Sheets to Polycarbonate, Ampelite, Fibreglass, Laserlite 2000 & 3000 or Velux Fixed Skylights, the Roofing Options team is dedicated to supporting contractors, builders, homeowners, or DIY enthusiasts.
We give you everything you need to transform your home exterior, supplying roofing sheets, supplies, panels, custom flashing, downpipes, and a range of DIY kits! With an in-depth knowledge of roofing materials, we only supply the best products from trusted brands and manufacturers.
Contact us today for local pickup, direct delivery, browse our online store, or visit us in Cranbourne, Coburg, and Campbellfield.
