Rainclear Systems have just added a range of contemporary and heritage style rooflights to their website. Manufactured in the UK and delivered in 5-7 days
We can all agree that bringing natural light into our homes is beneficial to our mental and physical wellbeing (exposure to sunlight provides a whole host of health benefits) and rooflights allow natural light to enter the home.
Natural light will also inevitably carry heat through infrared radiation, also helpful in the current energy cost crisis. (The level of heat entering the house is completely dependent on several factors, including the technology used in the rooflight).
And adding them to your home is also one way to avoid using electric lighting during the day!
In addition, a rooflight that opens is a great way of increasing ventilation in your home which can act as a passive air conditioner, offering your home that much needed fresh air to help keep it cool and help reduce mildew or mould build-up in areas that are prone to dampness, such as bathrooms.
Rooflights can make a room or house feel bigger and more open. This is great if you are renovating – the added sunlight can help make a small space feel brighter and more cheerful.
The New Additions:
Heritage Style Pitched Roof Rooflights
The Conservation Rooflight from the Roofing Company is a low-profile skylight, combining the highest modern performance standards with an authentic traditional appearance and is available in a wide range of sizes.
Key features:
Top hung, with exposed hinges, and authentic original cast iron features,
Thermally efficient linings to stop rainwater ingress and channel condensation,
No bulky frame internally or externally – maximising the available light,
Favoured by planning & conservation officers and often specified for grade 1 and 2 listed buildings,
Manufactured from 3mm mild steel, hot zinc sprayed & finished in RAL 9005 (Black) textured protective polyester powder coating to BS EN ISO 12944,
10-year frame warranty & 5-year glazing warranty,
(Proximity of 5km or less from the coastline = 5-year frame warranty & 5-year glazing. Stainless steel option is recommended for these locations)
Suitable for installation/roof pitch between 17.5-65 degrees,
Rain sensors, temperature sensors and other accessories are available on request,
Contemporary Style Pitched Roof Rooflights
The neo rooflight range is a modern style rooflight from the Rooflight Company and is designed to be easy to install on any pitched roof to bring natural light, along with thermal efficiency and aesthetics, into your build, renovation, or home improvement project.
Offering a simple appearance externally. It is frameless on the inside, so your view is unobstructed, letting the maximum amount of light flood in.
The number of products listed online have been kept to a limited, simple to understand list of standard size options and one colour. But if you don’t find what you are looking for there, other requirements can be bespoke fabricated on request.
Key features:
Minimalist aesthetic,
Produced from high-quality materials including Thermoliner,
Features a top-hinged opening to maximise the space below,
UKCA marked in accordance with BS EN 14351-1,
Manufactured from 3mm mild steel with a protective polyester powder coating to BS EN ISO 12944,
Achieves whole window u-value of 1.4 W/m2K in accordance with BS EN ISO 10077-2:2012.
Contemporary Style Flat Glass Rooflights
Rainclear’s Contemporary Flat Glass Rooflights are a modern, high-performance solution, available in 14 sizes for the fixed unit and 11 sizes for electric opening versions. Other sizes can be requested.
All visible aluminium is polyester powder coated to Anthracite Grey RAL 7016 as standard. Other RAL colours can be requested.
Available without ventilation (sealed closed) or with electric motor opening (fully concealed, the motor is mounted chain down, minimising water/moisture entry).
Key Features:
Double glazed – Toughened outer pane, argon filled cavity with warm-edge spacer bar, EPDM gasket and laminated Low E inner pane. Flush glazed glass-to-edge design factory pre-glazed for easy installation,
Glazing frame – thermally broken aluminium frame and cill for max. energy efficiency and min. condensation,
Non-fragile to CWCT Class 1 for highest performance and safety,
Rainwater run-off ensured by installation at 5 and 15 degree and optional EasyClean coating,
Insulation value (U-Value) 1.0W/m2K = Great thermal and sound insulation properties,
Available as a ‘Fixed’ unit (no ventilation) or with Electric motor opening,
Supplied either to suit a builder’s site formed upstand or with a pre-assembled sloping timber upstand to make it easy to conform to the new Part L Thermal building regulations.
Rainclear has a mission to offer sustainable alternatives to construction, which is why the premium ranges they have chosen to offer are made from aluminium, steel and glass.
Different opening methods, handles and blinds/shading can also be discussed – So you can really make your rooflights your own!
For more information, click here.
