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- Dec 21, 2005
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- Waukesha, WI
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I'd like to cover a 6'x8' rectangular opening on a flat roof. Can these be bought in kit form and built on site?
I have built a low slope curb skylight system, but not something like that. I bought the actual skylight from Velux.
If I were building such a thing, I think I would not make it a 'hip roof' but a simple roof, with in glazed sides. Then you are just building a little dog house with a glass roof.
That's the way the old mill buildings in much of New England were done and it gives plenty of light. In a couple of the older buildings I worked in they also had awning type windows for ventilation. A very long pole used at floor level cranked the windows open and closed. This could easily be used with modern windows by fitting a right angle drive in place of the crank handle.
Don't be such a doomsayer.....JeeshProblem with building your own will be the glass has to be double pane or better.
What is your snow load like? after the first few feet of snow it will pile up on the lower sides and start to press inward as well as down. Several feet more and I doubt if any glass can take the pressure. If you build one it will have to be shoveled clear often.
I wonder how the sidewalk skylights are made with the small glass bricks
Bill D
Saw these the other day on C list.
Glass Block Skylights - materials - by owner - sale
Don't be such a doomsayer.....Jeesh.
Sorry Digger but when I read your comment the first thing that came to mind was You "The Pot and calling the Kettle black. LOL
The Fresno Sams club has buckets scattered all over the store every time it rains...Why is this ?
I gave a very common "Real World" application, our local Wal-Mart stores, and in the 10 years or so the store has been there, I have never seen even a stain from a leak.
And as I stated before, That Wal-Mart is located in a "Snow Belt" that
routinely gets over 3' deep of snow on the roof.
It's common, and it's being done every day.
So go out and find a proper vendor from post #9.
And Yet BillD, knows best......
The Fresno Sams club has buckets scattered all over the store every time it rains...
Leaks galore since new and it is not that old.
It seems these window systems are common in some places and there are posted existing vendors.
Assuming those vendors may have engineering support so suggest using their contact page to ask for advise
It seems they would be building to fit as these may not be a normal stock item so they must have application limitations or other guidelines that provide a "system approach" to insure it works.
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