Sun Dome/Sun Pipes....anyone had one fitted?

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Levo-Lon

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My dad was looking at them about 10 years ago to brighten up the gloomy kitchen of their bungalow. He figured they we're too expensive for what they were... so he got a small Velux window fitted in the loft and instructed one of his children (me) to cut a big rectangular hole in the kitchen ceiling and box off the area between the Velux and the hole with plaster board.

For my rudimentary DIY skills, it seemed like a very daunting task, but was easy enough once i got going. The trapezium shaped shaft looks really smart. The amount of light is somewhere between more than adequate and amazing. Far far better than a piddly little light well would have been. All credit goes to my Dad... he had some brilliant ideas :notworthy:

I like velux windows as you also get the opening so heat out and air in..
 
I have one in an upstairs bathroom which has no windows. It's a domed type and despite the roof being north facing that room seems more consistently illuminated than a nearby east facing room with a window in it (other than at or soon after sunrise).
 
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