Lantern Roof Light Construction

Roof lanterns are generally installed above the main roof line.

Lantern roof light construction.

Think flat roof but with a supporting up stand or kerb and then glass box construction on top. Precision engineering optimisation and modern manufacturing techniques have created a beautifully proportioned thermally efficient strong and secure roof lantern solution for your home. The roof lantern is a hybrid roof solution. Each system can be incorporated into glazed structures or conventional construction.

Lanterns can be built bigger overall since you have smaller pieces of glass that are connected with plastic or aluminium frames. They typically follow a square or rectangular shape although bespoke creations in different shapes are available if your budget will stretch to that. Roof lanterns can be up to 20 sqm. Naturally the construction of a roof lantern relies on using glazing bars as a support structure for the glass these are visible from underneath unlike a flat rooflight.

Keylite roof lanterns provide a traditional timber look with all the advantages of a thermally broken aluminium construction. Dormer construction is usually seen in the sloping roofs but rooflights are generally used when the roof is square rectangular or circular dome light and plastic roof lights evolved after the lantern light construction in which the transparent material used was glass.