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January 2018 Featured Project – Skylights

This homeowner purchased a home with 6 older-model skylights, and was looking to upgrade them to be more energy efficient. We installed several fixed skylights with blackout blinds, which help to insulate the home against heat loss in the Winter and heat gain in the Summer, and a solar powered opening skylight in a bathroom to help with condensation issues. For all six skylights, installation took only two days from start to finish!

All of the skylights featured heavy hail damage.

Each new skylight featured solar powered blinds. The skylight in the center is a solar powered opening model.

We used a special combi-flashing option, which provides a better seal for skylights that are installed close together.

 

Improve your Attic’s Energy Efficiency

Attic insulation and gable vent

You know how your car heats up like an oven in the summer? Well, your attic does the same thing. A hot attic isn’t just bad for your cooling bill, it can also shorten the life of your shingles, degrade anything you have stored up there and stresses your cooling system.
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Making Your House Smart with Skylights

Top view of house with skylights, sun tunnels and cut away view into house.

Smart homes are the next step up from green homes and can in fact make it greener and more efficient. And with more and more companies jumping on board, achieving a smart home isn’t that far out of reach.

And as if we haven’t asked this question enough…
So where do skylights fit in?
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