Advantages of Tubular Skylight Over a Conventional Skylight

A tubular skylight is a quick fix for many of the problems that plague conventional skylights. For one, you'll find that it's not so much the installation of the skylight that's the problem—it's building the skylight shaft.

The skylight shaft is the structure made of lumber and drywall that connects the skylight on the roof with the opening in the ceiling.

So one great advantage of a tubular skylight is that is comes with its own shaft—the tube. The tube is typically the same type of foil-wrapped coil that you would use for dryer vents, except in a super-sized version.

Another advantage of tubular skylights is that this tube is bendable. Attics often have obstructions that make it difficult, if not impossible, to construct a conventional skylight shaft. The tube section of the tubular skylight lets you snake around these obstructions.

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