Please recommend - flat roof lights 1 x 2.5 too small?

3 years ago

hello

we are doing a kitchen extension. WE are going out 4.5 m so our room will be 5.5 m wide

we are considering 2 flat roof lights of 1 x 2.5n but we are concerned they are too narrow as we have been told when looking up from inside the kitchen the opening will be 750cm in each

please can you advise? thank you!

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Ellie
3 years ago
Do you have any external doors to the garden? If so, then I'd think that's fine.

Our kitchen is 5.5m deep. we have 2 tilted velux each 1.15 X 0.75 m, which make a very light room?

Also, if its north facing it may be darker...
jhiggi
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you so much - we do, we have also a north facing house. we are putting in bifold at the end. I guess we were worried they would be a bit "skinny" and not let in much light?
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Eulinea Ltd
3 years ago
Yes, they will be quite narrow, but nonetheless, you will have plenty of light!
jhiggi
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you - has anyone got any photos of the same size windows so we can visualise it? I dont want it to look disproportionately "narrow" for the spacE? but anything more and its a lot of an invstment -the next size up is 1.5 m x 2.5 x
PRO
Eulinea Ltd
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PRO
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3 years ago
This was a project in Cobham, and this is a Study Room adjacent to a Kitchen - this is 1m wide fixed rooflight, can't remember how long it is
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PRO
Eulinea Ltd
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And this was in the Kitchen, 3m long
jhiggi
Original Author
3 years ago
thank you so much - so was the one in the kitchen 1m wide? ours is 1m wide but they say looking up will look like 0.75m
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Eulinea Ltd
3 years ago
Yes, they are both 1m wide, but as you can see, these are fixed on to a sloping roof, not flat, thus the opening at the base is wider than the rooflight to get max. light coming in...
jhiggi
Original Author
3 years ago
hmm I see. Its quite tricky to know! ours will be flat roof, so they are saying although its 1m wide, when you look up from inside the room it wil lbe a 0.750 opening. Does this sound right? is this too small?
PRO
Eulinea Ltd
3 years ago
If you are worried it is going to be too small, I would suggest you go for a larger size, i.e. 1.2 x 2.5m
jhiggi
Original Author
3 years ago
hello ok so we have another choice now:

either::

1.5 m x 2 m flat roof lights or

1 m x 2.5 m

i wondered if nayone has any photos of how this would look / ideas on what we should consider?

the room will be roughly 6 m wide and 4.5m long and the roof light windows will be lengthways in the room.
PRO
Eulinea Ltd
3 years ago
I would go for the larger rooflights if you can
jhiggi
Original Author
3 years ago
thank you!

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