Interior Design

How To Install Bali Vertical Blinds To Enliven Any Space Or Area Of Your Home

Installing skylights in your home can help reduce your use of electricity, without lowering lighting levels. But, though skylights don’t actually consume energy, they can be a cause of heat loss as your warm inside air escapes through the roof in winter. In summer, they can create a lot of solar heat gain — which might cost you since you’ve got to run your air conditioning to compensate.

You can try tinted or light-reflective glass to reduce overheating, but this may also reduce the amount of daylight. Or, have some bali vertical blinds installed that can be directed to block direct sunlight but still let in light.

If your skylight can open, you can use it to provide ventilation, which will help cool your house and reduce your need for air conditioning. Hot air builds up near the ceilings — opening a skylight releases the hot air, and allows cooler air to be pushed up from below.

A skylight will never be as well insulated as your roof. It can’t be. Heat loss in winter through a skylight is a fact of life, and in fact if you have an old, poorly made or badly flashed skylight you can even have ice dams forming on the roof, causing water to back up under your shingles.