this is how we install a skylight

The selected skylight is placed into the tiled or metal roof and flashed accordingly to ensure the skylight does not leak.

After discussing and confirming the optimal position for the skylight within your space, we cut out the opening in the ceiling for the skylight tunnel.

If required, we will relocate any services in the way of your skylight location including Air Conditioning units and duct work, electrical cabling, TV antennas and plumbing to allow the optimal position of your skylight.

If a skylight is not able to be positioned between existing trusses or rafters, we will modify trusses or rafters so your skylight can be installed in the best possible position for your space.​

We frame your skylight opening into the existing framework to create a tunnel from the skylight on the roof into the ceiling. There are many options for the tunnel - it can be built straight down or angled to increase natural light into a space, there can be a single skylight to each tunnel or multiple skylights in the opening.

There are many options for the lining of your new skylight tunnel, we commonly use plasterboard, however architectural linings such as VJ Panelling can also be used. We encourage you to be creative!

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If plasterboard is your preferred choice of lining for the tunnel, it will require plastering of joints which can take up to two days to cure before it can be sanded ready for paint.

Sanding back plaster joints or screw/nail filled holes and giving your tunnel a fresh prime paint and then 2 coats of top coat paint to give your skylight a clean fresh look.