Boosting Home Value with Stylish Roof Lanterns

An elegant roof lantern can enhance a home's aesthetic appeal and value. Read further for the main benefits and options from Salisbury Joinery. 

Elevating Aesthetic Appeal with Roof Lanterns

Roof lanterns serve as a magnificent architectural feature that elevate the aesthetic appeal of any home. Their intricate designs add a touch of sophistication and elegance to the structure, making it stand out in the best possible way.

Whether it's a traditional or contemporary home, roof lanterns provide a unique visual element that enhances the overall design and ambiance. 

Natural Light: The Ultimate Selling Point

The most significant tangible benefit of roof lanterns is the abundance of natural light they bring into the property, making the home feel larger, brighter and more vibrant.

Roof lanterns brighten up interiors, reducing the need for artificial lighting during daylight hours. Not only do they create a more attractive livable interior, they also help to reduce energy consumption and heating costs. 

Today, roof lanterns incorporate high-performance glazing that insulates the home, keeping it cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. This further enhances the property's energy efficiency and sustainability.

Our range - Customisation Options for Every Home

Our bespoke roof lanterns are constructed from a combination of Sapele hardwood and aluminium, which allows home owners to enjoy the beauty of painted timber on the inside with the maintenance free benefit of aluminium on the outside.

There is a wide range of options including ornamentation, colour and ventilation allowing customisation to the needs of each property. Each roof lantern is designed to be fixed onto a kerb-like detail, which rises proud of the supporting flat roof assembly precisely at the open edge of the lantern aperture. They are designed to sit on a finished kerb width between 75mm and 180mm. Not including plaster skim finish. Please contact us for dimensions and details.

Additionally, there's provision to hang pendant lighting from the boss detail up to 25kg which can create a stunning look over a kitchen or dining room.

Roof Lanterns with side lights

A popular design choice, roof lanterns with side lights feature glazed vertical windows that sit beneath the pitched lantern roof. This creates a more impressive design statement, both internally and externally as they approximately double the height of the overall lantern structure. Side lights are principally a decorative feature that adds to the architectural appeal of a property. The size of the aperture determines the amount of light that is drawn in.

Octagonal roof lanterns

The octagonal shape roof lantern offers an alternative and exciting design solution for use over an otherwise dark space such an inner hall or stairwell. In addition, the design can be enhanced with an internal circular cill, creating the impression of a domed structure from inside.

Roof lantern options

There are many options for tailoring your roof lantern to your particular taste and property needs. These include:

Ventilation
Typically, a casement window is incorporated for ventilation. Heat loss and condensation are prevented by thermally broken sections. Electric operation is by a chain actuated opener and a wall mounted switch.
Ornamentation
A form of decoration known as a 'finial' can be mounted to the roof, which come in a variety of sizes and shapes, such as ‘Ball’ and ‘Pineapple’. Finials are most commonly used to add elegance to traditional properties.
Colours
Our standard roof lanterns come in a white finish inside and out, or white inside and grey outside. This blends in well with most properties. Alternatively, we offer paint finishing to any RAL colour for an additional cost. 
Glazing
A range of high performance double or triple glazing options are available which offer high energy efficiency and full compliance with building regulations. The glazing helps to reduce heat loss as well as reducing solar gain and glare. 
Internal Cornice
An internal cornice is a pretty timber decorative detail which can elevate an otherwise ordinary upstand to a flat roof construction. It offers a more refined appearance.

Summary

Roof lanterns are a superb way of adding elegance and natural light to a property. At Salisbury Joinery we principally craft roof lanterns for luxury properties were we have been appointed as the main external joinery supplier. This enables us to offer a complete package of quality UK manufactured joinery for client projects. For further information on roof lanterns please contact our team.