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Tubular skylights brighten our days naturally

Skylights have been around for a long time, but the technology is ever-changing to bring us more efficient ways to light our homes from sunlight. Tubular skylights are some of the latest in this line of products that diffuse the natural light to provide more bang for the buck, so to speak.

The technology is really quite astounding on these tubular skylights. Not only does the light bounce around inside of the flexible metal tubes that connect the roof opening to your ceiling (allowing the bypass of major attic obstacles), but it provides a more even presentation of light than a normal square skylight which basically only operates as a window. These older skylights let heat and UV rays in while the sun is out, and also allow heat to escape at night. But tubular natural lighting automatically blocks direct UV rays, saving your furniture in the process. These devices can light a space of 100 to 600 square feet, depending on the size of the light, the roof position and time of day.

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