The lighting of blind rooms or an attic can be achieved with a solar tube, a system to bring natural light where windows cannot be inserted
Natural light in the house and in blind rooms with solar light tubes
The spaces attic they often are bui and not very liveable without it windows and natural light: the remedy is solar tubes or solar tunnel. These systems allow you to bring the natural light where it is not possible to insert windows, in the poorly lit corners of the casa.
Velux solar tunnel
It is essentially about capture solar panels positioned on the roof, completed with a tube that collects natural light and conveys into the rooms via a special duct reflective and connection between the roof and the blind room, creating a real solar chimney.
These fireplaces solar panels have been made to suit every type of needfor construction residential but also for commercial as well as industrial ones, for roofs skirt and for those plans or slightly inclined.
Light tunnel for residential construction
I tunnel of light for residential construction they differ according to the type of roofing, whether pitched or flat, and those for roofs with a slope between 15° and 60° are the solution suitable for illuminating some rooms such as bathrooms, corridors, closets and areas distribution.
I models proposed by VELUX they are characterized by a collector located on the roof, a pipe that allows the passage of the sunlight from the roof to the internal area, a conducted very reflective.
Light tunnel proposed by VELUX
This external sensor integrates very well with the design of the coverage, also uses the same ones fittings of VELUX roof windows, must have a trend linear and free of obstacles.
Velux solar tube
You can choose with diameter 25 cm or 35 cm, it has an integrated fitting that allows it to fit well into the roof, it also has a resa optimal up to 10 m with extensions linear and curved additions.
And kit base, suitable for a room with a surface area of 9 m²usually consists of a long rigid tunnel 1.70 m characterized by two adjustable curves, then two straight elements and a vapor barrier, an external collector in glass self-cleaning tempered plus an integrated fitting, a ceiling light internal with white frame.
VELUX solar fireplace
A series of can be added to the basic kit accessories like the additional extensions synthetically called ZTR, the adapters for ZTV ventilation, the ZTL light kit, the ZTB low-e kit and the collar waterproofing.
Accessories for tubular skylights
The extensions to solar tunnel they can be added to both the versions for pitched and flat roofs, when the maximum length available in standard models it is not enough to illuminate distances that exceed 170 cm.
The ZTR you can request from 62 cm for a solar tube 10″, 14″, with length 124 cm for 14″ light tunnel. They also exist curve additional items to assemble.
Sun tunnel accessories – Velux
The adapters for the ventilation they serve to ventilate the room below thanks to the hole in the roof, connecting a profit additional 10 cm diameter to the external sensor without drilling fori more in coverage.
The light kit, for tunnels roofs with pitch and 10″ and 14″ tops, it fits inside the Velux light tube and consists of a 4W LED lamp which allows you to exploit the hole by illuminating the environments even when natural light just isn’t there.
For light diffusers on 14″ pitched and flat roofs, a kit can be introduced low emissivity to improve the transmittance thermal of the solar light tube bringing it from Uw2.2 to Uw1.8, also for system of light already installed. The new collar instead has the function ofwaterproof the solar tunnel thanks to theopening elasticized, preventing thehumidity to reach the light tunnel.
Velux solar tunnel for flat roofs
They exist spaces with flat roofs without windows and without lighting natural, an opening can be made at the top of these, previously verify structural and bureaucratic feasibility, to insert a profit of light and thus have less use of systems luce artificial, saving.
The tubular skylight for flat roofs can be installed on roofs with a slope between 0° and 15°, and in this case theinclination is higher, a solar tunnel specific for roofs can be installed instead skirt.
Velux solar tunnel
Basically, through gods solar collectors placed on the roof, composed of a base of PVC plus a dome in acrylic transparent, the tunnel or tunnels collect natural light and convey it into the rooms through a special conducted very reflective.
The diameter of the camino of light is 14″ or 35 cm, the optimal yield reaches 10 m with extensions additional linear and curved; the basic kit, suitable for 9 m² rooms, consists of a rigid tunnel made up of two adjustable curves, two straight elements plus vapor barrierthen there is the external sensor, the ceiling light internal with white frame.
Velux solar tube
These system of interior lighting are installed by professionals VELUX, artisans constantly updated through training and consultancy activities; these are the only ones to release the certificate of correct installation which guarantees the put of the products made in a congruous and professional manner, in line with the criteria established by VELUX.
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THE EDITORIAL TEAM RECOMMENDS
IVELUX designers they offer theirs for free support for the phase of planning also in historic centresjust request a simple quote, in order to receive support in the study of natural light, with customized solutions, details construction measures for the installation of the right windows with any accessories such as curtains and shutters, to make the attic and attic environment as liveable as possible.
The company, a reality made up of over 100 collaborators, leader in its sector, present throughout the Italian territory, and beyond, thanks to a net Velux capillary of over 2000 retailers.
This is a fast and steady international working group growth which bases theactivity on the inspiring principles, paying great attention to the environment. THE’installation by VELUX professionals is a guarantee of a service efficient and is accomplished only after making a inspection to view the state of the places and have listened to the need of the client.
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