Celebrate Spring with Free Sunlight

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'"

~Robin Williams

Feel Good This Spring

(and all year round)

When the sun starts shining, and the weather warms up, we start getting that spring cleaning itch. Open the windows! Air out the rooms! Let in the sun!

There are reasons we are in a better mood when the sun is shining:

Moderate Sunlight is critical for our health and well being.

Sunlight helps us:

• Create vitamin D, which helps us process and absorb some vitamins and minerals
• Regulate our waking and sleeping patterns
• Help regulate blood pressure and glucose levels
• Think more clearly

There's an easy way to bring more sunlight into your home all year round. 

The VELUX SUN TUNNEL is the economical way to get full spectrum light into your home. Each tube installs in about 2 hours. Full spectrum light in your home can: Help to keep your eyes healthy Provide safer, well lit rooms Show the true colors of furniture and paintings (without fading them) Improve your mood Improve your mental clarity

Take a look at these before and after photos of this windowless hall:

No more turning on yellow tinted lights. Get healthy, full spectrum 

light without using electricity during the day.

Call us today to find out more about bringing daylight into your home:

707-527-5330

What are SUN TUNNEL Skylights?

A VELUX SUN TUNNEL Skylight is a device that delivers sunlight from the roof into a room that is otherwise dark or under-lit from lack of windows, windows that face a northerly direction, or are shadowed by trees or other buildings. VELUX SUN TUNNEL Skylights make it possible to light these dark spaces during the day without using electricity.

The Dome:
Installed on the roof, the VELUX SUN TUNNEL dome is made of durable acrylic. It is designed to collect as much light as possible from the sky and transmit it into the tube. The dome is fastened to the flashing with metal screws to withstand the elements.

The Flashing:
The VELUX SUN TUNNEL comes with a seamless, one-piece metal flashing for a waterproof roof seal.

The Tube:
The VELUX SUN TUNNEL Rigid Tube is made of highly reflective silver coated aluminum; it is 98% reflective. The tube can be installed straight down from roof to ceiling, or, by using adjustable elbow sections, it can be angled to accommodate obstacles or to place the dome in the most effective location on the roof and still reach the desired location in the room. The tubes can extend as long as 20 feet from the roof to the ceiling.

 

The Diffuser:

The diffuser and trim ring assembly is installed in the ceiling and can accommodate either a flat or cathedral ceiling of any material. The diffuser is a disc made of dual glazed acrylic that retains heat inside your home in winter and keeps heat out in summer. It comes in three styles: Frosted (standard), Fresnel, or Prismatic. There is also the option of the Decorative diffuser, which looks much like a dome light fixture. 

Optional Light Kit: The addition of an electric light kit allows VELUX SUN TUNNEL Skylights to be installed in place of an existing electric light for night time use. 

For more detailed information and answers to common questions, check out our Guide to Tubular Daylighting Devices. 

How to Remove the Trim Ring on a VELUX SUN TUNNEL Skylight

Most of the time you won't need to remove the trim ring once it is installed, but there are a few instances when you might want to know how. Perhaps you want to clean inside the diffuser, or change out your diffuser for a different style, or you want to protect the trim ring when re-painting the ceiling, or maybe you need to change out the light bulb on your light kit.

The trim ring clips into place on the ceiling assembly, so you will need to rotate the trim ring counter-clockwise until the clips line up, and then you will be able to gently pull the trim ring down. Under the trim ring, there are tabs that hold the diffuser and gasket in place. Twist the tabs out of the way to release the diffuser and gasket so you can have access to the inside of the tube and the light kit if you have one. 

When putting the trim ring back in place, make sure the gasket around the diffuser is not sticking out in places (if it is, just push it back into place), then line up the clips, and twist the trim ring clockwise until it is snug. 

Here is a short video that demonstrates removing the trim ring and gasket: