General Chat

Thinking of installing a sky tunnel in a kitchen thats like the black hole of Calcutta. Has anyone got one and are they really a effective as they say?

do you mean a sky light ie window?? If so, we put one in our kitchen as it was a bit dark. My OH put it in. I wouldn't be without it. It lets in loads of light and we get a lovely breeze when it's opened. You'll save a lot of dosh if your OH or someone you know can do it for you.

Its not quite like a skylight, it dosen't open. You apparently make a hole in the slates of your roof and put in glass which is attached to a flexible tube to another piece of glass in your ceiling. Then the natural light shines through. Its easier to fit than a skylight so they say and as we are not using the roof space we don't need a proper window in there. I think they're fairly knew only learnt about them a few weeks ago

Thanks both, it looks like its back to the drawing board then!

Yes that must be right Chris. We don't know whether to fit one of those or a proper roof window. One is cheaper than the other but is harder to fit and my husband thought he might be able to fit a sky tunnel himself. Wish I'd seen the article

Oh I know what you mean durh!! A friend of mine has one on her landing ceiling. It lets in some light but not a vast amount. I think it looks more like a feature as opposed to something that really serves as letting light in.

Oh I know what you mean durh!! A friend of mine has one on her landing ceiling. It lets in some light but not a vast amount. I think it looks more like a feature as opposed to something that really serves as letting light in.