Clinton News-Record, 1983-04-27, Page 35.Skylights can dramatize
11 the windows in your home
don't provide enough day-
light, skylights may be the
most efficient way to brighten
up the rooms and create a feel-
ing of drama and excitement
They not only provide natural
daylight from the ceiling arca,
but visually enlarge small
spaces
Skylights have become in-
creasingly popular Just about
everywhere in a house—hall-
ways, dens, kitchens, bath-
rooms and even bedrooms
They arc also being installed
in additions to older houses
where structural problems
limit light from windows
In an imaginative apphca-
tion, skylights installed in an
old brownstone create an atri-
um effect in the foyer and in
the duplex living room.
Most in demand are
aluminum -framed skylights
because even though the mate-
rial is lightweight, it is strong
and rigid and virtually elimi-
nates maintenance
The most efficient alumi-
num -framed skylights have
double or triple glazing and
thermalized frames. This
means that the frame has a
built-in insulating barrier be-
tween the inside and outside
surfaces. The break in the
frame prevents the cold out-
side air from being conducted
inside the house through the
frame.
Most aluminum skylights
are factory prefabricated in a
wide variety of sizes and
shapes, but some are custom -
formed from extrusions.
Nowadays, flat tops seem to be
preferred over domed units
because they are unobtrusive
and blend more easily into the
roof.
These skylights incorporate
tempered glass or plastic set
into a rigid aluminum frame
which has a self -flashing
perimeter and permanent
weather sealing Interior
frames have either aluminum
or wood finishes.
They come in anodized,
white. bronze or brown alumi-
num finishes with clear or
tinted panels. The tinted or re-
flective glass or plastic: allows
for greater sun control without
changing colors inside or out-
side the room.
In winter. well -insulated
skylights reduce some of the
need for electric lighting and
admit solar heat to keep the
room warm Although most
skylights are permanently
sealed into the root, some have
vents and sk.reens These are
particularly effective fur re
moving smoke and cooking
odors
Wherever possible, a sky-
light should be installed flush
with the roof of a building
Where the roof is pitched or
there is an attic above the
room, a skylight can be tun-
neled from the ceiling to the
roof.
Such "vaulted" skylights
were installed In a recent
kitchen addition where there
was a structural problem.
Because the addition has a
pitched roof, the skylights
were tunneled and framed out
so that the new ceiling would
be level with that of the origi-
nal kitchen. Had the skylights
been installed flush with the
❑cw rout, there would have
been too much of a gap be
twecn the Of vciGug and
the root
Two aluminum -framed sky
lights were installed to tandem
over the new dining section
and another over a newly
created pantry to the working
pan of the kitchen The pantry
skylight cranks open to pro-
vide cross ventilation as well
as extra light.
In addition to opening up
the rooms to the sky and pro-
viding plenty of light, the three
skylights visually extend the
kitchen beyond its new physi-
cal dimensions
Should you opt for one or
more skylights, be sure you
have the work done by a com-
petent contractor who is expe-
rienced in installing them His
expertise as well as the mate-
rials he uses will help assure a
satisfactory Job.
TWO SIK1I.IGH1'S SET IN TANDEM brighten and add
excitement to this living room. Each skylight contains one -
inch thick double pane glass installed in a lightweight but
strong and rigid insulated aluminum frame which requires
visually no maintenance. Here, the interior frames are
finished with California redwood.
Up
ate on no -wax flooring
When ,science opened the
way with resilient floor cover-
ing materials more than 30
years ago, manufacturers of
floor coverings quickly intro-
duced all types of vinyl floor-
ing, as well as tiles containing
asbestos, asphalt and rubber,
in every color and effect imag-
inable... marble, slate, ceram-
ic tile. even wood effects.
What followed was the
"no -wax" finish to resilient
flooring. called the "wear -
layer. " This is the top layer of
the floor covering, usually
made of a clear. protective
laycrof vinyl or polyurethane.
or a mixture of both. It can
range from a high sheen to a
dull gloss.
Subject to %tear
This wearlayer, though
made of tough materials, can
he very thin. While its purpose
is to protect the flooring un-
derneath from direct contact
with people's heels and other
abrasives such as dirt and grit.
it is still subject to wear
The term "no -wax" has
caused a great deal of _ontu-
cion drib )ng 1.0isurncrs, Icad-
ine ni,im t•i heIievc that this
flooring requires little or no
special care. However, accord-
ing to the Chemical Spe-
cialties Manufacturers As-
sociation, "no -wax" flooring
will last much longer when the
wearlayer is protected through
proper care.
Things to keep in mind
The following information
is designed to help you under-
stand the care of your resilient
"no -wax" floors:
* Although resilient floor-
ing is extremely tough, it is
subject to cuts, nicks and abra-
sions from shoes, dirt and grit,
once the wearlayer starts to
disappear.
• Weak detergents and
water are not strong enough to
cut through dirt and get the
floor clean enough to protect
the thin wearlayer.
• Strong detergents, espe-
cially those in granular firm,
can leave a dull film. and any
residue can trap additional dirt
and grit,
• Based on overwhelming
scientific and practical expe-
rience, it has been found that
in order to protect the thin
wearlayer on resilient floor.
rng, the 'roper maintenance is
called for. if not maintained in
this manner, resilient floor
coverings will lose their gloss,
develop traffic patterns, and
will require a greater amount
of maintenance to keep their
surface dirt and stain free.
Energy audit
pays off for
homeowners
Putting out a little cash for a
state supervised energy audit,
could pay off nicely—as Con-
necticut homeowners recently
discovered.
Energy audits of 36,000
homes conducted by Connect-
icut utilities resulted in aver-
age savings of 25 percent on
electricity, 40 percent on gas
and 43 percent on oil for con-
sumers who followed recom-
mended conservation mea-
sures.
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