thoughts on skylights

[Les C]

I was just over at a carpenter-friend's home where he put in two skylights. They haven't leaked in the recent heavy rains. He said that you have to install them properly, especially with a catchment roof. Something about having appropriately tall sills. It's also another way to get that mildew-preventing sunlight in to areas of the home that normally doesn't get sunlight.

We have been thinking about adding another skylight to our place that can be opened to vent the heat in our 2nd floor loft area.