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On Thursday, 11 March 1999 08:00:00 UTC, Mlkienholz wrote:
Does anyone have experience with tubular skylights,

We put a Solatube in a dark hallway/stairwell and have been *very* happy with
the results.

- ease of installation (actual, not what the marketing literature says!)

Easier than a skylight, though, depending on your house (we have an older home
with very shallow roof pitch and not much room to work in the attic), probably
more work than advertised. Half a day, tops.

- amount of light provided by a typical 13" tubular skylight

Lots. More than a skylight. We also have a light fixture in ours for night-time
use.

- noise level when it rains

None. Really.

- leak problems

None yet, with installation about two years ago.

- do any have "covers", in case you WANT the room to be dark?

We didn't get one, though you can. At night with a full moon, it doesn't get
bright, though light does come through. But the location of the solatube is
such that we don't ever need to make it dark for sleeping purposes etc.

- brand recommendations

We looked at Sun Tunnel and SolaTube. Solatube offered the light fixture option
and had a longer warranty (plus they were running an online special at the
time), so we picked them.

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On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:27:19 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

On Thursday, 11 March 1999 08:00:00 UTC, Mlkienholz wrote:
Does anyone have experience with tubular skylights,

We put a Solatube in a dark hallway/stairwell and have been *very* happy with
the results.

- ease of installation (actual, not what the marketing literature says!)

Easier than a skylight, though, depending on your house (we have an older home
with very shallow roof pitch and not much room to work in the attic), probably
more work than advertised. Half a day, tops.

- amount of light provided by a typical 13" tubular skylight

Lots. More than a skylight. We also have a light fixture in ours for night-time
use.

- noise level when it rains

None. Really.

- leak problems

None yet, with installation about two years ago.

- do any have "covers", in case you WANT the room to be dark?

We didn't get one, though you can. At night with a full moon, it doesn't get
bright, though light does come through. But the location of the solatube is
such that we don't ever need to make it dark for sleeping purposes etc.

- brand recommendations

We looked at Sun Tunnel and SolaTube. Solatube offered the light fixture option
and had a longer warranty (plus they were running an online special at the
time), so we picked them.
Two window companies I worked for a number of years ago both carried
the SolaTube. In the time I was involved in the window business I was
not aware of a single problem with them. At that time, the SolaTube
was only warranted if installed by a trained and authourized
dealer/installer.

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