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Skylights can brighten, dramatize PAGE 5 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, MARCH 18,1983 If 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 area, 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 are also being installed in additions to older houses where structural problems limit light from windows In an imaginative applica­ 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 inlside 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 TWO SKYLIGHTS SET IN TANDEM brighten and add ex­ citement to this living room. Each skylight contains one- inch thick doable pane glass installed in a lightweight but strong and rigid insulated aluminum frame which requires virtually no maintenance. Here, the interior frames are finished with California redwood. admit solar heat to keep the room warm. Although most skylights are permanently sealed into the roof, some have vents and screens. These are particularly effective for 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 new roof, there would have been too much of a gap be­ tween the original ceiling and the roof. Two aluminum-framed sky­ lights were installed in tandem over the new dining section and another over a newly created pantry in the working part 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. BEN FRANKLIN 1250 N. Green Street McHenry SALE ENDS MARCH 31,1983 Custom Drapery and Bedspread Sale 25% HOW TO [•; Width rod to i») To floor 1 rod to MY hom floor P CeiUg to floor 'to# of rod to MY floor OFF Choose From Almost 500 Color And Fabric Com­ binations. Draperies Come Fan Folded And Prepinned Ready To Hang. 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