How to bring Sunlight through the roof ?

Bringing of harvesting sunlight / daylight through roof has been a task of creativity and technicality.
since we the humands have started building shelters to protect ourselves from Rain, Heat & Cold.

Lets explore possibilities to bring sunlight from the most commonly seen RCC roof / SLAB in daily life.

  • Technology keeps evolving and so do creativity. Therefore passing sunlight through the roof depends very prominantly on type of roof that we have.
  • Roofs in current era roofs are made as per its end usage, prevailing trend and are definately cost effective.
  • Although, we normally see RCC roofs in residential usages like Bungalows, Multistory buildings, Corporate offices , Schools, Institutes, so on and so forth.
  • To pass sunlight through RCC roofs, Normally Architects, Civil Engineers, Designers and Owners design and decide size of opening while casting the SLAB depending upon intensity of light needed below and whether the below area will be air conditioned or not. These openings are called OTS (Open To Sky) areas in architects terminology.
  • These OTS s can be on flat horizontal slab or on sloped slab as well.
  • Shape of these OTSs are normally Square, Round, Rectangle, Oval.
  • Size depends on below area and light intensity required.

Now to let the sunlight in through RCC roof/ SLABs OTS.

Most preferred product is POLYCARBONATE DOME in present times.

  • We can choose FRP (Firbreglass Reinforced Plastic) or Acrylic or Polycarbonate or Glass products to cover RCC OTS’s which can be moulded to desired shape and size as per the OTS.
  • All materials have their own advantages and disadvantages.
  • If you want to take more depth on the material to select, kindly read ourother blogs.
  • Polycarbonate has very wide range of sizes and shapes.
  • Conventional POLYCARBONATE ROUND DOME, SQUARE DOME & PYRAMIDS exhibit excellent light transmissioon and performance life.
  • BUT only disadvantage is that sunlight passing through these products shifts their beam following path of SUN in the sky.

Curious to know the Latest innovative product for RCC OTSs...??,

Here it is and its called SUNLIGHT PIPE system.

  • SUNLIGHT PIPE is a product of latest innovation in daylight/sunlight harvesting through roofs.
  • Mainly this product is used for Industrial purposes
    BUT
  • We have developed a design for RCC roofs as well and we are the first in India to do so. Kindly take a look at RHS images to understand the details and materials chosen to produce the same.
  • SUNLIGHT PIPE is advance system that gives light in a defined area from a defined height. This system has very long performance life upto 10 years and unlike domes and pyramids light remains constant on the floor. Light does not shift with path of SUN in the sky.

Now lets see the options of products available to bring / harvest sunlight/ daylight from Metal roof sheets.

  • As we all know, Industries ususally have metal roofing sheet installed on MS structure. MS structure and metal roofing sheets are also used for large ware houses, storages, shipping companies, phramaceutical industries and clothing fabric manufacturing units. And also by medium to small manufacturing units and work shops and fabrication units and assembly lines along with cloths tailoring units.
  • In short we can say almost all types of commercial activities are happening below the metal roofing sheets now a days.
  • To bring sunlight through this type of roofs.
  • We have to remove one metal sheet or cut a hole in the metal roof sheet depending on product to be installed over the cut and cut size depends up on height of roof and intensity of sunlight required below....just like RCC roofs...
  • Currently market uses
  • POLYCARBONATE PROFILED ROOF SHEETS.
  • FRP ROOF SHEET,
  • TOUGHENED GLASS.
  • SUNLIGHT PIPE
  • All products have their own advantages and disadvantages.
  • We select on the basis of our usage, budget and performance life requirements.
  • WE ARE THE LARGES MANUFACTURERS OF SUNLIGHT PIPE system in india.
  • Kindly visit the products page to explore more sizes and types that we produce.

Now Lets evaluate the material to use to bring / harvest sunlight / daylight throug all roofs.

Based on desired end results , expected life span & budget One can select ROOF LIGHT DOME material and its products.

Got Questions?

Polycarbonate Multiwall & Solid sheet is the best material for ROOF LIGHT DOME, considering its flexibiity, Toughness and Formability.

Three shapes namely a) Round Dome b) Square Dome 3) Pyramid

Prices of polycarbonate domes in india ranges from Rs. 1800 for 600mm dia. to Rs. 41,845 for 2000mm dia.

We provide free of cost Installation Guidance, Drawings and Video support for installation.

One can use FRP roof sheets, Polycarbonate Roof sheets which are normally termed as polycarbonate profiled roof sheets, Sunlight Pipe an innovative daylight harvesting product.

Not as such, any carpanter or fabrication fitter can do it. And we provide the SUNLIGHT PIPE in pre assembled condition along with complete installation guide and video call support as well.

Price range is Rs. 9750 to 27000 depending upon model we select.

We have stock of this products and can make it available to any part of INDIA.

Should you need further details on
POLYCARBONATE SQUARE, ROUND DOME & PYRAMID
& ITS SIZES , VARIANTS & PRICES

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