Skylights are a great way to provide natural light into your home and brighten up rooms. Unfortunately they do take a lot of abuse from the sun and the natural elements of nature. Over time it is common to have to replace an acrylic dome.
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Reasons for replacing your acrylic dome:
- Repair of a damaged unit – hail, cracks, sun damaged
- Better insulate your unit – upgrade from single to double or even triple dome insulation.
Should I replace entire skylight or just domes?
As long as there is nothing wrong with the frame of your existing skylight, it is relatively simple to swap out your existing dome for a new dome. You don’t have to worry about framing, roofing, caulking and a the messy parts of installing a skylight.
See step by step installation pictures (as well as proper way to measure your domes)
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Checklist before you order
- Get an accurate measurement of your existing dome
- Remove retainer – usually screwed into side of retainer frame.
- Measure tip to tip of current dome
- If only replacing Outer dome make sure to measure height
- We recommend 1 and 1⁄4 inch airspace between Outer and Inner domes
Construction and Materials
Acrylic Glazing is accomplished with the exclusive use of the finest domestic materials. Acrylic material is formed into domes to gain the maximum strength available. The dome height is derived from the size of the glazing panel. If a lower profile dome is required, acrylic must be a heavier gauge to offset the loss in strength. Acrylic glazing is provided in either Clear, Translucent White, or Solar Bronze as standard. Solar Grey, and High Transmitting White are available as specials. For energy considerations dual and triple domes are provided with sealed, insulating, dead air spaces between domes. Acylic materials used in Solar Industries Acrylic units is specifically produced for skylight application and contains U.V. inhibitors to protect the interior of the building. When using insulating domes (double or triple) the outer dome will be tinted and the inner dome or domes will be clear as a standard, other combinations available.
Characteristics of Various Glazing Options are as follows:
- Clear Acrylic: Visually transparent offers unobstructed view to the exterior and maximun light transmittance. Transmitted light will have glare, there will be little diffusion of light or heat. (Max Light/Max Heat)
- Solar Bronze Acrylic: Visually transparent with slight brown color shift, offers slightly tinted view to the exterior. Light will have glare but less than that of clear. There will be little diffusion of light or heat. (Red Tint)
- Solar Grey Acrylic: Visually transparent with slight grey color shift, offers slightly tinted view to the exterior. Light will have glare but less than that of clear. There will be little diffusion of light or heat. (Green Tint – brings out blue in sky)
- Solar White Acrylic: Visually transparent offers fully diffused light. High light transmission with low heat transmittance. Available as “High White” (Acrylic only) with superior light transmittance as a special.