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Sep

Controlling Skylight Heat

Your skylight can be a marvelous addition to your home. It can add aesthetic appeal, as well as increase the resale value of your home. While being blinded by the obvious appeal of adding a skylight to your home, it’s easy to overlook the effect it will have on temperature control. When installing a skylight, it’s important to think about at the same time, installing a blind for it. Having this addition can make your experience with a skylight a much more positive one.I’ve had too many customers come into the project very excited about the installation of their skylight, only to have those same customers contacting me just a few months later wondering about the best way to control the additional heat output. After the installation is completed, your only real option for controlling heat is to install blinds. There are some available that work by remote and require nothing…