Retractable Skylight Screens
Filed under: Retractable Skylight Screen & Shades
Standard skylights are a great addition to any room in order to capture more natural light and illuminating a room’s features. However, they are not without their drawbacks. Two problems that are frequently encountered are: lack of control of the amount of light that enters or exits and consequently the amount of heat lost or gained through them. The perfect solution to combat both these problems is the installation of a skylight screen.
During those long, hot summer days, the temperatures outside and hence inside rise rapidly. Sometime during the day and into the evening, we find that the temperatures inside can become just as unbearable outside. We end up turning on the air conditioner, if we are blessed to have one, only to incur higher energy costs to cool our homes. The other result is to leave windows open and hope that a nice gentle breeze will filter in without inviting pesky insects along. A skylight screen provides an ideal solution. It helps to control that unwanted rise in temperature and thus helping to maintain to cooler climate in your home.
Conversely, during those long, cold wintery nights, the area around a skylight can drop approximately 5 to 10 degrees below ambient temperatures. A skylight screen works as a perfect insulator to minimize the valuable heat loss from your room due to your skylight.
Another problem encountered is the amount of excess light that your skylight allows in. During the night, your skylight allows extraneous light into your room, thus preventing you from trying to sleep. This is especially the case in children or babies’ rooms. Skylight screens literally allow you to turn day into night.
In addition to the light that enters, your home or office through your skylight is the unwanted UV rays. These damaging rays have a profound effect on your floors, carpet and home furnishings causing them to dull or fade well before their time. The use of a skylight screen is a great protector against the sun’s harmful rays and their harmful effects.
Skylight screens come with a variety of options to make their use simple and trouble free.
Retractable skylight screens:
These screens are ideal for convenience, style and functionality. Their profiles subtly integrate with their surroundings and blend effortlessly with exterior and interior surroundings of your home or office. Most retractable skylight screens can be matched to almost any color scheme.
Motorized Skylight Screens
This is one of the best features because it allows you greatest amount of ease when retracting your screen. Literally with the touch of a button on your own TV remote you can adjust your motorized skylight screen the perfect amount.
Temperature Sensor:
This feature is ingenious because in the controls it has a built in digital temperature sensor. Thus, when the temperature drops below or above your ambient control, the screen will automatically open or close to allow more or less heat in. This design of temperature sensor motorization is the latest in new technology in the retractable screen market.


