Velux window size advice please...
We are struggling to decide whether we should have 3 Velux or 2 large.
Here’s a sketch of what we will be doing. There will be dining/ seating area to the left where the sliding doors are and the right of the extension will be Kitchen.
Any advice please...
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Comments (7)You need to sketch out your options to see what looks best for you, that's what we done. And you need to tell the builders exactly what you want, eg middle gap in line with centre of middle door etc. eg see below. How wide are the doors? I wouldn't have windows ending nearer the walls than the doors. If I had 3 velux, I'd want the middle in line with centre of my doors. Is it bifolds, slider, 2 or 3 pane or windows and doors? I'd want my velux equal spaced. Do you have any tall furniture down any walls under sloped roof? If so, I wouldn't have velux above tall furniture. You need to make accurate sketches to see what you like. I think 3 is a bit much, I went for 2....See MoreOpening back wall and vaulting ceiling/velux windows
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PRO8 years ago- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
Hello, also consider which way your extension faces...e.g. north or south facing etc, if north facing, I think 2 big square windows ( perhaps SK08 or UK08 size as you have a wide house ) will let in more light. If you have 2 huge ones for south facing and also sliding doors, it could get very hot in the summer. I'm in the middle of my extension 3m x 5m , north facing garden, I have 3 velux MK08 which is 78cmx140cm, I've always liked the look of 3 windows instead of 2 but after they were installed I had second thoughts about whether I should have gone for 2 huge square ones instead as I also didn't take into account that we've have just had a dormer loft conversion completed, it takes a little longer for the light to come over to the back of the garden.
Looking at your plan, you could have 3xPK08 94cmx140cm. The edge of the middle velux will be in line with where your sliding doors starts so that could look nice. Or if you have 2, you could have the edge of the second velux starting where the sliding door starts?
I wouldn't go shorter than 140cm in length because when you are standing far inside, you want to see more window, if you go shorter, the windows will be 'hidden' behind the steel beams, make sure your builder install them so that the bottom of the velux is closer to the sliding doors rather than closer to the pitch roof.
Do you want at least one window that opens with a remote control?
Here are my windows, it might help you to visualise..MK08
PRO8 years ago- 8 years ago
Jonathan