Let There Be Light!

Julia Broder -- Greetings from The Riverside Realty Group in beautiful Westport, CT! You can get lots of May flowers this month . . . and you can get some great inspiration from my Luxe Properties website! Visit it often for the latest and greatest in high-end real estate.

I would love to show you outstanding high-end residences, Luxies! If you are confident that you can benefit from the prices in the market, then now is a good time to buy. Please contact me today at 1-203-247-7500 for more information on how we can work together. Wouldn't it be great to celebrate this wonderful season with a new home?

This month, I'd like to talk about how you can tackle a relatively easy do-it-yourself project to let more passive-solar natural light into your home's darkest spots and save on some of your energy bills. Who wouldn't love that!

Add More Natural Light to Your Home

Are you a homeowner with a dark area in your home that can benefit from natural light? An easy-to-install Sun Tunnel Skylight could be the answer for bringing light into a hallway, laundry room, closet, or a bathroom -- places where conventional skylights are not an option.

For a handy do-it-yourselfer, the Sun Tunnel Skylight is an ideal project which can be completed in 2 to 3 hours. But for those who are a little wary of undertaking a DIY project, a reasonably priced professional installation can be arranged. Either way, some of the darkest areas in a home can become filled with passive, natural light while increasing energy efficiency.

VELUX Sun Tunnel Skylights bring passive, white natural light into a home compared to conventional incandescent bulbs that can create an unnatural yellow glow. Natural sunlight uses the entire spectrum that enables a room to become vibrant and alive in the colours that you intend. Seeing true colors can be helpful in a simple chore such as folding laundry to a more complex task of painting or redecorating a room.

Here's the scoop on these ingenious skylights:

• Featuring an industry-first adjustable pitch adapter, light is captured efficiently through a clear, weatherproof dome on the roof.
• The light travels into your home through highly reflective tubing, ending at a diffuser which has a paint-able matte finish.
• Depending on your installation needs between the roof and ceiling, a choice of highly reflective rigid tubing is available for straight runs or flexible tubing to easily bypass any attic obstructions.
• Sun Tunnel Skylights are available in a variety of models in 10”, 14” and 21” diameters to fit different truss spaces and lighting needs.

For more information visit VELUX, the world’s largest manufacturer of skylights and Sun Tunnel Skylights.

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