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Finally broken through from the living room. Hyped that the sun trajectory mapping I did ages ago seems to have worked out; skylight placement means we get direct sun into the living room for a few hours, avoiding it becoming a dingy corridor, as well as reducing solar gain in the summer after midday as the roof pitch means the sun’s already moved past the direct incident angle by then. The Velux will also be fitted with external retractable blinds to further reduce solar gain if needed.
I got a lot of stick from people, including the builder, for persevering with the 'sawtooth' flat-and-pitched roof design, but it seems to have actually worked out... Can't wait to remove the protective cover from the rooflight and see how the joists acting as a 'brise-soleil' to avoid excessive solar gain works out as well.
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