A roof lantern is generally a glass structure installed on a flat roof. However, as you can see from the pictures below, the lantern can also be installed on top of a pitched roof. Available in many sizes and styles and completely made to measure, they can be finished any RAL colour. A comprehensive range of glazing is available including clear toughened, anti-sun, self cleaning and solar control.
Please also see our Roof Lantern Fitting Stages and our Solutions for Flat Roofs page.
Double Hipped Roof Lantern with Upstands
This double hipped roof has ‘upstands’ under the main roof. These upstands can either be fixed or opening vents. Vents are usually controlled using a ring pull handle and pole. Roof vents can be incorporated (see below) and can either be manual or electric operation. This picture shows a roof without cresting or finials - giving the top of the roof a clean, modern finish.
Double Hipped Roof Lantern without Upstands
This roof illustrates a roof lantern without ‘upstands’ and is finished in a popular grey colour. A roof vent and crested ridge cover are shown here as a comparison to the roof above. The grey colour does not have to be on both sides - you can always have different colours inside and out.
8 and 12 Section Hipped Roof Lanterns
8 sided octagonal and 12 sided dodecagonal roof lanterns are very popular roofs. They offer an alternative to the more usual hipped and gable rectangular or square roofs and look great in both period and modern settings. As with all our roofs they can be glazed with polycarbonate or glass (glass recommended) and can be finished in any single or dual RAL colour.
Commercial Roofs
Many of our roofs are installed in domestic areas, but using the natural strength of aluminium our roofs are suitable for commercial installations too. This image shows one of several roofs on this job and demonstrates that our roof system comfortably accommodates both small and large roofs alike. A nice feature of our roofs is that their design allows us to have a very slim sightlines on smaller roofs, then add strength with bigger bars as required. Very large roofs can be strengthened with steel where necessary.