We moved into our current house about a year ago. You can see that our dining room has a roof lantern roughly 2.5 x 2.5m in size. The previous owners went for what I think must have been a fairly cheap PVC unit. It has been really cold in winter and actually far worse in summer as the garden faces south west. One of the internal panes shattered a few months ago so I expect things to be even worse when the weather turns cold.
Replacing the broken pane will cost around £300 and a blind to improve the thermal properties of the lantern will cost at least £1500. With that in mind, I was eyeing up a new alumiunium Korniche unit for about £1900.
The issue I'm having is that I think a new upstand will need to be built as this roof lantern appears to have been installed without one. Any of the roofers I've spoke to who will repair the flat roof seem not to want to touch the lantern.
How would you go about tackling this project?
At the moment, I'm thinking:
1. Wait until the weather starts to get warmer next year
2. Have a roofer remove the roof lantern and repair the flat roof
3. Cover the hole with plywood/tarp while a joiner builds a new upstand to fit the space
4. Order a custom-sized roof lantern from Korniche to fit
5. DIY install the roof lantern
Replacing the broken pane will cost around £300 and a blind to improve the thermal properties of the lantern will cost at least £1500. With that in mind, I was eyeing up a new alumiunium Korniche unit for about £1900.
The issue I'm having is that I think a new upstand will need to be built as this roof lantern appears to have been installed without one. Any of the roofers I've spoke to who will repair the flat roof seem not to want to touch the lantern.
How would you go about tackling this project?
At the moment, I'm thinking:
1. Wait until the weather starts to get warmer next year
2. Have a roofer remove the roof lantern and repair the flat roof
3. Cover the hole with plywood/tarp while a joiner builds a new upstand to fit the space
4. Order a custom-sized roof lantern from Korniche to fit
5. DIY install the roof lantern