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Roof lanterns produce a variety of benefits including but not limited to greater energy-efficiency for a home, lower energy bills, better ventilation resulting in a drier more hygienic home, more natural light in your home during the wintertime (when natural light is at a premium) and increased home value resulting from all the above as well as enhanced curb appeal.

Contemporary roof lanterns are available with double and triple-glazing. While this feature prevents heat loss during the winter and heat gain during the summer, it has the added benefit of effectively blocking out noise from the street.

Thermal break is a term you will often hear in reference to roof lanterns. Essentially, it is just a fancy way to say the roof lantern has had insulation installed in its framework to further reduce the amount of heat loss during the winter and heat gain during the summer.

Unless you have extensive experience modifying roofs, you should not even consider installing the roof lantern yourself. Whenever we hear of roof lanterns leaking during rainstorms or structural issues with the surrounding roof, the problem can almost always be traced to a DIY installation. And one more thing to consider: installing the roof lantern yourself will void the manufacturer's warranty.

If the roof where the roof lantern is to be installed is readily accessible to whoever is doing the installation, no augmentation of the roof is necessary, the contractor has installed roof lanterns before and the weather cooperates, a roof lantern can be installed in as little as 1 day.

If you are concerned about safety, you can order your roof lantern with very tough tempered glass and reinforced locks (if the roof lantern opens). In reality, however, police will tell you that burglars seek the path of least resistance when breaking into a home. If they have a choice between taking 10 seconds to pry the front door open or climbing up to the roof, breaking the glass and dropping 8 or more feet to the floor (and maybe breaking a leg), they'll choose the front door.