Cleaning your lantern roof.
How do you clean a roof lantern.
Self cleaning glass for flat roof rooflights.
All roof maker rooflights are supplied with an easy clean glass coating.
Because professionals can reach the parts that others can t.
Fortunately the angle of the glass tends to look after itself.
Keeping your glass clean on a lantern roof.
Many people are now changing the glass on their conservatory roof or lantern roof and replacing it with self cleaning glass which saves time in cleaning the windows.
The roof maker guide august 23 2017.
They typically follow a square or rectangular shape although bespoke creations in different shapes are available if your budget will stretch to that.
We can apply an easy clean coating on the glass in the factory if really necessary but we wouldn t do this as standard.
Cleaning doesn t just mean the windows themselves.
Roof lanterns can be up to 20 sqm.
Not seeing any signs of deterioration doesn t necessarily mean everything s ok.
An annual inspection from prestige roof lanterns will go hand in hand with your own style of maintenance and regular cleaning.
Easy clean glass as standard.
How do i keep my rooflight clean.
So keeping rooflights clean is a common concern.
Katpod lantern roofs can be supplied with self cleaning glass.
Rooflights can be more at risk of dirt from bird droppings tree sap vehicle pollution and rainwater.
The glass on a lantern is more sloped which over time will mean that rain will clean and remove dust better.
The problem with self cleaning glass is that a minimum pitch of 30 degrees is recommended by the manufacturers in order for it to be effective so this type of technology is not ideally suited to flat roof applications where a pitch of 3 5 degrees is far more common.
If possible clean the window whilst someone else is there to guide you in both cleaning and positioning yourself.
Make sure that when you re cleaning your roof lantern that you take extra care.
How do you clean a roof lantern.
The last thing you want to do is trip and fall.
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