ASK THE EXPERTS
JEREMY DUNN is Glazing Vision’s Technical Director and Chairman of the technical sub-committee for glass rooflights within the National Association of Rooflight Manufacturers (NARM)
TIM PULLEN is an expert in sustainable building methods and energy efficiency in residential homes
MICHAEL HOLMES is a self-build expert and Director of Content and Product Development at Homebuilding & Renovating
LYDIA LUXFORD is an in-house plumber and customer services manager at Easy Bathrooms
STEVE CLENT is Global Client Director at flooring specialist Havwoods
KEITH MYERS is a designer at luxury kitchen design studio The Myers Touch. He will be hosting a kitchen design masterclass at the Virtual Homebuilding & Renovating show in Jan 2021
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Q We’re adding a rear extension to our home and we’d like to include rooflights on the flat roof. How do you install them? And can it be a DIY job?
TONY AND AMANDA, DORSET
To install a rooflight on a flat roof, an upstand, sometimes referred to as a kerb, needs to be provided to raise the rooflight above the flat roof
