Ahoy! Roof Experts

[George Godwin]

Curtis, - I see a trade-off in the energy conservation perspective. Bringing light into a dark area of the house to avoid using electric lights in the daytime is a positive energy strategy to be counter-balanced with the need to ensure a quality of installation at the ceiling and the roof. I am aware of a local developer/builder who appeared to be so conscious of penetrating the vapour barrier in the ceiling of a bungalow that he did not put ceiling fixtures in rooms he could get away with under the Code. When people moved into one of his homes, they had to buy and plug in lamps to light certain rooms where they would normally have expected a ceiling fixture. Of course, his real reason may have been to simply save a buck.