BUILDING ENVELOPE


Open up to light relief around the home


Tuffs Paul iggins eplains how rooights can proide innoatie solutions to maximise natural light, create dedicated work zones, and balance energy efficiency with comfort in your self-build or renoation


T


imes have changed, and our homes are changing with them. Energy prices have rocketed to heights we never would have imagined, and the cost of living continues to rise. We’re unlikely to see the historically low mortgage rates we’ve become used to again for a long time.


Financially speaking this all affects


customers’ decisions, whether they are self-builders or renovators. But we’re also still working from home since the pandemic, if not full-time, then in a hybrid fashion which has been so popular among employees and looks set to stay to some degree or other. This impacts how we want to use and feel about our homes, which are working


harder than ever. So it’s about making uality product choices with benefits that justify the cost, and longer term also improes the efficiency of the home and consequently mitigates the cost of those rising energy bills.


New home spaces, with room for desks and ideally dedicated work areas that can be stepped away from at the


Rooflights can provide a creative solution for ‘zoning’ particular areas in your home – whether it’s a home office or new living space may/jun 2023


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