Solar skylights help control how much light or heat gets into the house. Tubular skylights: A simplified form of the light shaft. Tube windows use a bubble dome window set on the roofline.

A skylight can add ventilation and natural light to your home. But is this a project you should take on yourself? ... The overall value of the house may increase by installing a roof skylight.

An older house may have a clay tile roof or plaster ceilings, which can make adding a skylight quite expensive. ... Skylights are hard to reach, so if not mechanically controlled, ...