Skylight or Solar Tube - Which Is Better for You?

Skylights and Solar Tubes (Also called "Sun Tunnels") are both great ways to add natural light in a home. This video aims to help you choose between a skylight or solar tube by comparing them in various categories.
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Join Bill Ragan as he discusses whether a skylight or a solar tube is better for your home?

0:00 Intro
0:33 Price Comparison
1:04 Looks Comparison
1:27 Customization Comparison
1:54 Lifespan and Durability Comparison
2:19 Outro

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[womanofsubstance]

You didn't mention that skylights are much more likely to leak than solar tubes. So, cheaper to buy, cheaper to install, less likely to leak, more durable? Sounds like solar tubes win.

[bumble]

Another option for a sun tunnel to make it more attractive, is make it a rectangle - and build a recessed large shadow box for it in the ceiling. I recessed mine 8" high, 14"W - 22"L. Place trim around it in the inside and out. Make the opening smaller by a few inches than the shadow box in the ceiling so you can lay a plastic jaded covering panel. It dispenses the circle of light across the entire rectangle. It looks AMAZING. My next step is to somehow put holes in the plastic panel and hang dozens of different layers of crystals hangers from it so that you can't see the plastic panel andjust see all the crystals glistening in the sunlight from above it! Granted it would be nice if there was fresh air in the room, but you just put the strongest fan you can in there and it truly freshens it up in 5 minutes.

[homesteadroofing]

Bill, I really like your channel, and have watched many of your videos. We're making a couple videos this week with Velux, and hopefully they'll be as good as yours.

[nicholas]

Great video. Is it possible to get a skylight for the lower ground floor of a double storey building?

[jaywolfe]

I also thought about the comparison between solar tubes and solder powered LED lights

[gbrown]

Sky lights, you have to crawl up and wash the inside once in a while.. some skylights are pretty high up there, so think perched on a ladder washing the sky light. done it a few times and it is not fun....

[charlesromney]

What about heat transfer. My house in Arizona has a solar tube and that specific area in the kitchen is hotter than the rest of the kitchen ceiling. Any of you guys recommend insulate the solar tube?

[Dan-njdu]

A 10 year no leak warranty on a 30 year roof?!?! That's why I just installed a sun tunnel to replace the leaking skylight originally installed.

[theactualgospel]

Solar tubes cost LESS than skylights? HORSECRAP! The cheapest mere 14" solar tube at Home Depot is $450 bucks! Other places as much as $630!!! By striking contrast, there are rectangular skylights of 3 times that area at Home Depot for as little as $120!!!!.