Tag: rooflight

THE NATURAL ARCHITECTURAL TOOL

Tracey Jackson, business development manager for Howells Patent Glazing looks at the importance of natural light in combating the ill-effects of the pandemic and how rooflights will be an important architectural tool in designing happy, healthy buildings.   Amidst the uncertainty and chaos of the pandemic, natural light is playing an important role in maintaining our …

A Helping Hand – RIGHT FIRST TIME

Everyone needs a little help sometimes and here, that’s exactly what we want to do. We do not offer an installation service; our experience shows that a typical customer has already engaged a builder for their home improvement project. Supply only can also be very cost effective; it would not be unusual to find that …

HOWELLS LAUNCHES NEW GLASS RAFTER ROOFLIGHT

Howells Patent Glazing is pleased to announce the launch of its new glass rafter rooflight, Ultraline which was unveiled at FIT Show 2019.  Designed to maximise daylight, Ultraline allows for larger expanses of glass.  Each joint is supported by a glass rafter, or fin, which reinforces the structure without breaking the sightline.   The low-pitch …

The Light House Project….. buying a new house

  I am in the process of buying a new house, or ‘the light house project’ as I like to call it. It should be an exciting time I know, but the process is more likely to make you bald than happy. What is it that makes us fall in love with a house and …