Brighten up your home work space with a tubular skylight

With working from home still on the agenda and looking likely to remain so for some time to come, you might want to think how you can brighten and lighten up your home work space by introducing some daylight. 

If you’ve been working remotely a lot more this year, from your new home or garden office/studio, or perhaps you’re still squashed in to a spare room or sitting in the cupboard under the stairs, more daylight can actually improve your productivity as well as your mental health. Ensuring you have sufficient bright daylight to work in is one of the most important factors affecting how well you work and feel

If you’ve been wondering how to brighten up your new found work space so that you can work in the light again then a Solatube sun tube or tubular skylight can achieve just that. 

Lots of bright daylight piped down a tube

So, if your home office is not really light enough, why not consider a cost effective, simple solution.  Solatube sun tubes are the best tubular skylight system available; they pipe in lots of really bright daylight from a clear dome on your roof, down a highly reflective tube and in to the ceiling of your dark home office below, or even straight through the wall.  Not only are Solatube tubular skylights really bright, they’re also relatively simple, quick and easy to install.

Daylight helps you work better

It is well proven and documented that working in daylight, rather than artificial light, helps you concentrate and focus better, avoiding headaches and migraines, which artificial lighting can sometimes induce.  Your work productivity levels will also be much higher when working in daylight from a Solatube sun pipe, plus it will make you more positive and generally feel better because daylight ‘energises’ all of us. 

Some people suffer from SAD

Perhaps you’re feeling sapped of energy from working in a dark or poorly lit area with inadequate daylight levels, in which case it may be SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), a type of depression that's related to the changes in seasons. Find out more about SAD here Suffering from the winter blues?

For many people the lack of daylight, also caused by the onset of shorter days, can start to sap your energy, making you feel moody and causing you to withdraw socially. Everyone reacts differently though, and some people suffer more than others.  Piping in daylight down a Solatube tubular skylight has been shown to combat the negative effects of SAD.

Solatube sun pipes improve your performance

Daylighting the interior space of all buildings is now an important consideration for architectural design. Studies have shown that increased daylighting improves worker productivity, provides for faster patient recovery, and improves students’ grades. Additional benefits of daylighting include keeping our biological clocks in order and relieving stress. These benefits have long been recognised in Europe, where minimum amounts of daylighting are now regulated.

The other advantage of lighting up your office/study with a Solatube tubular skylight is that a brighter home adds value to your property and makes it far more attractive to future purchasers.

Solatube sun pipe installation is simple and straightforward

And the great thing about all this is that having a Solatube tubular skylight installed in your dark home office, study or studio is extremely easy.  Just email info@solatubscotland.co.uk , message or call me, Matthew Rice, on 07778 283 427 and from a few questions I’ll be able to provide you with a price.

Installation takes approximately half a day, but does not cause too much mess or interference as we put dust sheets down and would clean and tidy up afterwards to leave things as we found them. Plus there should be no redecorating or make-good to do afterwards.

How bright is a Solatube tubular skylight?

So, how bright is a Solatube at lighting up your dark or gloomy work space?  Well, a single, small diameter Solatube tubular skylight can provide more than enough light for a single work desk and often enough for an entire room up to around 9 sq.m (that’s a room 3m x 3m, or 9’ x 9’).

See the light here Solatube the brightest choice They are simple, quick and straightforward to install in half a day, with a minimum of mess, fuss and hassle, unlike a roof window or conventional window.

Throughout the whole of Scotland, Solatube Scotland is the recognised distributor and installer of Solatube tubular skylights, or light pipes.

If you are interested in bringing natural light into your home, why not contact us at info@solatubescotland.co.uk ; 07778 283 427 to find out whether a Solatube sun pipe can help you. Typically, a fully installed system might cost anywhere between £900 – £1,200; that’s supplied, professionally installed and includes the VAT.

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