Or read our 12 steps below for help fitting a velux window from roof opening to vapour barrier.
Fitting velux roof lights.
12 steps to fitting a new velux window.
The usual skylight size is 450 x 550mm and can be installed in roofs between 15 and 70 degrees from the horizontal.
This is a video showing the fitting of a velux roof window with instructions.
Roof window fixed into roof.
Depending on the circumstances such as roof pitch interior light shaft depth and shape and weather installations can take between half a day and three days.
Whether you have never fitted a velux roof window before and would like a basic introduction or you have been fitting velux roof windows for years and would benefit from a best practice session there is a training session to suit your needs.
Several of these tools can be purchased from our sister website roofinglines.
Tape measure pencil ladder hammer screwdriver knife pincers panel saw staple angle grinder safety goggles.