Sun Tunnels & Skylights for Your Ottawa Home.
Allow natural light to transform the space in your home or business with a Velux brand skylight or sun tunnel. These beautiful accents add daylight to a space without reducing available wall space and can transform the way you feel about your home or office. All of our sun tunnel projects and skylights in Ottawa come complete with a “Blinds” package – so on those days when things get too bright, you can close the blinds.
Kovar Roofing has been providing custom skylight solutions to our clients in Ottawa for over 10 years. Skylights and sun tunnels can come in all shapes and sizes. There’s nothing like the fresh air, natural light, and proper ventilation that comes from having a skylight installed in your home. For all your skylight installations and repairs in the Ottawa area, you can rely on the experts at Kovar Roofing.
The Different Types of Skylights

Ventilated Skylights
Among the most common and popular type of skylights. Ventilated skylights are often installed in bathrooms and kitchens because of their ventilation properties.
Fixed Skylights
Fixed skylights are similar to ventilated skylights but the only difference is that they don’t provide ventilation – they are a more aesthetically driven choice.
Tubular Skylights
A compact solution for those who lack the ceiling space required for bigger skylights. The tube can be angled in any which was to maximize the amount of light coming through.
Curb Mounted Skylights
The most common choice for skylights. This type of skylight is requires a box structure for the unit to sit on. Curb mounted skylights provide lots of customizability!
Deck Mounted Skylights
A more energy efficient option that lowers the profile of the unit and hugs the roof. A common choice for new installations for visual appeal and increased energy efficiency.
Skylight or Sun Tunnel?
Skylights
The use of skylights in a home dates back to Ancient Rome where some of the most famous pieces of architecture, like the oculus of the Pantheon, feature glass ceilings. Technology has advanced quite a bit since then, creating low-cost, durable glazed glass that can be installed in individual homes.
Skylights add light and sometimes necessary ventilation. They are also beautiful accents to your ceiling, creating a dynamic space filled with the warmth of the sun.
Skylights are intended to be installed in ceiling that has direct access to the roofline – e.g. an upper floor.
Sun Tunnels
Sun tunnels are the answer to a skylight in a room that does not have direct access to the roof – perhaps because there is an attic in the way. They were designed as a sort of pipeline to capture light on the roof and reflect it into your room.
You’ve got trusses or some other obstacle above the ceiling where you’d like to have natural daylight come in? Rather than cutting through rafters and joists, suntunnels have flexible columns that can duck between and around obstacles!
Both sun tunnels and skylights can be installed within a few hours. They often come with trim kits so that no framing, wall repairs or painting is required after installation!
Accessories
We offer a range of options to accessorize your new skylights including blinds (solar or manual). You can choose between room darkening blinds, light filtering blinds or a combination of the two! If you go with the solar blinds, you can then add on climate control kits that automatically adjust the position of your blinds (and ventilation of your skylights too)!
Reasons Why to Hire Kovar Roofing For your Install
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