Solatube Skylight Installation Melbourne (Econotube)

Do you struggle on a dark day in Melbourne to fill your room with natural light?

Solatube’s Daylighting System can bring daylight into any dark area of your home. You can transform dark rooms into welcoming spaces filled with natural daylight. An added benefit of Solatube’s Daylighting System is that the shaft can be angled at any direction so there are no structural limitations to your preferred location.

Roofrite was recently asked to help find a skylighting solution for a dark kitchen in a client’s “granny” flat in Hadfield. Even on the brightest of Melbourne days, the client was having to have all the kitchen lights on. Budget was a consideration as well as the preferred location of the skylight. The client didn’t want to go to the expense of moving any lighting or having any structural changes made to the roof cavity to accommodate a large skylight. However, it was essential to the client’s outcome that natural daylight be increased.

A Solatube Skylight ticked all the boxes. We recommended our client install a Solatube Econotube 400 with a flexible shaft and a 400mm diameter curved ceiling diffuser.

A question we’re often asked by clients is whether the Solatube Skylight will be damaged in a hailstorm.

The Solatube Skylight dome is impact resistant and will not craze or crack as it ages.

Furthermore, Solatube Skylights are designed to block 100% of UVB & UVC rays and 95% of UVA rays so your clothing and furnishings will not fade. The Neoprene Seal reduces heat transfer between dome and tubing and reduces condensation too. Best of all, Solatube offers a 10 year warranty on the whole product and guarantees it is leakproof.

As can be seen from the before and after photos, the room has been greatly improved for around $1,000. Solatube Econotube Skylights are a great solution to dark hallways which makes them particularly suitable in suburbs such as Northcote, Thornbury, Flemington, Carlton, and Preston where single fronted period homes with a narrow, often dark hall are typical.

Call Roofrite today to arrange a free quotation.

Tel: 03 9499 8059

We are thrilled with the result of the Solatube installation in our granny flat. A dull kitchen area is now filled with natural light and is a pleasure to be in. A big thank you to the team at Roofrite for the excellent service!

DF – Hadfield (October 2014)

Solatube Econotube Skylight Installation in Hadfield - Before (image)

Solatube Econotube Skylight Installation in Hadfield - After (image)

Lucy Parker

The team at Roofrite were fantastic and so professional, making sure the job was done properly. Very trust worthy and will use them again.

Damon

After spending ages sifting through reviews online as well as listing the job on a website, I finally found a decent business to replace rusted box guttering as well as repair a separate roof leak next to the Air conditioning unit. When it rained hard enough, water would pour into the ceiling and exit through the downlights. After dealing with some of the "cowboys"out there, (some even had good reviews), my opinion has been that if they can come around at short notice and want cash with no paperwork, then avoid at all costs. I'm a few hundred dollars lighter for this life experience. Some didn't even bother to call back. Fortunately I found Roofrite. The whole process was well managed from start to finish. Someone did the quote with an estimated start date as well as ensuring the dimensions of the new gutter would comply with building code. Then someone else came to measure up the job. The tradies arrived on the date they said they would and did the job, to a very high standard and took away the old Guttering. Finally the office sent me photos taken of the job and a VBA certificate. I can definitely recommend these people who were very professional and friendly. I no longer need to race for the buckets when there is a downpour! Update I was waiting for a really bad storm to hit before doing a follow up review to my original August 2022 post above. Well we got that recently. I am happy to report that after the morning storm that hit Melbourne last week there were no leaks. Excellent quality workmanship is all I can say. Damon

Cathy Harris

We had a large job to replace existing boxed in gutters, fix leaks and replace asbestos lining. The team at Roofrite did a great job to sorry out all the issues, even the ones found after starting the job. They kept us informed of start dates, progress and any issues found. Communication from all of the team was exceptional. We feel like we have had a very high quality job done and feel assured if we have any issues, we can call them to come back anytime. Would definetly use again and recommend for trustworthiness and good value.

Rosemary Jones

Excellent workmanship, communication and lovely people. Highly recommend every part of the organisation.

Bec Wood

Roofrite were great to deal with every step of the way, from the quote through to install. The admin team were equally lovely and responsive, our whole experience was extremely positive and we'd definitely recommend them and use them again in the future.

David Brown

Roofrite re-did the roof at the front of our house and installed 9 skylights. They are an extremely well run organisation who communicate very well. The workers are neat, tidy, polite and extremely high quality. We had no problems with anything they did and they took great pride in their craft. Absolutely love our seemingly leak proof and bright new home!

Tatiana Mauri

Jamie and the team did a wonderful job installing our skylight. We have used Roofrite a number of times and have been very happy with the outcome. They're very professional and we highly recommend them. Karen and Tatiana

Erin Paterson

2. Just wanted to provide some feedback -; From the outset I felt great confidence with Kym, he certainly knows his stuff and made me feel assured that what we wanted could be achieved and actually delivered. It wasn’t as simple as putting on the cladding but we had various issues with leakage and the lack of water proofing by the correct placement of flashing's etc. Then the day finally came were the boys showed up to do the job. The “boys” consisted of Jamie, Jermain, James and ( Chris on occasion). I have to say as a business owner, all of them are very impressive, punctual, hardworking and good at what they do… In particular Jamie is excellent as the leader of the gang and his knowledge and eye for detail is impeccable, he is an absolute asset to your business. I was so impressed by him and his ability to communicate with me what some of the issues were and how he was going to fix them. So overall I am beyond happy with the work and the outcome and it was my pleasure dealing with the boys. Kind regards, Erin.

Solatube Skylight Installation Melbourne (Econotube)

Roofrite

Office and Velux Display