Leaking roof windows replaced with VELUX top-hung windows – Harrogate HG3

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Eight roof windows replaced in Harrogate, HG3

Eight leaking non-VELUX roof windows replaced with white VELUX GPU top-hung roof windows and Duo blinds, with each opening adjusted to give the correct expansion gap. The house, in the HG3 area of Harrogate, has a clay pantile roof with several roof windows lighting the rooms below.

The problem: leaking roof windows

The existing roof windows were old, non-VELUX units. They were leaking, and the water getting in was damaging the property.

The challenge: no expansion gap

The old windows had exactly the same frame size as a VELUX SK06, so on paper the new windows should have dropped straight in. But the old windows had been fitted with no expansion gap around them.

Rather than force the new windows into tight openings, our team modified each opening to give the proper expansion gap that VELUX installation guidance calls for, so the frames have room for expansion and contraction.

What we did

Our fitters removed the eight old windows and fitted eight VELUX GPU SK06 0070 top-hung roof windows (114 × 118 cm) with a white polyurethane finish. Each window was fitted with a new grey VELUX flashing kit to seal it into the clay pantiles, and each has a VELUX Duo blind, which combines a blackout blind and a pleated blind in a single product.

The result

The leaking windows have been replaced with eight new VELUX top-hung windows, each fitted with the correct expansion gap. The Duo blinds give the choice of full blackout or softer, filtered light.

Products used

• VELUX GPU SK06 0070 (× 8) – top-hung roof window, white polyurethane finish, 114 × 118 cm
• VELUX flashing kits (× 8) – new grey flashing kits for the clay pantile roof
• VELUX Duo blinds (× 8) – 2-in-1 blackout and pleated blinds

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Finished

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