Timber Upstand For Roof Lantern

The roof lantern upstand in detail.

Timber upstand for roof lantern.

Immerse yourself in the most beautiful timber framed roof lanterns with our gallery of projects undertaken. Save time and money by getting a pre formed stable and thermally efficient upstand to match your new rooflight. Set out the timbers on the flat roof leaving a hole where the roof lantern will be fitted and allowing enough room for spotlights if required. Roofglaze s range of stock timber kerbs offer a quick and easy way to install our flatglass rooflights on site.

Screw a timber down around the hole approx 100mm high and 70 mm wide making sure the size of the hole does not change. How to do the timber to timber up stand. A simple upstand can be constructed from excess timber on site minimising waste or using standard timbers found at any local wood supplier. Creating your own upstand also allows your to weather your roof without the rooflight lid being on site protecting it from any potential damage.

With a vast spectrum of styles shapes and designs there s sure to be a timber roof lantern that captures your imagination and inspires you to include one in your project. Gallery timber aluminium roof lanterns. All our roof lanterns shown on this website are designed to be fixed onto a kerb like detail which rises proud of the supporting flat roof assembly precisely at the open edge of the lantern aperture. All our stock sizes of pre formed timber upstands are 195 00 excl.

The purpose of builders kerb and timber upstand is to allow a rooflight to be installed on a flat roof protruding at least 150mm above finished roof level as building regulations stipulates.