There’s nothing more frustrating than something going terribly wrong while there’s no one around to help. Like getting a flat tire, miles from the nearest town, getting a broken window during a storm is quick to cause panic. After all, nobody’s open for business during a huge storm, right? Actually, Aluplex does. Here at Aluplex, we know that disaster doesn’t go on pause when it’s inconvenient for us. That’s why we have emergency skylight repair services in Toronto. When things go wrong at a bad time, we’re here to help. Here’s how you can make the most of our emergency skylight repair services.

Keep Nature Outdoors

A broken skylight can be quite a problem. A nighttime storm brings more with it than difficulty sleeping. It can also bring with it some local animals wanting to seek shelter in your home. If the glass is completely broken, anything from birds to raccoons could head toward the warmth. Getting these well-meaning, but self-serving creatures out, once they’re in, can be quite difficult. The smaller they are, the more likely they are to get in, and the harder they are to remove.

The faster you have your broken skylight repaired, the less chance there is for these locals to sneak their way inside. While waiting for our repair team to arrive, stick around and keep an eye on things. Your presence is one of the best ways to deter animals from trying to get in.

Prevent Flooding

If animals inviting themselves in isn’t bad enough, we have to consider the even more wild and uncontrollable danger of flooding. Rain isn’t sentient, so it has no qualms about running in through every crack it can find. If your skylight is cracked, flooding is possible. If it has a hole in it, it’s almost guaranteed, in some capacity. At least, if it’s not prevented right away.

If you find that a skylight has broken while the rain is pouring, your most immediate reaction should be grabbing a towel or blanket to lay out underneath it. It will soon get soaked, but will continue to minimize the spread of water across the floor. As soon as you’ve laid out something to absorb the intruding water, get yourself a bucket or bowl – or many. Place them on top of the towel or blanket where most of the water is coming in. This will help catch much of the rain and prevent damage.

As soon as your emergency flood prevention is in place, give us a call. Our number is available right at the bottom of our website. While you wait for us to arrive, be sure to empty your bowls or buckets to keep them from overflowing.

Replace Your Broken Skylight ASAP

If you want to prevent damage to your home during a storm, take a broken skylight seriously. Even if it’s only dripping, waiting until the next morning can lead to expensive damages to your home. We’re available for emergency skylight repairs for a reason. Take advantage of that so that we can help keep you and your home in good shape. The best way to do that is by replacing your broken skylight as soon as possible.

Universities are always expanding. With more funding and with more research, putting in a new building is often a necessity. Plus, because so many universities are becoming aged, having  been built decades ago, they also must be updated. While there are many parts of a university building that may need improvement, today, we want to talk about how university building design can be improved with skylights.

Eco Friendly

The first thing to note is that including skylights in a university building’s design is an eco-friendly improvement. Instead of relying on large, overhead lights to brighten a main room, skylights will take advantage of the natural light outdoors. This is incredibly beneficial because the amount of money it costs to electrically light large, university classrooms or entry rooms can add up very quickly.

Not only do skylights save universities money by allowing them to spend less on electricity, less electricity use is better for the environment. The less energy we use overall, the less we rely on energy production, which is important until we, as a country, are using entirely renewable energy.

Morale Boost

If you’ve ever walked into a large building with a central room that has electrical lighting, you know it can be pretty depressing. Buildings with multistory foyers or common areas surrounded by floor lofts are wonderful. They’re spacious, tall, and offer a sense of breathing room. However, those effects can be entirely ruined if the only lighting is coming from ceiling lights. The lack of natural light and inadequate windows can quickly turn something spacious into something cavernous.

With large skylights overhead, however, it gives us a sense that there is no ceiling. The building’s space just goes on and on. Plus, everything can be its truest color under the crystal clear light provided by the outdoors. Sunlight coming in from overhead will reveal crisply and cleanly, signage, artwork, and other people. Electric lights just can’t compete.

Beautiful Appearance

Skylights are gorgeous. This is especially true of large, expansive skylights that are so sought after for university building design. They are so attractive, in fact, that most universities are implementing them in buildings with large, central rooms. The boost in appearance that skylights lend to university buildings is not just a huge morale boost. Additionally, they improve the value of the building. While university buildings are not likely to get sold or need additional appeal for profit margins, their value does increase the overall property value of the university.

Improve University Building Design with Aluplex

Aluplex is Toronto’s #1 skylight manufacturer and installer. If you want skylights for your university building design, give us a call today. We don’t just produce skylights, we also install them and provide 24 hour, emergency maintenance. Plus, we make other windows too. If you’re constructing a new university building, we can provide all the windows you need – not just skylights. For the highest quality windows around, Aluplex is the clear choice.

Want your office to stand out against the rest? Looking to make your office look high class? Office skylights are exactly what you need. The line between a hole-in-the-wall office and a noteworthy one can be something as simple as appearance. One of the easiest ways to make your office look expensive and high class without spending a fortune is by adding office skylights. Here’s how you can use and place skylights to your advantage.

The Perks of Skylights

Skylights have a lot of benefits that helps them pay for themselves. For one thing, they raise the property value of whatever building you put them in. They look prestigious without an outrageous pricetag. This makes your building’s resale value much better than a building without.

Secondly, you can save money on lights when you have skylights installed. If your skylights are placed in a central location and provide enough sunlight to your office, you may not even need electric lights on during office hours. That can save you a lot of money and is also better for the environment. 

Where to Put Them

The thing about skylights is that you need to put them in the right place. If you choose a bad place for your skylights, they might just prove to be a waste of money. Here are some great places to consider instead.

Over the Work Space

The best place you can put your skylights is over the main office work space. This provides employees light to work by and allows you to minimize electricity use during work hours. Plus, the aesthetic appeal of skylights overhead is sure to provide a morale boost for employees. Being cooped up in an office the entire morning can be a real downer. Letting in the sun and giving employees a view of the sky can help counteract that.

Above the Lobby

If you have a large lobby where clients, customers, or patients spend much of their visit, this is a great place for a skylight. Making your lobby feel bright and open is a great way to make your visitors want to come back. Having a classy waiting room or other type of lobby will leave a lasting impression on those who stop by. When your office is the first one they think of in the future, they’re sure to return.

However, if you’re considering installing skylights above your lobby, you should first decide if this is the best place for them. If you only have enough in the budget for one set of skylights, prioritizing the main work space is more likely to pay off. If you’re looking to install in two places, the main work space and the lobby make a great pair.

If you’re building or renovating an office in Toronto, Aluplex is your #1 source for glass. Give us a call if you have any questions about our products and we’ll be more than happy to answer them. We can also help you with your order of any of our glass products, including skylights. 

If you have a skylight that’s begun to leak, you have quite the problem on your hands. Even a skylight that drips can be a nightmare. Whether your skylight is in a home or business, this dripping can lead to a lot of damage. That’s why you need to fix skylight leaks fast. Aluplex is the leading skylight manufacturer and repair service in Toronto. If you have a skylight leak, you can rely on us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Avoid Shop Damage

If you own a store and you’ve got a skylight that’s started to leak, there’s a lot for you to lose. Water leaking in from above can have be detrimental for a store. If merchandise gets wet, it can mold or warp irreparably, costing you hundreds or thousands of dollars.

If your skylight is leaking, it needs to be repaired. Aluplex has 24/7 emergency repair services because we know that skylight repairs need to happen as soon as possible. Even a few hours can cause a lot of damage. Let us keep you in business by getting your store skylight repaired fast.

Avoid Home Damage

A skylight leaking in your home can be even worse than a commercial leak. For one thing, you’re more likely to have carpet. Wet carpet is bad news, especially if the water dripping onto it is bringing bacteria with it from the outdoors. If there’s mold in the crevices of your skylight, water leaking through it can bring in mold and allow it to soak into your carpet and grow. Replacing carpet can be incredibly expensive.

Furniture is a whole other problem. If your skylight begins leaking in the evening, have us come out right away. If you wait until the next morning, the leak could get worse while you sleep. Moldy water soaking into your couch cushions or pooling on your hardwood floors can lead to expensive repairs. While a shop may be covered by insurance, it’s unlikely that the average homeowner has insurance on their furniture. Buying a new couch due to water damage or mold is no one’s idea of a good time.

Damage Control

If your skylight starts to leak, you’ll need to act promptly, but it doesn’t have to be a disaster. If you take the right steps, things will turn out just fine. Here’s what you need to do to ensure your home or business stays safe in the case of a skylight leak.

• As soon as you notice the leak, you should make sure the floor is cleared beneath it. If it’s over a flat surface, like a table, that’s fine too.
• Find a bucket to place beneath the leak. If you don’t have a bucket on-hand, you can also use a mixing bowl, regular bowl, or even a cup. Just remember, the smaller the vessel, the more frequently you’ll need to check if it needs to be emptied.
• Call us at Aluplex right away. Our all-day emergency repair team will come as soon as possible and get your skylight leaks taken care of. Our services are available even during storms, so don’t hesitate to call.

If you know the incredible benefits of having a skylight, you might be trying to determine the best places to put them. Aluplex is the leading skylight manufacturer in Toronto and we have some advice for you. Want to buy and install pyramid skylights? Here are the best places you can put them.

At Home

Closed Porch

If you’re looking to put pyramid skylights in your home, one of the best places, hands down, is the closed porch. An enclosed porch is a magnet for windows. Most of them usually have large windows along the walls. However, even better is implementing skylights in addition. What better way to improve your sunroom than allowing it to take in sun during all hours of the day.

If you use your sunroom as a greenhouse, this is especially good for plants. A skylight allows more of your plants to get the light they need during more hours of the day. Well-sunned plants are happy plants.

Master Bedroom

Another great place to install pyramid skylights is in the master bedroom. A small collection of pyramid skylights in the middle of the master bedroom ceiling is divine. Light coming in from above will cast beautiful sunshine on your bed in the morning. What better way to wake than to the morning sun?

Master Bathroom

Waking to the sun not for you? Pyramid skylights in the master bathroom are the next best thing. Taking a bath is a fantastic way to relax, but bathing in the dark can be drab. Most bathrooms either don’t have windows, or implement blinds for privacy. Unless you have a secluded estate where no one can see in your bathroom windows, we assume you do too. That can make bathing kind of a dark affair.

That’s where skylights come in. Having skylights in the bathroom can make bathtime both relaxing and uplifting. Get your daily dose of vitamin D while enjoying a dip in the tub – and don’t worry about your neighbors catching a glimpse. 

At Work

The Lobby

Pyramid skylights are great for in lobbies. Whether you own a hotel or a restaurant, the entryway is one place you don’t want to be dark. When people step inside, you want them to be able to see the interior clearly. Plus, you want the building to feel spacious.

Skylights create a more spacious feeling in any building and give some much-needed light in commercial buildings. Plus, they help you save money on electricity because the sun works for free.

The Dining Room

Hotel, cafeteria, or dining hall at a retirement home, if you have a dining room, it can benefit from skylights. Because dining rooms are wide open spaces and can only have windows on the outer walls, oftentimes the middle of the room feels dark or drab. That can be caused by lack of lighting or from dim, yellow lights. Bring your dining room to life with some pyramid skylights. They’ll let in plenty of sunlight and make dining a much more enjoyable experience.

If you’re interested in pyramid skylights, give us a call at Aluplex. We look forward to serving anyone in the GTA and we’re sure you’ll love the results.

Skylights are beautiful additions to any home, but deciding whether you want one installed can be a difficult decision. One thing that always makes the deciding process a little easier is hearing more about the possibilities. That’s why Aluplex is here to talk about the 3 best rooms for installing a skylight. Maybe with a little fodder for the imagination, you’ll settle on buying a skylight after all!

The Kitchen

The first room that is great for installing a skylight in is the kitchen. Because the kitchen is a workplace, having a skylight overhead is great for a number of reasons. The first perk is that you get extra light on your counters. Being able to see what you’re doing when cooking is incredibly convenient. Not to mention, sunlight is so much brighter and easier to see by than electric lighting. If you plan on installing a skylight in your kitchen, prepare for everything to become brighter and more alive.

The Hallway

One place that does well with skylights but often isn’t considered is the hallway. If you have a main hallway in your home, consider how much nicer it would be with sunlight streaming into it.

Hallways tend to be fairly dim because they aren’t typically exposed to windows. While they may have a light in them, the yellow of a lightbulb doesn’t do much to open the space up. Crystal clear sunlight streaming into your hallway from above will make the space feel bigger, nicer, and more open. Plus, putting a skylight over the hall is less likely to lead to sunlight getting in the way than if you put it in, say, the living room.

The living room tends to be the first place people think of when determining rooms to put skylights in. However, the living room is usually home to the TV or collects people who want to use their laptops on the couch. Screens and skylights are a bad combination unless you’re willing to invest in motorized skylight blinds.

The Bathroom

If you haven’t experienced a bathroom with a skylight in it, you’re missing out. Putting a skylight in the bathroom is an underrated design choice. Because bathrooms usually have either no windows or a window that stays covered most of the time, they don’t usually get the sunlight they deserve.

By installing a skylight in the bathroom, you allow your bathroom to be bright and illuminated all throughout the day. Imagine the serene experience of taking a bath in the early afternoon while the midday sun streams in from above. It’s truly worth considering.

Installing a Skylight

If you’re interested in installing a skylight in the Toronto area, Aluplex is the #1 company for the job. We’re the leading glass production company in the area and our specialty in skylights makes us the most qualified for your installation needs. Give us a call if you have any questions and we’ll be more than happy to help.