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Filon lists core roofing and cladding systems on NBS Source

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Filon has listed a selection of its roofing, rooflight and cladding systems on NBS Source, giving construction specifiers direct access to structured product information during the design and specification process.

The NBS Source platform brings together information from more than 1,100 construction product manufacturers, covering over 33,000 products. Specifiers can use the platform to find product specifications, literature, data sheets, images and digital objects at different stages of a project.

Supporting informed specification

The Building Safety Act 2022 has increased the construction industry’s focus on compliance, accountability and the quality of product information.

Filon’s new profile on NBS Source is intended to make relevant product information easier for specifiers to find and assess at an early stage. It also gives Filon a greater presence within the specification environment, helping its team engage with architects and other construction professionals while product decisions are being made.

With nearly 70 years of manufacturing experience, Filon is continuing to develop how it creates, manages and shares its product information. Its presence on NBS Source forms part of this work, alongside the company’s progress towards accreditation under the Code for Construction Product Information.

Tom Rose, National Sales Manager at Filon, said: “Having a strong presence on NBS is an important step for Filon. As an established manufacturer, it helps us present our product information clearly within the specification environment. Alongside our work towards CCPI accreditation, it also allows us to demonstrate our credentials as a responsible manufacturer.”

The Filon products available on NBS Source

Specifiers can currently find information on several Filon systems through the platform:

Ascend rooflight systems

A newly configured range of GRP rooflight systems, structured to help specifiers identify options suited to different roof constructions and project requirements.

Citadel GRP cladding panels

Profiled GRP sheets for roof and wall cladding applications in corrosive environments, including chemical, coastal and marine settings.

Over-Roofing systems

Lightweight GRP systems that overlay existing asbestos-cement roof sheets, allowing the original sheets to remain in place.

Fixsafe safety fixing systems

Systems that allow profiled GRP rooflights and roof sheets to be replaced from inside the building, avoiding the need to access fragile roof areas.

Technical support throughout specification

Filon’s highly supportive Technical Department is always available to help specifiers in identifying an appropriate system for the conditions and requirements of each project.

The team can provide extensive guidance on product selection, profiles, system configurations and technical documentation.

Find out more

Visit the Filon Products profile on NBS Source to view its listed systems and supporting product information.

Safe, compliant roof access is non-negotiable in modern building design.

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Whether for maintaining solar panels, servicing rooftop building services plant, or providing access to roof terraces and gardens, every project must ensure that occupants and maintenance teams can reach the roof safely and with ease. Access hatches deliver a permanent, compliant, and secure means of access from within the building – eliminating the risks and inconvenience of external ladders or scaffolding.

And while primarily a safety-critical feature, the right roof access solution can also enhance a building’s appearance. With modern flat glass and dome designs available, today’s systems combine robust performance with clean, contemporary aesthetics, ensuring safety never compromises style.

Rooflights & Skylights supply a comprehensive range of roof access hatches from leading UK manufacturers, helping specifiers match the right product to every application – from residential maintenance to high-traffic commercial use.

For occasional residential access, the Coxdome Trade Range Rooftop Access Rooflight provides a practical and economical solution for routine maintenance.

For more frequent access, such as entry to roof terraces and roof gardens or retrofit installations, options include:

For commercial applications, the Thermadome Commercial Access Hatch offers a durable aluminium construction and high-performance insulation – ideal for plant maintenance and service access.

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Enhancing Safety and Natural Light with Filon’s Fixsafe at Wood Henry & Sons Farm

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Project Overview

Filon, one of the UK’s market leading manufacturers of GRP rooflights, recently provided its innovative and patented rooflight replacement system, ‘Fixsafe’, for a project at Wood Henry & Sons Farm. The Filon Fixsafe system enables contractors to replace rooflights from inside the building, eliminating the inherent risks associated with accessing fragile roofs.

Wood Henry & Sons Farm, part of the esteemed Crown Estate, faced significant issues with its old and deteriorating GRP rooflights. Green & Heritage Roofing, a contractor based in Halifax had successfully used Fixsafe on previous projects and was confident in its ability to safely and effectively address the farm’s needs. In collaboration with SIG Roofing and Green & Heritage Roofing, Filon identified the specific profile required for the project and provided a comprehensive Fixsafe specification. This collaborative approach ensured that all project requirements were met with precision and efficiency.

Solution & Benefits

For this project, 22 No. Filon Fixsafe kits were supplied which included the new Big Six GRP rooflights, sealant and unique fasteners specifically designed for timber framed buildings. The new GRP rooflights were Filon DR (double reinforced) nominally 2.44kg/m2, providing extra reinforcement and enhanced strength along with an SAB Class 3, BROOF (t4) fire rating, ensuring compliance with building regulations and Filon Protect UV surface protection to provide long-term durability.

The patented Fixsafe system allowed for the replacement of the old rooflights entirely from within the building, not only minimising the risk to contractors but also reducing the need for extensive safety measures typically required for working at height on fragile roofs, making it a very cost-effective solution.

Filon Fixsafe offers several key benefits that made it the ideal solution for Green & Heritage Roofing at Wood Henry & Sons farm:

  • Safety: By replacing the rooflights from inside the building, Fixsafe eliminates the need to access fragile and dangerous roofs. This significantly reduces the risk of accidents and enhances overall site safety.
  • Efficiency: The system is designed for quick and easy installation, minimising disruption to the farm’s operations. The internal installation process is streamlined, reducing project timelines and labour costs.
  • Cost savings: Safe access and work equipment costs were greatly reduced as there was no need for:
    1. Edge protection scaffold
    2. Crawler boards
    3. Internal safety netting
  • Durability: Filon Protect UV surface protection to the weather face of the sheet provides long-term durability and expected life-span of more than 30 years.
  • Enhanced Natural Light: The natural lighting within the farm was dramatically improved with the new Filon GRP rooflights, creating a brighter, safer and more welcoming environment.
  • Compliance: The new GRP rooflights with a sheet of double reinforced nominally 2.44kg/m2 with SAB Class 3, BROOF (t4) fire ratings ensuring strength of sheet and conformity with Building Regulations.

Client Feedback

Chris Hopkins, Managing Director at Green & Heritage Roofing expressed his satisfaction with the Fixsafe system:

“When using the Filon Fixsafe system to replace the existing rooflights, it was like night and day. Wood Henry & Sons Farm commented that it was amazing the fact that before it was so dark in their barn, but now it looks like somebody has put bright lights on! Sanderson Brown, the architectural practice responsible for the project, was also really impressed with how the Fixsafe system worked and the difference that the new Filon GRP rooflights made to the building’s natural lighting.”

Conclusion

The successful installation using the patented Fixsafe rooflight replacement system at Wood Henry & Sons Farm highlights the product’s effectiveness in ensuring safety and improving natural lighting. This project demonstrates the significant benefits of using innovative solutions in building maintenance, setting a benchmark for future projects within the industry.

For further information, please see www.filon.co.uk or email to sales@filon.co.uk

How a Roof Lantern Brought Light and Life to a Historic Home Extension

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When a growing family needed more space—and more light—they turned to Rooflights & Skylights for expert advice. The result? A stunning 6-panel roof lantern that transformed a deep extension into a bright, welcoming living space.

Project: Set in the heart of a quiet Northamptonshire village, this charming semi-detached home has a unique past. Originally built in 1820 as a schoolhouse, the property carries a rich sense of character and history. When Jason and his partner purchased it in 2018, they saw the potential to create something really special. With its distinctive L-shaped footprint and three-bedroom layout, the home offered both space and charm – but as their family plans grew, so did their need for more room. That’s when the idea for a modern extension began to take shape.

Brief: With their first child on the way, Jason and his partner knew they needed more space to grow as a family. Their vision was to add a single-storey extension to the home, creating a larger, more comfortable living area where they could relax and spend time together. The extension would sit off the back of the property with a flat roof design – ideal for blending with the existing structure. However, because the new space was quite deep, they quickly realised that relying on standard vertical windows might not bring in enough natural light, especially towards the middle of the room. That’s when they started exploring rooflight options to brighten up the space.

Solution: To bring natural light into the new extension and create a standout architectural feature, Jason reached out to Scott Couldrey at Rooflights & Skylights for advice on the best product for the space. Given the depth of the extension and the property’s traditional character, the rooflight wouldn’t just serve a functional role – it would become a visible feature from all areas of the garden, so style was just as important as performance.

Working closely with his builder, Jason specified the need for a rooflight to fit an overall kerb of  3000mm x 2000mm. After reviewing options that balanced style, performance, availability, and budget, Scott recommended a 6-panel roof lantern from Brett Martin as the ideal solution.

The roof lantern is built with a sleek aluminium frame, finished in RAL 9010 White internally and RAL 7016 Anthracite Grey externally – ensuring a clean look inside while blending beautifully with the exterior of the home. It features six self-cleaning, double-glazed panels with a blue tint, helping to soften natural light and reduce glare in the living space.

While Brett Martin also offers a 4-panel version in the same size, the 6-panel design was chosen for two key reasons: the smaller glass panels made handling and installation easier for the builder, and the multi-panel layout gave the lantern a more ornate, decorative appearance – enhancing its visual impact from both inside and out.

Ease of delivery was also a consideration. The property sits at the end of a narrow village lane that had previously caused issues for larger commercial vehicles. Taking this into account, Scott arranged for the lantern to be delivered on a suitably sized truck, ensuring smooth access and a stress-free delivery to site.

Conclusion

“Buying a rooflight or lantern is not an everyday purchase, and it’s certainly not one you can afford to get wrong,” said Jason. “However, I felt supported at every step. Scott’s detailed questioning about the project and what I was aiming to achieve reassured me about purchasing a roof lantern from Rooflights & Skylights. This became even more clear when issues about access to the property were highlighted and the lengths he went to ensure the chosen roof lantern was shipped on a suitable vehicle. I can’t recommend Rooflights & Skylights highly enough.”

For Jason and his family, the roof lantern hasn’t just transformed the extension with natural light – it’s added a stylish architectural focal point to the home, delivered with care, expertise, and a truly personal approach.

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Pyramid Roof Lanterns: Eye-Catching Centrepiece. Daylight-Catching Solution.

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The Brett Martin Pyramid Roof Lantern, available from Rooflights & Skylights, brings striking symmetry, exceptional thermal efficiency, and rapid installation to contemporary flat roof designs. With its square footprint and clean, pitched form, this lantern delivers evenly distributed natural light – while also serving as a dramatic architectural focal point, both inside and out. It’s ideal for residential, commercial, and public spaces – including atriums, stairwells, or central reception areas – where daylight performance and visual impact are equally critical.

Manufactured by Brett Martin with slender aluminium profiles, precision-cast ridge detailing, and neat sight lines, this rooflight offers architects a crisp, minimalist aesthetic, while providing contractors with a robust, installation-friendly solution. Available in three standard sizes – 1000 x 1000mm, 1500 x 1500mm and 2000 x 2000mm – with bespoke options typically delivered in 15–17 days, it mounts directly to a weathered builder’s upstand for a seamless fit and swift installation.

Key Benefits

  • Balanced daylighting: Pyramid geometry offers even natural light distribution across square-plan spaces.
  • Slim frame design: Clean lines and minimal visual obstruction suit both contemporary and heritage buildings.
  • Fast, clean installation: No need for site-applied silicone except at the roof junction.
  • Safety built-in: Laminated inner pane protects occupants in the unlikely event of a breakage.
  • High thermal performance: Thermally broken frame and Low-E double glazing reduce heat loss.
  • Rapid delivery: Standard sizes delivered in just 3–5 days, helping meet tight project schedules.
  • 10-year warranty: Long-term assurance for specifiers and building owners.

Specifications

  • Sizes: Standard – 1000x1000mm, 1500x1500mm, and 2000x2000mm. Bespoke sizes available (typical lead time 15–17 days).
  • Glazing: Clear or blue self-cleaning solar-control glass as standard; optional aqua and neutral solar-control finishes available.
  • Frame finishes: Powder-coated, both internally and externally, in a combination of three colours – RAL 7016 anthracite grey, RAL 9010 white, or RAL 9005 black.
  • Installation: Direct to weathered builder’s upstand; precision-engineered for efficient site installation.

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Let More Natural Light In for Less Cost: Polycarbonate Rooflights.

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When maximum daylight is essential, and a flat roof profile is not required, polycarbonate rooflights provide a cost-effective solution. Practical, strong and thermally efficient, they also offer ventilation options for improving fresh air circulation. Download your FREE essential guide today!

Rooflights & Skylights’ polycarbonate rooflights are manufactured from ‘enhanced’ polycarbonate, which is resistant to aggressive weathering and UV rays. This means that our rooflights, which come with up to a 20-year warranty, remain unaffected by excessive colour changes or loss of light transmission, as they are UV protected as standard.

Our units come equipped with tamper-proof screwbolt fixings, preventing removal with traditional tools. Additionally, our design aims to protect the glazing from excess pressure and minimise the risk of stress fractures, even if the fixings are overtightened.

Energy-efficient performer

Our range of polycarbonate rooflights offers exceptional thermal performance, as evidenced by the U-Value. Our rooflights offer U-Values as low as 0.85W/m2K, ensuring warmth is retained during winter while keeping excess heat out during the summer months. With triple and quad-glazed units, achieving such low U-Values is well within reach.

Now add fresh air

Our polycarbonate rooflights not only allow daylight to flood into a building but also allow fresh air to enter. Our range includes tailored ventilation options, offering rotary or hinged solutions that can be controlled manually or electrically based upon the level of access to the rooflight.

To select the right polycarbonate rooflight for your project, consider options from the following brands: Mardome, Coxdome and Thermadome – all featured in our Free 2024 Polycarbonate Guide.

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Specifying a Glass Skylight: Free Essential Guide

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Unlock the brilliance of natural light using our glass skylight selection guide from Rooflights & Skylights – the  essential companion for specifiers striving to illuminate spaces with precision and elegance. Explore the unique technical features and benefits of brands such as Astroglaze, Brett Martin, Coxdome, Lunaglaze, Starglaze, and Thermalight.

Glass is often preferred for skylights visible from outside or intended to serve as an ambient focal point in indoor spaces. It provides a sleek, stylish, and durable finish, offering a variety glazing and frame colour options, and more. Glass skylights are highly effective for bringing natural light into a property. They are available in both standard sizes and custom-made options, allowing control over the amount of sky visible indoors. In short, the right skylight will flood your interior with natural daylight, enhancing the overall ambiance.

Versatility

Versatility is at the core of our Rooflights & Skylights range, offering a diverse array of functionalities tailored to meet any project’s requirements. These include fixed units, ventilated units, access hatches, smoke vents and units designed for walking on. As one of the UK’s leading suppliers of fixed and flat glass rooflights, it is important to note that these can be supplied with or without an upstand to suit your exact requirements.

The clearest views

For the clearest views of the great outdoors, Rooflights & Skylights glazing comes standard with a Clear finish. Additionally, we offer alternative task-specific finishes such as diffused glazing, solar control glass, low emissivity glass, and Ritec easy clean coatings.

Minimise heat loss, prevent condensation

As standard, all units supplied by Rooflights & Skylights are double-glazed to enhance heat insulation and conserve energy. Additionally, on selected units, there is an option to upgrade the specification to triple glazing for increased insulation and improved energy efficiency.

For expert help in selecting the right glass skylight for your project, download our new Glass brochure today!

 

Choosing a Roof Lantern: Get your FREE 2024 Guide from Rooflights & Skylights

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Discovering the perfect roof lantern for your space is made easy with our essential guide. Explore aesthetics, frame design, materials, impact on energy efficiency and installation tips!

Roof lanterns offer breathtaking sky views, providing the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors from the comfort of one’s interior while flooding the space with abundant natural light. What sets them apart from other rooflights is their distinctive architectural design. Not only does this design serve as a striking feature, but it also elevates the ceiling height of flat roof extensions, creating a sense of spaciousness and grandeur.

Choose from a number of frame options available within the Rooflights & Skylights range:

Frameless: Frameless roof lanterns employ cutting-edge silicone glazing techniques, integrating ultra-slim glass-to-glass panels with structurally bonded hip and ridge joints. This design distinguishes them among the slimmest systems on the market, ensuring exceptionally clear views.

Slim Aluminium Frame: Featuring super-strong yet lightweight aluminium box rafters, this design offers visual elegance and sharp minimalistic lines indoors.

Reinforced PVCu or Aluminium Ridge: With its robust ridge design and minimal sized rafters, it offers some of the narrowest sightlines available.

Energy saving benefits

The additional sunlight provided by a roof lantern diminishes the reliance on artificial lighting, thereby saving energy and decreasing a home’s carbon footprint. Our standard double glazing, featuring an argon-filled cavity, improves heat retention by 30 percent. Moreover, we provide optional triple-glazing for improved insulation, energy efficiency, and noise reduction.

To choose the ideal roof lantern for your project, consider options from the following brands: Brett Martin, Thermalight, Skylantern, Wendland, Lunaglaze and Korniche, all featured in our Free 2024 Roof Lantern Guide

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Your specification partner in daylight solutions for interiors

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With the unrelenting trend for domestic extensions and customers seeking to make maximum use of available space within their homes, Rooflights & Skylights provide you, the architect, with the ideal solution.

As well as delivering natural light to areas of a living space that might otherwise be difficult to illuminate naturally, well considered rooflights or skylights provide opportunity to free up wall space and overcome planning hurdles in ways that traditional windows can’t resolve.

And with the multitude of styles and functionality available, it’s easier than ever to provide you with the perfect solution to meet your customers’ needs in terms of aesthetics, intensity of illumination, thermal performance and ventilation.

However, there’s still plenty to consider. So, Scott Couldrey, Managing Director, Rooflights & Skylights, discusses the options…

Glass or polycarbonate

For many customers, the choice of rooflight styles available on the market can be intimidating, so we always suggest the first choice to make is between a glass or polycarbonate rooflight.

Pro Tip!.. If the rooflight can be seen from the outside of the property, then choose Glass!

There’s no denying that glass rooflights are a more aesthetically pleasing solution – particularly in domestic settings where it might form an architectural centrepiece within the interior, or impose a visual impact on the exterior of the property.

 

However, polycarbonate rooflights come into their own where functionality and budget trump aesthetics – with a wide range of shapes and sizes as well as different coatings and ventilation options available.

 

 

 

Function and style 

Allowing huge amounts of daylight to flood into an interior space and providing a clean, minimalist, yet stunning design feature, it’s easy to see why roof lanterns and pyramid skylights are such a popular solution when it comes to making a statement.

Pro Tip!.. Looking for a discrete means of introducing light into a single storey extension where the roof acts as a balcony or terrace…choose a Walk-on skylight!

Access hatches are a cost-effective method of allowing occasional access to a rooftop for the purpose of inspection or maintenance, while providing an invaluable source of natural light into an interior.

Our range of AOV smoke vents can serve the dual purpose of allowing natural light into a building, while adhering to fire safety and ventilation regulations – particularly relevant in buildings of multiple occupancy.

Thermal performance

With energy efficiency a growing concern among customers, thermal performance comes under tight scrutiny. As well as different styles and sizes having an impact on the thermal performance of a rooflight or skylight, the range of glazing options and their associated U-value ratings, also determine how much the glass reduces heat loss.

Pro Tip!.. Argon-filled glazing units act as a more efficient thermal buffer than air-filled units and can help your customer save money in reduced energy bills long-term.

Expert support with product specification

With years of experience, working on hundreds of extension projects, Rooflights&Skylights can help you specify the best solution – taking into account budget, aesthetics, functionality, building regulations and planning requirements.

Bespoke rooflight and skylight design

In non-standard spaces or unusual sites, building regulations and planning restrictions can turn up some unusual challenges and our expertise comes into its own…we’re here to help!

And, if our team can’t find a standard product fit for your project then our bespoke support service will ensure a solution is designed and manufactured to your custom-build specifications.

Contact us today for expert support with your next project.

Custom-made glass rooflights at off-the-shelf prices!

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When it comes to bespoke projects – whether custom build or the renovation of a protected building, it’s rare that high specification and ‘budget-friendly’ go hand-in-hand.

However, with their own R&S range of custom-made flat glass rooflights, Rooflights & Skylights achieves just that. Combining quality – backed by attractive guarantees on all components – with a selection of glazing options to suit your customers’ needs, Rooflights & Skylights provide an affordable solution for all of those one-of-a-kind projects.

The Rooflights & Skylights (R&S) range

Ideally suited to flat roof constructions, the R&S range offer a variety of stylish hinged and fixed glass solutions to allow customers maximum enjoyment of their space.

These include:

– Glass rooflight top only

– Glass rooflight with PVC kerb

– Glass manual hinged rooflight to fit builder’s kerb

– Glass manual hinged rooflight with PVC Kerb

– Glass electric opening rooflight to fit builder’s kerb

– Glass electric opening rooflight with PVC kerb

The sky’s the limit when it comes to glazing options…

Whether they’re seeking protection from the effects of the sun or privacy from surrounding vantage points, there’s a glazing option to meet your customer’s requirements.

Clear – allowing natural light to flood in and fill the space.

Solar Control – reduces solar gain, while maintaining optimum light transmission.

Grey Glass – a decorative option used to reduce light transmission.

Satin Glass – a white laminate layer allows light through while offering high concealment of the room below.

Stippolyte Textured Glass – increased privacy is achieved with a level 4 medium / high obscuration.

Clear, Solar Control and Grey Glass options are also available with ‘easy clean’ coating – reducing the accumulation of dirt and debris on the rooflight and making it easier to clean.

Top spec and easy to install

Rooflights come with a fully sealed laminated double glazed unit as standard. The thermally broken construction ensures no cold bridging and a reduction in condensation. The aluminium frame of each rooflight is supplied with a powder-coated finish in Anthracite (RAL 7016).

Technical support and regulatory advice

The technical team at Rooflights & Skylights are on hand to help determine the right product for your project as well as advising on industry policy and regulation – saving you time and budget.

Quality: Guaranteed

 While all rooflight units are made to a high specification by a leading manufacturer, for added peace of mind customers can enjoy a number of guarantees, which include:

10 years on the unit

5 years on the double glazed unit

1 year on electrical components, where applicable.

View the whole range and order today from as little as £399

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