Project: Open plan kitchen extension in an early 20th century, end of terrace Surrey property, complete with rooflights, bifold doors and living green roof
Specifier: One World Design Architects
Contractor: Heronlake Construction
Client: Homeowner
Scope of project: Supply of two flat glass em.glaze rooflights for a 5.5m wide x 4m deep extension
Products: Two em.glaze Premium CWCT Class 1 tested flat glass rooflights

The Challenge:
The owners of this early 20th century end of terrace property wanted to bring more light into the rear of their house. The kitchen and garden face north, and they felt that that the rear of the house was always gloomy as a result.

They wanted to replace an old utility room at the back of the house with a new open plan kitchen extension, but needed help from their architect and contractor to ensure that they ended up with a light and airy space, with no more dark corners.

The Solution:
Over a four month period, One World Design and Heronlake Construction delivered a new 5.5m wide x 4m deep extension which has transformed the look and feel of the house. It opens up the downstairs completely and floods the space with daylight, thanks to two Whitesales em.glaze Premium rooflights and full height bifold doors.

The rooflights feature a sleek flushglazed edgetoedge design with an aluminium powder coated frame finished in Anthracite Grey. They come factory preglazed for easy installation and are CWCT Class 1 tested as standard, which means they are safe to walk on for maintenance and cleaning particularly important here because the extension also features a living green roof.

Em.glaze rooflights have all the thermal insulation properties that energy conscious homeowners demand and the doubleglazed units can be specified in clear or diffused glass, depending on the privacy requirements, and with solar control and selfcleaning features.

The Benefits:

The Surrey homeowners couldn’t be more pleased: “We always loved the house, but hated the kitchen and how dark and small it was. Now, we honestly love it. It’s bright and spacious and our favourite part of the house. Our electrician added some LED lights around the rooflights so even at night, they’re still the focus of the room.

“When we told our neighbours what we were planning, they said they had decided against doing the same thing a few years ago because they thought the finished result would be too dark. Now that they have seen how good our kitchen looks with the Whitesales rooflights, they have just signed off their plans ready to build something very similar.”