Skylight FAQs

A Glass Roof Lantern is a Skylight with vertical glass at the perimeter walls. The benefits of a Lantern include:
Renaissance's mill workers will hand-build your Lantern or Skylight from Steel, and select grades of beautiful and naturally durable solid hardwoods, including:
The interior wood framing of your Lantern or Skyklight can be:
The exterior of your Lantern or Skylight can be:
The caps and metal that hold your roof glass in place can be:
Your Lantern or Skylight will be custom built to-order to precisely suit your needs.

Shapes include:
Square (Pyramid)
Rectangles (Hipped)
Octagons
Equal-Sided Polygons
Circles
Roof configurations include:
Single Slope
Even-Span and Uneven-Span Ridge
Pyramical
Domes

Absolutely! Wood is an excellent natural insulator, and our standard glazing is Low-e high performance double insulating glass with an inert Argon gas cavity-fill.

Yes. You can choose between manual or motorized awning (top-hinged) operating vertical sash and operating sloped roof vents. Insect screens are standard.

Depending on size, your Renaissance Lantern or Skylight may arrive factory pre-assembled and glazed, ready to be set into position on your prepared curb.
Larger units may need to be assembled on site. In these cases, we offer professional installation by one of our apprentice-trained Certified Renaissance Installation Teams. Renaissance will never sub-contract your Lantern or Skylight installation!

Allow 8-10 weeks for us to build your Lantern or Skylight. Lead times vary with our then-current work load, so be sure to allow enough time.

Pre-coated Aluminum in virtually any color
Copper
Lead-coated Copper
Zinc

Concealed, Primed and Forged Welded Steel Flitch
Honduras Mahogany
Cedro, a South American Mahogany also known as "Spanish Cedar"
White Oak
Western Red Cedar
Other fine woods upon request