Acrylic Or Polycarbonate Skylight

Skylight manufacturer in redding ca with a sales office and showroom in campbell ca san francisco bay area.

Acrylic or polycarbonate skylight.

Acrylic plastic available in all sizes and colors up to 93 25 x 93 25 square and 51 x 99 rectangle is still the most common material found on a residential domed skylight. Made in the usa. Skylights whether you need to replace a small dome skylight or want to have a large commons area for your retail space regal has a plastic solution for that. The better ones will have thermal break which separates the interior and exterior thermally aluminum frames however glass has much better thermal insulation standard in every skylight.

It has a much greater degree of impact resistance. Some of the most respected architects in the world including the herzog and de meuron and norman foster practices have used polycarbonate as their skylight material to stunning effect. Both are synthetic glass and each offers tremendous flexibility. The polycarbonate in our polydome skylights is the same product used to produce airplane windows and football helmets.

We keep these popular color choices in stock. Quality skylight products include acrylic dome skylights glass skylights replacement domes and sun tunnels. From durable signs and skylights to eye catching retail store fixtures displays and shelves acrylic plastics provide outstanding versatility durability and aesthetic qualities. Acrylic and polycarbonate skylight both boast of exceptional degrees of damage resistance.

Acrylic and polycarbonate can be bent to match and replace your existing cracked or yellowing skylight. Polycarbonate offers much more resilience than acrylic making it ideal for highly demanding applications like bullet resistant windows. Throughout the world polycarbonate is becoming the most popular choice for rooflights. Polycarbonate skylights resist temperature extremes from a frigid 60 below zero to an oven baking 250 degrees.

Acrylic has roughly 17 times the impact resistance. Sun tek polydome skylights are uv stabilized for long lasting protection. In general terms polycarbonate rooflight is customarily better than acrylic skylight. Acrylic skylights use 1980 s design technology.

Polydome skylights are 30 times more impact resistant than acrylic skylights and 250 times more impact resistant than standard glass. Acrylic is naturally uv stable and will withstand years of abuse from the sun. Polycarbonate s optical clarity makes it ideal for applications such as machine guards signs face shields skylights pop displays. Due to its natural strength acrylic sheeting is the preferred material for skylight domes.

Contact us for an estimate. Polycarbonate is a tough transparent plastic material with outstanding strength stiffness and impact resistance. Do not drill or nail through the flange on an acrylic dome. Acrylic sheet commonly referred to as plexiglass acrylic sheeting offers great light transmittance and strength.