LANTERN LIGHTS AND

DOME LIGHTS
- BUILDING CONSTRUCTION-V

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SUBMITTED TO: DIVYA.Y
AR.VIJAYA LAKSHMI. 18C01C4033.
LANTERN LIGHT:

A lantern light is constructed with

glazed vertical sides and a hipped
or gable-ended glazed roof.

The vertical sides of the Lantern

light are used as openings for
ventilation.
Lantern lights were often used to cover considerable areas, the light
being formed with substantial timbers or iron and steel frames in the
form of a glazed roof to provide top light to large stairwells and large
internal rooms.

The traditional lantern light of timber or steel requires frequent or

careful maintenance if it is to remain sound and watertight.

Lantern lights have also been used effectively in small factories and
large halls where large number of people work together.

Lantern lights have largely been replaced by Dome lights for

economy in first cost and freedom from maintenance.
The advantage of lantern light is the facility of ventilation from the
opening upstand sides that can be controlled by cord or winding gear
from below to suit the occupants of the room or space.

PITCHED LANTERN ROOF FLAT LANTERN ROOF

Lantern lights look similar to Dormer Windows…. But Dormer windows

are usually constructed along a pitched roof whereas lantern lights are
constructed over a flat roof….
DOME LIGHT:

Dome light and Plastic Roof lights

evolved after the Lantern light
construction in which the
transparent material used was
glass.

Dormer construction is usually

seen in the sloping roofs but
rooflights are generally used
when the roof is square,
rectangular or circular
ADVANTAGES

The advantage of the square and rectangular base roof light is that
they require straight forward trimming of the roof structure around
openings and upstands and flashings to curbs as compared to the
more complicated trimming and flushings around the circular base of
dome lights.

One of the commonly used roof-light is the rectangular base dome

light, which can be formed in one piece or made up in sections and
joined with glazing bars to cover large openings.

The advantages of these lights are that they are economical to

manufacture and fix, are light weight and have adequate strength
and stiffen from the curved shape of the light.
The round base dome light is more expensive to construct than a
square base light because of the additional labour involved in
trimming a round opening in a roof.
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