Be careful which large rooflight you spend your hard earnt money on. Why you should only invest in large rooflights from Ofset. We have noticed a few other companies now also selling large rooflights and big skylights in the Uk. Worryingly they are only supplying 6mm glass on four, five and six-metre large one-piece rooflights often imported from Turkey and...
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Glazed side return extension rooflights and roof glazing for side return extensions in London and throughout the UK. Side return extensions continue to be an affordable route to increase the living area in predominantly Victorian properties. With clever design, structural steels, home owners can utilise the ‘dead space’ as seen with most Victorian terraced properties by opening up their homes...
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Glass isn't a perfect product. There are minuscule imperfections in all glass panes. It is impossible to remove all these imperfections. One of these imperfections can be nickel sulphide. When glass is 'toughened' it is heated to an incredibly high temperature followed by a rapid cooling process. During this cooling process the nickel sulphide within the glass shrinks. Sometimes over...
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Our stunning Blade rooflights can be fitted to pitched roofs in almost any size or shape imaginable. We have fitted many, many large frameless rooflights onto pitched roofs throughout the UK. Our beautiful jumbo sized Blade rooflights can work with any roof type or angle. Blade rooflights can accommodate Zinc roofs, big and large rooflights for tiled roofs and in...
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A ‘must read’ for anyone looking for large span rooflights and big roof lanterns for home extensions. Understanding the cost of large ‘one-piece Blade rooflights’ vs ‘sticky uppy’ roof lanterns If a potential buyer is looking at large span all glass rooflights, such as lanterns the cost of these can be relatively cheap. The use of small panel sections, poor...
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Ofset are busy fitting our amazing rooflights all over the Uk and are in need of an additional specialist installation team. We are experts in particularly large rooflights in ‘one piece’ design and ‘multi section' design. You will need to pick up the glass from the factory in North London and then go straight to site and with the use...
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Glass rooflights tend to come in a ‘one size fits all’ approach. At Ofset we do not think like this. Getting the specification for your unique flat roof window is critical for a successful long term installation and we offer a wide range of options and upgrades to make sure you are happy with the final product. The standard features...
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Double glazed or triple glazed - which is better? This question can leave some suppliers and end users mystified. There are pros and cons to both but ultimately the answer can lie in the siting and orientation of your new bespoke rooflight. One would think that you should always invest in a product with the lowest u-values. This isn't necessarily...
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At Ofset, we offer the option of both Security and Acoustic glass on all our Blade rooflights. In most installations, these will not be required but we like to give our customers the opportunity to upgrade if necessary. Both these options are created by replacing the bottom pane of glass in the glazed unit with an extra-thick laminated pane. We...
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Modern contemporary rooflights are heavy. The bigger the desired frameless rooflight, the heavier it becomes. Any rooflight above 150 kgs is extremely difficult to ‘handball’ off the delivery vehicle and onto the ‘fit area’. As rooflight sizes increase, the thicker the individual glass panes for the rooflight become. Sometimes the top pane can be up to 12mm thick and, on...
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