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2. Laylight - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] A laylight differs from a glazed (or closed) skylight in that a skylight functions as a roof window or aperture, while a laylight is flush with the ceiling of an interior space. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] When paired with a roof lantern or skylight on a sloped roof, a laylight functions as an interior light diffuser. [ 6 ]

3. Cricket (roofing) - Wikipedia

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   In some cases, a cricket can be used to transition from one roof area to another. On low-slope and flat roofs with parapet walls, crickets are commonly used to divert water to the drainage, against or perpendicular to the main roof slope. The pitch of a cricket is sometimes the same as the rest of the roof, but not always. For Steep-slope roofs ...

4. Retractable roof - Wikipedia

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   A retractable roof is a roof system designed to roll back the roof of a structure so that the interior of the facility is open to the outdoors. [1] Retractable roofs are sometimes referred to as operable roofs or retractable skylights. The term operable skylight, while quite similar, refers to a skylight that opens on a hinge, rather than on a ...

5. Skylight - Wikipedia

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   Skylight in the vault in the Chapel of the Constable of the Burgos Cathedral, a glazed closed skylight from the 15th century A skylight (sometimes called a rooflight ) is a light-permitting structure or window, usually made of transparent or translucent glass, [ 1 ] that forms all or part of the roof space of a building for daylighting and ...

6. Building-integrated photovoltaics - Wikipedia

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   Solar roof tiles are roof tiles with integrated solar modules. The ceramic solar roof tile is developed and patented by a Dutch company [12] in 2013. Modules shaped like multiple roof tiles. Solar shingles are modules designed to look and act like regular shingles, while incorporating a flexible thin film cell.

7. 22-year-old fell through skylight after roofing company ...

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   The Department of Labor says the Louisiana roofing company could have prevented the death of its 22-year-old employee. 22-year-old fell through skylight after roofing company ignored deadly risks ...

8. Roof shingle - Wikipedia

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   A shingle roof in Zakopane, Poland. With an area of 6000 m 2 (1½ acres), it was one of the largest wooden shingle roofs in Europe. A roof’s shingles are a roof covering consisting of individual overlapping elements. These elements are typically flat, rectangular shapes laid in courses from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each successive ...

9. Lightwell - Wikipedia

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   In architecture, a lightwell, [NB 1] sky-well, [NB 2] or air shaft is an unroofed or roofed external space provided within the volume of a large building to allow light and air to reach what would otherwise be a dark or unventilated area.