ODL Tubular Skylights

ODL Tubular Skylights bring soft, natural daylight into any room in your home - even the small spaces where larger skylights won't fit. Light reflects through the shaft and is spread throughout interior spaces.ODL Tubular Skylight's patented Solar Lens® dome captures the light and reflects low angle light and more ambient light down through the highly reflective tubing. The reflective tubing maximizes light more efficiently than a traditional drywall skylight shaft, or accordion style flexible tube. The diffuser, which looks like a recessed light fixture, then spreads the light evenly throughout the room.

The patented Solar Lens® dome uses reflex optic technology to gather sunlight, even during low light hours, to increase light through the tube.

ODL's unique dual lens glass diffuser softens and spreads light.

Tubular skylights bring soft natural light into the home. 99% of UV rays are absorbed to protect rugs, furniture, and clothes from fading.
Light output will vary by time of day, roof orientation and shaft length. Tubular skylights are not recommended for heavily shaded roofs.

The Solar Lens Dome features our patented Solar Lens® reflex optics molded into the dome. This prismatic surface increases the amount of light directed downward through the tube. While this occurs throughout the day, it is most noticeable when the sun is relatively low in the sky, such as during the morning, late afternoon, or during the winter months.

The ODL Tubular Skylight is designed for leak-free operation when installed properly. Our metal and injection molded roof flashings are one-piece and seamless to eliminate leakage. Roof sealant should be applied generously to the bottom of the flashing. It is also recommended to use roof sealant to seal screw heads on flashing and shingles to flashing. Tubular Skylights meet the ASTM E-331 Water Resistance Standard.

ODL Skylights - basic information 

ODL Skylights are supplied in two basic diameters:

SV 10 - tube diameter 255 mm

SV 14 - tube diameter 356 mm

Both types are supplied in the kit with 1.22 m long piping. The kit is universal - suitable for both flat and pitched roof!

The standard kit always includes 2 pcs of 45° adjustable elbow and 1 pc of 51 cm long piping and a  base suitable for flat roofings (shingle, flat metal sheets).

Should you need longer tube than 1.2 m, it is possible to use 51 cm or 122 cm long additional piping. Using long additional piping results in joint elimination, hardness increase and light output loses elimination. For above mentioned reasons, we recommend using long additional piping.

It is necessary to order special base for installation on the tiled roof or atypical metal sheet roof.

We provide 10 years long guarantee for the skylights ODL. However, lifetime is the same as lifetime of SUNPIPE skylights.

Losses in the system of ODL skylights

Skylights can be almost any length that you wish, but loses 6% of light for every metre of  skylight . For very long ODL skylights, a larger diameter should be used. There is a 12% light reduction for every 30° elbow used.

There is 2% reflection loss only, i.e. system efficiency is incredible 98%!!!

Maintenance

Unlike traditional skylights, cleaning and repainting is unnecessary.

The shape of the dome and flashing virtually eliminates the gathering of debris, which keeps the dome clean and makes the ODL Tubular Skylight completely maintenance free. All assemblies  and joints have seals to stop bugs and dirt from entering the tube.

If a bug does ever get into the tube, you can remove the diffuser lens by twisting it counter-clockwise.