Our bedroom pod just keeps getting more beautiful, thanks to the huge skylight running above our passageway which was installed today! And damn it looks good. The once dark corridor is now awash with beautiful, natural light and the unit itself looks stunning, framing a lovely view up to the trees.

It was designed and built by skylight specialists Adlux. Call me naïve, but I just assumed we could whack up a normal window in the void, but there are a whole host of additional requirements when it comes to skylights. But the Adlux guys made it a breeze to navigate through these nuances and were able to virtually replicate our wall windows – colour matching the frame and double glazing the unit with the same high performance Planitherm glass we’ve used throughout the house.

One half of the unit being lifted onto the roof.

Garrick measuring up to fit a timber support for the skylight.

Carefully does it.

The first half being lowered into place.

Garrick fitting the timber support.

Then the second half joins his mate.

Making everything nice and water tight.

And she’s in. Beautiful!

Ok, there’s a bit of plasterboard to add to tidy the inside up, but check out that view!

The 4m long opening drenches the hallway in light now.