Many homeowners want an abundance of natural light to flood into their homes or extensions. Welsh Oak Frame’s designers can help you explore how to maximise the amount of light in your oak frame structure, whether that is a house, garden room, orangery or an extension. Here we explore a number of glazing ideas which can be incorporated into your house or extension design to introduce more light into your home.

Natural light from above glazing ideas

Natural light coming in from above is twice as powerful within a room as that from a vertical window. Glazing ideas could include roof lanterns not only fill a space with natural daylight, but can add drama and height to the interiors. Roof lights have been popular for many years and can make a huge difference to your home. A roof light will bring in twice the amount of light of the average window and is perfect for rooms where side glazing my not be possible. They can also free up wall space.

Link buildings 

Oak & glazed links work well when you are linking buildings together. A glazed link can signpost the transition between the existing home and a new space. For example, you could link a renovated outbuilding to your house by mean of a glazed link. Glazed links can be an interesting design feature within the home and can pull natural light into the heart of the home.

Picture windows

A great glazing idea is if you have a particularly stunning specimen tree or a fabulous courtyard to look out on, consider having a picture window to lead your eye straight out to that view. You can highlight even further this area by installing some exterior garden lighting

Consider sun pipes

Perhaps you have a room in the centre of your house that desperately needs light? Why not consider installing sun pipes. These are installed through the roof and draw the natural light down into the room.

Glazed gables

A glazed gable is an excellent glazing idea and a way of introducing light from above. This design feature can make for a great focal point both internally and externally, and can be adopted in traditional schemes, as well as more contemporary homes with large expanses of frameless glazing. Combining with oak works particularly well because the material softens large areas of glazing. A glazed balcony, as opposed to a solid wall, will also help you to enjoy uninterrupted vistas from your bedroom out across the lawn, particularly if you have full height glazed doors coming off the room in question.

Glazed side panels

An interesting glazing idea is to consider having glazed sides which will introduce more light into your home. These are panels of glass either side of the front door, as high and as wide as fits with your building specification. For privacy purposes, you can have opaque glazing or glazing that works via a simple flick of a switch.

Structural glazing

Structural glazing can be used to enable light to travel from one floor to another. If you’re having a basement extension, you can allow the light on the ground floor to light up the room below. This can also work well with a double storey glazed house extension.