My sun tunnel installation

Ader1

Last week I took off the lens at the base of this Sun tunnel I had installed. I looked up into it and I saw just screws holding sections together and a black material. I assume it was a Velux Sun tunnel as I can remember seeing a Velux box lying around. Anyway, I went and looked at this video of a Velux Sun tunnel installation and it clearly shows gaskets being used to hold the rigid sections together and silver reflective tape used to cover the joins. https://vimeo.com/102235252 Anybody familiar with Velux Sun tunnels and what's happened with mine? Here's a pic:

Private_Church

From looking at this thread and your kitchen thread I wouldn't let him near your property again. I don't think he is a qualified Carpenter looking at the standard of workmanship, maybe he slept with one..

He should have used the gaskets and tape to join the sections but used what looks like 40mm Gyproc screws. Not a lot you can do about it now and as long as its not leaking I would leave it alone.

If you need any further Carpentry work carried out I would try and get friends/family/neighbours to recommend someone and ideally see if you can have a look at previous work. Sadly there are a lot of really bad cowboys out there.

andyhop

Silver foil tape can be bought from screwfix , remove the screws and fit from the tunnel inwards

Given the crap look here I'd be more concerned about the quality of the opening in the roof

Ader1

Thanks for the advice. Does somebody know if the tunnel sections come in 'rolls' like the core of toilet paper or do they come as sheets which are then made into a 'roll' by linking the long sides to each other? Is that clear?

andyhop

They come in rolled tube format .

Ader1

Thanks. What I have there are sheets which have been rolled to make a tube. I don't know why on earth he wouldn't use the proper tubes? Maybe he had something lying around which he thought he would use.......


You can just about make out the joins in those 'tubes'.