Most people would agree that natural light is more pleasant and more comfortable than artificial light, but does everyone really understand the benefits of natural lighting?
Natural light produced by the sun can benefit the body in many ways, and it has been proven that natural (full-spectrum) lighting is healthier than artificial lighting.
For example, natural lighting sources trigger your body to produce Vitiman D, which boost the immune system and builds strong bones and teeth. Vitiman D has also been proven to treat a variety of disorders including some cancers.
Everyone can benefit, in one way or another, from the effects of natural lighting, so why not consider bringing more sources of natural lighting in to your home.
The easiest and most affordable way to add natural lighting to your home is to replace your existing light bulbs with natural, full-spectrum, light bulbs. These bulbs can be purchased at most of your local home improvement warehouses, and are highly effective at bringing the benefits of natural light indoors and work wonders at reducing eyestrain as well.
Full-spectrum light bulbs work great, but if you really want to take advantage of all of the benefits of natural lighting, you should consider installing tubular skylights in your home.

Skylights are a great way to bring natural light into your home. However, traditional skylights are a significant source of energy loss, and they often don’t distibute light evenly enough and can cause UV damage to carpets, wood floors, and home furnishings. But tubular skylights, on the other hand, will bring natural light into your home without all of the disadvantages associated with these traditional skylights.
Tubular skylights distibute light evenly. They are energy effecient and will cut down the cost of your electric bills.

Tubular skylights have a roof-mounted light collector with a highly durable acrylic lens positioned inside a rust-proof metal frame.

Most tubular sky lights have a highly reflective sun scoop in the roof assembly that directs the sunlight into a metal tube which has a mirror-like reflective interior coating. This reflective tube guides the captured sunlight to a diffuser lense, mounted on the interior ceiling surface, that distributes light evenly throughout the room.

Installing tubular sylights is the best way to bring the benifits of natural light into your home, and they are suprisingly inexpensive to install.


Contact your local home improvement specialist today and ask them if they install tubular skylights.
If you live in Blacksburg, Christinsburg, Radford or surrounding areas of Virginia, contact Profixes Home Repair and Maintenance for your free tubular skylight estimate www.profixes.com