A little light music
24th May 2016

A bespoke octagonal rooflight spanning nearly 2.4metres and weighing almost 200Kg was created by aluminium fabricator ALUMEN in a hand-carved Cotswold stone garden pavilion where chamber music and other recitals are to be performed.

Alumen used a crane to install the item, based on its Helios range and, as managing director Alan Robinson explained: “We love a challenge and this bespoke request gave us the perfect chance to test the capabilities of the Helios design.

“The Helios is the contemporary square rooflight with a raised chamfered edge. Available as fixed or with a smooth chain operated manual or electric opener, the options on size and shape are endless – as demonstrated in this unique project. This project required us to fabricated the rooflight into an octagon shape to form the centre of the roof in a garden pavilion, part of a hand carved Cotswold stone building in a courtyard of outbuildings.

“The rooflight itself was large spanning 2387mm and weighing nearly 200Kg.  It had to be lifted into place using glass lifters and a crane, and despite the unpredictable weather we have been experiencing, was installed according to plan."

https://www.alumen.co.uk/Alumen/Octagon-Rooflight.aspx