Clearview National February 2019 - Issue 207 | Page 58
CONSERVATORIES&SOLIDROOFS
Fitter-friendly
lantern
reaches new
heights
Industry pioneer Atlas
Glazed Roof Solutions has
pushed the boundaries
in lantern design once
again with the unveiling of
a next generation glazed
roof lantern. The Lantern
2.0 is the slimmest, lightest,
strongest, finest looking
and most energy efficient
lantern that Atlas has ever
created, and perhaps the
market has ever seen.
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everything the homeowner and installer want
in a roof lantern, the fitter-friendly lantern
is the slimmest non-bonded roof in the
industry. And Atlas has improved on all of its
features to make it the best lantern available
on the market today.
Taking aesthetics and performance to
a new level, the lantern features a fully
aluminium, thermally broken ringbeam,
which has been reduced in size by 55% to
make it even lighter, better looking and
more thermally efficient than before. The
new lantern also incorporates a refined ridge
topcap, which is 25% thinner than before,
to achieve incredibly slim sightlines when
viewed from below. The height of the ridge
top cap has also been trimmed by nearly
50%, making it much less obtrusive because
the lantern sits much lower than bulkier
alternative systems from the outside.
Gareth Thomas, sales and marketing
director at Atlas Glazed Roof Solutions, said:
“This lantern is the dawn of a new era for
our industry and we’re really proud to launch
what is a truly exciting advance in lantern
design. We’ve put our passion, expertise and
agility into developing our new lantern – this
piece of engineering excellence has all the
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characteristics you expect of an Atlas roof, but
it’s even better.
“Delivering on all fronts, it’s a new breed of
lantern that’s a league ahead of everything else
out there and we know that homeowners and
installers will be hankering for it. You could
say the best just got better.”
As well as introducing a host of advances
to improve the appearance and performance
of the lantern, Atlas has also ensured that it
simplifies the installation process for the fitter.
The new ringbeam is now in one piece to do
away with on-site assembly and make for a
quicker and more straightforward installation.
The ringbeam is simpler to drill to the kerb
and it comes with fewer components to ease
fitting further. And, because the lantern is a
‘dry fit’ system, which only requires silicone
to seal the lantern at the kerb, it is neater,
quicker and easier to fit than ever before.
“These enhancements were all about
simplifying the installation for the fitter,”
Gareth adds. “Many installers shied away
from projects with lanterns before, because
they saw them as complicated, specialist jobs
that needed to be subcontracted to expert
fitters. This new lantern has been designed
‘This lantern is the dawn
of a new era for our
industry and we’re really
proud to launch what is
a truly exciting advance
in lantern design’
with the fitter in mind and it opens up
terrific opportunities for firms that don’t have
experience in lanterns to widen their offering
and make the most of the growth of the flat
roof extension market.”
The Lantern 2.0 is perfectly proportioned
with the internal ridge, transom rafters
and hips the same 40mm width and
appearance for a streamlined look. Unlike
some alternative systems, there are no boss
or hoods to intrude on the roof ’s slim-line
ridge. It is also one of the strongest glazed
roofing systems available and, despite its
extensive glazing, it delivers outstanding
thermal performance. The ridge and rafters
feature a thermal break to prevent cold air
from penetrating to the inside of the rafter.
The rafter is twice as thermally efficient as its
nearest rival and can achieve a U-value of up
to 0.9 W/m2k with double glazing.
www.atlasroofsolutions.co.uk