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Planning
VELUX 11
REQUIREMENTS FOR DAYLIGHT
To provide adequate levels of natural light, VELUX recommends
that the daylight area be at least 15 % of the floor area.
In Scotland every apartment must have a window or windows of an
aggregate glazed area equal to at least 1/15th of the floor area of
the apartment and situated in an external wall or roof.
SAFETY GLASS
The Building Regulations state that if glass is less than 800 mm
from the floor then glazing units with safety glass must be installed.
VELUX also recommends that where windows are installed at high
level in eg public places, the inner pane be specified as laminated
glass. This means that if the glass is broken the lamination will hold
the glass in place preventing it from falling. This is of particular
importance for schools, games halls, conference centres etc.
For optimum performance VELUX recommends the use of
glazing variants --73, --60 and --65 (see pages 136-137).
Building regulations
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