Out on the roof the fitting job was simple but don't attempt it unless you are perfectly happy up there. I used a scaffold tower and crawler ladder. I was helped by the fact that the roof had a very shallow pitch which made it easy to sit and work. If you have a steep slate roof things get a lot more difficult. I placed the tile as high as possible and because it was a direct replacement it slipped in easily. The roofing felt, also called the sarking, felt or membrane had to be cut but the Suntile comes with a gasket that slips over the duct and lays over the felt. The top of the gasket needs to be tucked up under the roofing. If a CORGI installer attended the site there is no reason, and no excuse for him not picking up what you clearly saw felt above the Suntile. Inside the loft I simply stuck the long box sections onto each other and angled the run to get to the correct point on the ceiling.
The sections are designed to swivel at each joint. Once I had positioned the duct over the ceiling template I made two small holes through the ceiling with a screw to see if I had positioned it equally and squarely. If it’s in the wrong place it’s easy to fill two small holes, if you cut the ceiling without checking then the repair is a lot more involved. Once you have a hole in the ceiling the diffuser plate simply pushes up on spring clips in the same way that a down lighter does. There are no screws or glues involved and if you cut the hole neatly there is no making good. That is all there is to it. The outside tile took just over ten minutes and the inside duct took nearly an hour. The improvement in the hallway was instant sunshine and one very happy householder. |
