Roof lantern Rotterdam, from post-war estate to Kralingen

Looking for a roof lantern in Rotterdam? With DagLichtDesign you order directly from the factory. The short answer: the roof lantern is made to measure in Barneveld, about 95 km away, and arrives at your address on an agreed date, just as elsewhere in South Holland. Your own contractor installs it, or you request installation through the regular installation partner.

Post-war rebuilding: many extensions and flat roofs

The bombing of 14 May 1940 destroyed the centre of Rotterdam. The rebuilding that followed still shapes the city today. After the war came districts such as Zuidwijk, Pendrecht and Lombardijen, with family houses, walk-up flats and plenty of green space between the blocks.

Those post-war family houses often have a compact living room and a deep garden. A rear extension is then a logical step, and a roof lantern on the extension brings daylight right into the middle of the house. The mono-pitch roof lantern in 1, 2 and 3 metres is always in stock. If an existing extension still has a plastic rooflight dome, a mono-pitch roof lantern can take its place. Read replacing a rooflight dome with a roof lantern.

• Post-war terraced house: mono-pitch on the extension
• Existing rooflight dome: mono-pitch as replacement
• Extension against a high wall: wall-abutting lean-to
• Villa or garden room: gable or hipped roof lantern

Pre-war Rotterdam: Kralingen, Blijdorp and Hillegersberg

Not all of Rotterdam is post-war. Kralingen and Hillegersberg have plenty of pre-war buildings, from town houses to villas, and Blijdorp was largely built in the 1930s. There, an extension often meets a high brick rear wall. A wall-abutting lean-to roof lantern is made for exactly that: it connects with a wall abutment profile plus an EPDM lead substitute or a zinc flashing, depending on the wall.

At detached houses along the Rotte or around the Kralingse Plas you see larger extensions and garden rooms. A gable or hipped roof lantern can suit them, with light from several directions. If you are torn between the two, read gable or hipped roof lantern.

Roof lantern Rotterdam: delivery, parking and lifting

In most post-war districts a van or lorry can get right to the door. In the centre, the old harbour districts and homes with a garden behind the block, it is different: sometimes the roof lantern has to go along a back path or over the roof of the extension. Check this beforehand with your contractor, and ask the municipality for permission if a crane has to stand on the street.

Delivery takes place on an agreed date, so the crew fitting it can arrive at the same time. Details are in roof lantern delivery in the Netherlands. Prefer to collect it yourself? That is possible by appointment in Barneveld, with no shipping costs. Rotterdam contractors order at trade prices from the very first project, with no minimum.

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