What are impact-resistant structural skylights?

Impact-resistant structural skylights are specially designed skylights that can withstand high winds, debris impacts, and other extreme weather conditions like hurricanes. These skylights are custom-engineered to meet rigorous testing standards, ensuring they provide maximum protection and durability.

Are impact-resistant structural skylights required by building codes?

In hurricane-prone areas like Florida, impact-resistant skylights are often required by building codes, including the Florida Building Code and Miami-Dade Building Code. These skylights must meet specific standards for both small and large missile impacts depending on the height of the installation.

What is the difference between small missile and large missile impact testing?

Small missile testing simulates the impact of smaller debris like roof gravel, while large missile testing simulates larger objects like tree branches or roof tiles. Impact-resistant structural skylights are tested for both, and at Skylight Concepts, we use large missile impact resistance regardless of the elevation, exceeding the minimum code requirements.

What are the benefits of impact-resistant structural skylights?

Impact-resistant structural skylights offer several key benefits, including reduced risk of structural damage, enhanced safety during extreme weather, noise reduction, and increased security. They are also less likely to break due to incidental impacts or flying debris.

How do impact-resistant structural skylights help with energy efficiency?

In addition to their durability, impact-resistant structural skylights often feature laminated or insulated glass, which can help improve a building’s energy efficiency by providing better insulation and reducing the need for artificial lighting through natural daylighting.

Do Skylight Concept's impact-resistant structural skylights meet NOA requirements?

Yes, all of Skylight Concepts’ impact-resistant skylights are Florida and Miami-Dade NOA (Notice of Acceptance) approved. This means they have undergone rigorous testing and are certified to meet the highest standards for hurricane resistance and cyclic wind pressure.

How long does it take to install impact-resistant structural skylights?

The installation timeline for impact-resistant structural skylights can vary depending on the size and complexity of the project. However, at Skylight Concepts, we handle the entire process—from design to installation—efficiently and professionally, ensuring quick and hassle-free project completion. Contact us to learn more about the installation process.

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Impact-Resistant Skylights

At Skylight Concepts, we offer a wide selection of Florida and Miami-Dade-approved hurricane-proof/impact-resistant skylights for commercial, institutional, government, and high-end residential use. What are impact-resistant skylights, and why should you choose them? What are the benefits of NOA product-approved skylights? Why should you choose Skylight Concepts to install your impact-resistant skylights?

Read on for this information and more.

What It Is

What Are Impact-Resistant Skylights?

Impact-approved skylights, also known as high-impact skylights, are custom-engineered through rigorous AB Testing to provide the safety required by the latest building codes for cyclic wind pressures and impact caused by hurricanes.

Our impact-resistant skylights are available in two-sided and four-sided capture using both high-impact rated laminated and insulating glass. Our previously installed systems have withstood a number of hurricanes with no resulting failure.

Skylight Concepts impact-resistant skylights are both Florida and Miami-Dade-approved skylights and meet requirements for the most stringent building codes. Should a project require extreme pressure loading, we are able to offer project-specific testing and one-time approvals. As codes change, we are constantly upgrading our systems and engineering to meet and exceed any requirements.

The impact-resistant skylights have been tested for both small and large missile impact. By code, large missile resistance is a requirement for elevations less than 30 feet, while above elevations of 30 feet, only small missile resistance is a requirement; however, we have gone beyond this minimum requirement and we use large missile resistance regardless of elevation.

Benefits

What Are the Benefits of Impact-Approved Skylights?

Regardless of the weather where your building is located, hurricane-approved skylights and impact-resistant skylights provide peace of mind you can’t otherwise get with commercial skylights. After all, when a skylight is designed to withstand high wind speeds as well as debris impacts that can occur during a hurricane, you don’t need to worry about the skylight holding up during something like a thunderstorm.

Benefits of impact-approved skylights include:

Reduced threat of structural damage
Less chances of injuries or deaths being caused by the skylight
Safety against cyclic wind pressure
Superior noise protection
Unlikely to be the site of break-ins
Less likely to break as a result of incidental impacts or flying debris

Why Us

Why Pick Skylight Concepts for Impact-Resistant Skylights?

Skylight Concepts has been providing turnkey skylight solutions since 2002. We can handle every step of the impact-resistant skylight design and installation process ourselves without relying on third-party contractors, and our principals have 60 years of experience in the industry.

We have a wide assortment of large commercial impact-resistant skylights in a multitude of glazing, sizes, and models. Skylight Concepts is based out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but we help customers around the Caribbean and around the world to realize their commercial skylight dreams.

FAQs

Impact-resistant structural skylights are specially designed skylights that can withstand high winds, debris impacts, and other extreme weather conditions like hurricanes. These skylights are custom-engineered to meet rigorous testing standards, ensuring they provide maximum protection and durability.

In hurricane-prone areas like Florida, impact-resistant skylights are often required by building codes, including the Florida Building Code and Miami-Dade Building Code. These skylights must meet specific standards for both small and large missile impacts depending on the height of the installation.

Small missile testing simulates the impact of smaller debris like roof gravel, while large missile testing simulates larger objects like tree branches or roof tiles. Impact-resistant structural skylights are tested for both, and at Skylight Concepts, we use large missile impact resistance regardless of the elevation, exceeding the minimum code requirements.

Impact-resistant structural skylights offer several key benefits, including reduced risk of structural damage, enhanced safety during extreme weather, noise reduction, and increased security. They are also less likely to break due to incidental impacts or flying debris.

In addition to their durability, impact-resistant structural skylights often feature laminated or insulated glass, which can help improve a building’s energy efficiency by providing better insulation and reducing the need for artificial lighting through natural daylighting.

Yes, all of Skylight Concepts’ impact-resistant skylights are Florida and Miami-Dade NOA (Notice of Acceptance) approved. This means they have undergone rigorous testing and are certified to meet the highest standards for hurricane resistance and cyclic wind pressure.

The installation timeline for impact-resistant structural skylights can vary depending on the size and complexity of the project. However, at Skylight Concepts, we handle the entire process—from design to installation—efficiently and professionally, ensuring quick and hassle-free project completion. Contact us to learn more about the installation process.