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[quote=Anonymous]We got two large skylights in our screened in porch (which is actually more like a 3-season room with the EZ-Breeze windows).

How much do skylights increase the heat in summer? We have found that they don't increase the heat but the direct sunlight can be annoying when it shines directly on you. We always move to areas of the porch where the sun is not hitting us from those skylights. So it can be annoying.

Is it mostly just hotter in the spots where the light comes through the skylights, or is the whole porch hotter? I don't think the whole porch is hotter. It's just that you don't have "shade" when you are being hit by the direct sunlight through the skylights. So it decreases the amount of space on the porch where you can comfortably be.

We really want our porch to be noticeably cooler than sitting out in the sunny yard-- we will have a big fan to help, but will skylights make it enough less comfortable that we should consider skipping them and living with the room inside being darker?
We regret the skylights. Not because it makes it warmer overall but because it's annoying being in direct sunlight. And we think that without the skylights the porch would be just as bright and not dark at all.

They are really pretty and it's kind of cool to look up and see them, but if we had it to do over again we would not have added skylights. [/quote]

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