5 Common Skylight Myths

October 21, 2025

Skylights are the key to filling your home with natural light, elevating its look and reducing energy use. They’re a simple way to upgrade your property, but choosing the right one can sometimes be a long and daunting process.

This is especially challenging if you’ve heard others complain about their quality and functionality. At Natural Lighting Products, our premium modern skylights are here to debunk all your misconceptions.

In this blog, we’re setting the record straight by proving that the biggest skylight myths are simply fiction, especially when you work with us.

Skylights Always Leak

Old, outdated skylights are known to leak. This is often due to a product’s poor quality or issues during the installation process. However, choosing to have your skylight installed professionally can prevent these risks. Modern designs have effective flashing and waterproofing features, making leaks near impossible.

INFINITI skylights are designed without a trim around their glass to prevent water from ponding, perfect for tackling the Australian rain all year round. Keylite skylights have a self-cleaning coating to stop water spotting, and their electric skylights use sensors to close automatically when it rains.

Skylights Require Constant Maintenance

It is widely believed that skylights accumulate damage over time without heavy maintenance, often from issues like condensation, drafts and leaks. This myth is widespread in Australia because our climate can cause skylights to endure extreme conditions throughout the year.

Both INFINITI and Keylite products utilise robust, double-glazed glass and incorporate a self-cleaning coating designed to reduce maintenance requirements.

All Skylights Look The Same

Many believe skylights are only available in rectangular and square options and will generally look the same in all properties. However, NLP has something for everyone. If our pre-made designs don’t suit your needs, our custom daylighting solutions can brighten up your home with a bespoke skylight — no size or shape is too difficult for our experienced team. We can give your home an innovative edge with oval, circular and even triangular designs.

Skylights Are Only Suitable For Certain Roofs

While skylights are most commonly advertised for sloped roofs, modern innovation has proven that filling your home with natural light is now possible for all kinds of properties, including ones with flat or low-pitched roofs. At NLP, we offer free quotes and on-site assessments across Australia to ensure we provide you with an ideal natural lighting solution.

No matter what your roof or ceilings look like, our expert team partners with you to understand your home’s natural lighting needs. Our cost-effective skylight range includes products suitable for metaldeck, tile and corrugated roofs. These designs can provide any property with excellent natural light exposure, ventilation and insulation.

Skylight Installation is Difficult

Updating your home with a new skylight can be overwhelming, especially if it’s your first time. This may seem like a complicated process, but with help from trusted professionals, you’ll have a quality design installed and ready to use in no time. Avoid long and painful skylight installation with NLP — our premium products are carefully installed by experts to elevate your home.

Now that we’ve squashed these myths, are you ready to enhance your property with natural light? Contact us to start your skylight installation journey with us.