A lantern roof is a striking glazed feature designed to sit within a flat roof, creating a brighter, more open room with a much more architectural feel.
It’s a superb way to give a conservatory, sunroom or hup! extension, a more premium appearance while bringing natural light deep into the space below.
At Enviro, we install a high-performance lantern roof system designed to combine elegant styling with impressive thermal efficiency, long-term strength and clean, minimalist sightlines.
Whether you want to transform a new extension or elevate the look of a modern sunroom, a lantern roof adds a real sense of design quality and refinement.
A lantern roof is a glazed, raised roof structure built into a flat roof. Rather than using an entire glass or polycarbonate roof, the main roof remains solid while the lantern creates a dramatic central glazed feature above.
This gives you the best of both worlds. You retain the more substantial feel and thermal performance of a solid roof construction, while still bringing in lots of overhead daylight.
They help create the same kind of bright, elegant and high-end look of an expensive orangery without the substantial cost.
For homeowners who want a space that feels less like a traditional conservatory and more like a stylish extension of the home, a lantern roof is a very attractive solution.
A proper tiled conservatory roof needs to do much more than look good. It needs to cope with cold weather, wind, driving rain and the long winters we love so much in Scotland…
It also needs to keep the room comfortable without overloading the existing structure below. That is exactly why Ultraroof stands out. It was designed specifically as a replacement conservatory roof system, not as a makeshift adaptation of a standard roof.
It is engineered to be exceptionally light at around 38kg/m², while still offering excellent structural strength. It is also engineered to withstand wind and snow loads, helping ensure the roof is suitable for the conditions it will face.
The roof has a U-value of 0.15, with an option to improve this to 0.12 if required, and it’s designed as a true warm roof system with no cold bridging.
What does this mean for you? It means a room that feels warmer in winter, more comfortable in summer and quieter during bad weather, all with a roof that is designed to last.
If you care about how your home looks and feels, a lantern roof is in a different league to a standard conservatory roof. It creates a more substantial, more elegant finish, with the glazed lantern acting as a standout design feature rather than the whole roof being a mass of bars and panels. That is why lantern roofs are so often associated with orangery-style living.
A lantern roof draws natural light down into the heart of the room, helping it feel brighter, calmer and more spacious. With its clean design, slimmer bars and optimised pitch, our Lantern roof is made to bring in maximum daylight. It is ideal above dining areas, kitchen islands and seating spaces where light has a huge impact on the overall feel.
Older glass and polycarbonate roofs often leave rooms too hot in summer and too cold in winter. A lantern roof offers a more modern solution.
Our lantern roof combines an insulated frame design with insulated components and high-performance glazing to create a room that feels brighter, more comfortable and more enjoyable to use all year round.
As well as looking superb, a lantern roof is designed to stand up to the weather. The Ultrasky Lantern is engineered for strength, with fewer bars, wider spans and excellent weather protection.
It is also designed to reduce the risk of condensation, helping to keep the room feeling fresh, comfortable and well finished.
A lantern roof can look stunning, but the final result depends just as much on the design, specification and installation as it does on the product itself.
At Enviro, we help you choose the right roof solution for the kind of room you want to create. Whether you are adding a lantern roof to a conservatory, designing a new sunroom or incorporating one into a hup! extension, we focus on creating a space that looks right, performs properly and feels like a natural part of your home.
We combine premium products with experienced surveying, careful installation and a strong eye for design, so your new room does not just let in more light, but genuinely improves the way your home looks and feels.
A lantern roof is a glazed feature built into a flat roof. An orangery is a broader style of extension or conservatory design that usually combines a more solid structure with one or more roof lanterns. A lantern roof can help create an orangery-style look, but the two are not exactly the same thing.
For many homeowners, yes. A lantern roof usually creates a room with a more solid, more premium feel while still bringing in plenty of natural light. It can also offer better thermal performance and a more extension-like appearance than an older-style full glass roof.
Yes. The Enviro Lantern is designed with thermally insulated components and high-performance glazing, and can achieve a U-value of 1.1 in a 1000mm x 2000mm configuration.
Yes. Because lantern roofs are designed to sit within flat roofs, they can be an excellent design feature for hup! extensions as well as conservatories and sunrooms, depending on the layout and structural design of the room.
A lantern roof is usually a different kind of investment rather than a direct like-for-like alternative. A tiled roof generally creates a more enclosed, more solid overall roof finish, while a lantern roof is chosen to introduce much more overhead glass and create a brighter, more architectural effect.
In many cases, a lantern roof can be a premium design feature within a flat roof construction, so the final cost depends on the roof size, structure, glazing specification and whether it is part of a new build, conversion or extension.
A tiled roof may offer a different balance of cost, insulation and appearance, so the right option depends on what kind of room you want to create.
We can create a warmer, quieter, more attractive and stylish living space. We offer expert guidance, expert installation and a system built for long-term performance.
