Skylight Concepts provides impact-resistant skylight systems for commercial, institutional, government, and high-end residential projects in hurricane-prone, coastal, and high-wind regions. Available options include Florida- and Miami-Dade-approved assemblies where the selected system and project conditions align with the applicable documentation.
Storm performance involves more than impact-resistant glass. Glazing, framing, attachment, drainage, design pressures, product approvals, and installation all affect how a skylight performs as part of the building envelope.
“Hurricane-proof skylights” is a common search phrase, but it is not an accurate product description. “Impact-resistant” and “hurricane-resistant” are more precise because performance is tied to defined testing, documented limitations, project conditions, and correct installation.
Impact-resistant systems may be considered for airports, hospitals, schools, government facilities, hotels, retail centers, mixed-use developments, offices, coastal properties, and other buildings exposed to high-wind or windborne-debris conditions. They may also be appropriate for substantial overhead glazing in high-end residential projects.
The building type does not determine the system by itself. Opening size, geometry, design pressures, structural support, drainage, glazing requirements, jurisdiction, and current approval documentation all shape the final selection. Skylight Concepts can coordinate impact-resistant performance with a range of architectural skylight systems, subject to the needs of the individual project.
A commercial skylight is impact resistant when the complete assembly has been tested or approved for specified windborne-debris impacts. That assembly may include the glass, framing, retainers, gaskets, sealants, fasteners, attachment, curb, and substrate identified in the applicable documentation.
They may be required in hurricane-prone or windborne-debris regions, depending on the applicable code, jurisdiction, building conditions, and opening location. The design team and code official should confirm the required impact classification and pressure performance for the project.
Small- and large-missile tests use different procedures to evaluate an assembly’s response to different categories of windborne debris. The required classification depends on the applicable code and project conditions. Review the product documentation to confirm which test applies to the specific skylight configuration.
Impact resistance concerns the assembly’s response to windborne-debris strikes. High-wind performance concerns its capacity to resist positive and negative design pressures. A skylight in a hurricane-prone region may need both.
Possibly, but replacing the glass alone may not be enough. The existing frame, capture system, attachment, curb, support structure, drainage, and opening dimensions must be evaluated before re-glazing, retrofit work, or full replacement is recommended.
Review the exact product, glazing configuration, approved dimensions, allowable pressures, fasteners, embedment, substrates, installation details, limitations, and current document status. The proposed installation should match the conditions described in the approval.
Installation time depends on the skylight’s size, geometry, glazing, support structure, access, approval requirements, site conditions, weather, and coordination with other trades. Replacement work in an occupied building may also require temporary protection or phased scheduling. Contact Skylight Concepts to discuss the likely sequence for your project.
Contact Skylight Concepts to discuss a new impact-resistant skylight, high-wind commercial installation, or evaluation of an existing system. Our team can review the architecture, glazing, design pressures, approval documentation, attachment conditions, and project-delivery requirements.
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