This is a subject that comes up every winter, yes it is winter here on the southern hemisphere,
"The house is too dark, there isn't enough sunlight getting in"
Our house has a 12meter long veranda across the front of the house, extending just over two meters wide
and sloping at the same angle as the roof, ( I will post pictures when I can remember how to do it, Its been too long since i last posted anything.)
We looked at some opening louvre roofs but decided that they spoil the old fashioned look of the house which has a corrugated tin roof.
I fitted a few skylights from some pieces of laminated glass that was given to me but I could never get them sealed properly.
I finally came up with an idea that I think might just work.
I am going to divide the roof into 12 sections, the first section will be fixed, the next will be hinged to swing open and be pinned flat underneath the fixed section.I will make 5 out of the 12 panels to open and the rest will be permanently fixed.
So today I started removing the old roof sheets, already there is a big difference in the amount of light coming in to the house.
Tomorrow I will go and fetch the timber and try to get the rest of the roof sheets removed