The Sunlight

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I needed a cheap but effective way to close up the rooflight for when it was sleepy head time.

Due to the size of it, approx 600 x 600mm, to buy a proper blind for it would be expensive, so I decided to craft together something myself.

I ordered 2 bits of aluminium U channel on eBay, and would use these as runners attached to the roof, and then just slot a piece of veltrim covered ply when needed.

To attach them to the roof, I needed to drill a couple of bigger holes on one side, and then a smaller screw hole on the other.

I then just screwed these into the roof, measuring the gap so the plywood could easily slide in and out as required.

Then I just covered the ply in the veltrim, and a nice and simple way to cover it up.. I will add a handle on to it so I can slide it in and out easier.

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