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Turn the lights off with the HIGHEST VLT skylight in the industry!

Posted on June 2, 2012 by -
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Truckload after truckload and container load after container load of Quasar Prismatics head to job sites across the country and the world helping building owners/operators save $$$ thousands in electric lighting costs. Quasar Prismatic has 30% to 50% more light … Read More

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Mr Choco

Mr. Choco loves Bristolite skylights

Posted on May 19, 2012 by -
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Just wanted to drop you folks a line to say thanks. I installed several Bristolite skylights in my barn on my Texas ranch last year. Since we installed the skylights my electric bill has plummeted, the kids are getting better … Read More

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Truckload of Coollites headed to major retailer

Coollites headed to major retailer

Posted on April 21, 2012 by -
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Two truckloads of 55″ x 55″ Coollites (qty 108) with integrated curb (aluminum, insulated, double wall, 12″) headed to a major retailer that wanted skylights that meet the IECC, National and the job site state Energy Code. Coollite is the … Read More

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QUASAR Prismatic 1,000 lb Concentrated Load

Posted on April 15, 2012 by -
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Quasar 4689 with 9″ glazing rise supports 1,000 lb concentrated load. … Read More

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Super Strong Prismatic by Bristolite!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by -
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This 4 foot x 8 foot Quasar Prismatic skylight loaded with 800 lb of pea gravel still remains intact. The glazing inverted, there is one small 2 inch crack in one corner but still it holds 800 lb without failure. … Read More

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Special skylight use – see photos!

Posted on April 12, 2012 by -
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Cool… They look through the skylight (from the control room) up at the satellite dish to adjust the dish angle… This is too slick! It looks nice…Nice product Bristolite!… Read More

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Longevity of an Acrylic Skylight

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Bristolite Team
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Any company would pride themselves on a quality product or service. Recently, one of our long standing customers reached out to us and asked for a new skylight. The great news about this request was that their current 4’ x … Read More

Posted in blog | Tagged Acrylic, Curb Mounted, Never Leaked, Skylight, Wood Shingle Roof | Leave a reply

Skylight Question

Posted on April 11, 2012 by -
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About 27 years ago (1984) I installed a Bristolite Skylite (don’t know the model) on a residential home with a wood shingle roof. The skylite has, what I believe to be, a white acrylic dome on the outside and a … Read More

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Boss sends Coollites to Asia

Coollites headed to southeast Asia!

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Bristolite Team
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The boss sends Coollites to southeast Asia. Coollite is one of Bristolite’s proprietary Green Building Technology products that are truly going global because they meet the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). IECC requires a skylight to have a maximum Solar … Read More

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Circular Skylights

WOW 8 foot diameter circular skylights – Not everybody does that!

Posted on March 31, 2012 by -
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Fish bowl skylight

Inverted Bristolite skylight is a fishbowl in a restaurant!

Posted on March 22, 2012 by -
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Now that is what I call confidence in Bristolite’s sealing and anti-leak technology! … Read More

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Help our customers – counsel our customers

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Bristolite Team
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I use this blog as a reminder to all Bristolite personnel and associates who work with architects and our customers that we are much more than a skylight manufacturer. Over the past several years we have added numerous internal capabilities, … Read More

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On-time delivery

Posted on March 16, 2012 by John
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I’ve used several skylight manufacturers over the years. Recently a company out of Sacramneto, CA. You guys know who that is but I wont use their name here. I’m done with that outfit. For the last year or so – … Read More

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Smoke Vents – when you really need them!

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Jack
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We have an order for 384 Smoke Vents that has really tested your ability to turn product around with incredible speed. We understand normal lead time is 4-6 weeks but you guys started delivering one week after the order was … Read More

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Skylights in stock?

Posted on March 10, 2012 by -
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Does Bristolite stock industrial commercial skylights? If so what brands and sizes? Thanks. … Read More

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NFRC Certified plastic unit skylights

Posted on March 10, 2012 by -
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What is the value of NFRC Certification of plastic unit skylights? … Read More

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OSHA

Posted on March 10, 2012 by -
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What are OSHA CFR’s and how does this translate to fall protection skylights? … Read More

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The lighting industry calls these Skunk Stripes

Posted on March 10, 2012 by -
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When electric lighting systems are poorly designed and fixtures but-up against each other leaving light and dark illumination on the floor below the fixtures we call this effect Skunk Stripes. We’ve noticed this effect on one of your competitors prismatic … Read More

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Nano Insulgel job

Nano Insulgel

Posted on March 8, 2012 by -
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Unbelievable product. We wanted green technology. Low U Factor / Super insulating properties and sound dampening as our facilty is within two miles of a major airport and on the north approach flight path. Your proprietary Nano Insulgel – silica … Read More

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Congratulations!

Posted on March 4, 2012 by -
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I have never found a web site with the amount of skylight – daylighting info you guys have. Your web is now my library for such info. … Read More

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Recently saw your Quasar in an operation in Sri Lanka

Posted on March 4, 2012 by -
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We like what we saw. Plenty of light and diffused. The managers on site were very pleased. We need to cobtact you to obtain the name of your distributor in the region. … Read More

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thanks

Posted on March 4, 2012 by -
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Hey you really bailed us out last week. We ordered 80 5×6 skylights from one of your competitors and were promised 4 week lead time. Well 6 weeks later we still didnt have our skylights on the job and worse … Read More

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Your Quasar

Posted on March 4, 2012 by -
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We have one small operation with a competeing prismatic skylight but we are disappointed with the low level of daylight on our cutting and sewing tables. We opened a second larger operation with your Quasar with the same percent of … Read More

Posted in blog | Tagged 70% LT, light transmission, more light, quasar | Leave a reply
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Coollite

Posted on March 4, 2012 by -
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Thank you Bristolite for answering my questions about Coollite. We could not find another plastic unit skylight with Coollite’s performance of 0.26 SHGC and 0.45 U Factor. Even some of the competitors “cobbled up” triple dome over flat glazing of … Read More

Posted in blog | Tagged Coollite, IECC, low SHGC, National Energy Code | Leave a reply
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