Bally Total Fitness Skylight Replacement and Repair

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The Bally Total Fitness center in Littleton, CO, had cracks in three out of four of their square, acrylic dome skylights and a large crack in the outer lens of one of their barrel vault skylights.

As acrylic ages, it becomes more and more brittle. This brittleness, and stresses caused by expansion and contraction, can lead to failure in the form of cracks in the plastic.

We often find that skylight leaks — with older acrylic domes it is frequently a condensation issue — are typically repaired by those with little or no experience with skylights. These may be onsite maintenance personnel or, in many cases, roofers. Rather than assessing and correcting the actual problem, their solution is often caulk and more caulk.  This caulk can restrict the movement of the acrylic domes and actually increase the likelihood of stress cracking.

At that point, a skylight replacement may be the only solution.

Our Skylight Replacement and Repair:

  • We replaced three existing skylights with three like skylights, with clear-over-clear domes.
  • The barrel vault skylight repair was relatively simple. Using bronze acrylic sheet to match the existing color, we cut it to size and replaced the cracked outer lens.

Product Used:

  • American Skylites 46.75 X 46.75 TCM-2-CC-MF OD Curb = 49.75″ X 49.75″.
    Thermally Broken Curb Mount.
    Clear / Clear Acrylic Domes.
    Mill Finish Frame.
  • 3/16″ Bronze Acrylic Sheet cut to fit.

Results:

  • Besides being performed in a timely manner with little disturbance to the fitness center patrons, the skylight replacement and repair eliminated any water mitigation which could lead to structural and interior damage.
  • The thermally broken replacement skylights will certainly improve, if not eliminate, condensation issues.

Benefits:

  • Correct the daylighting and solar heat levels required for the space.
  • Reduce dependence on electric lighting—increase energy savings.
  • Increase the facility’s property value.
  • Healthy, natural daylight in the space.
  • No required maintenance or re-coating costs.
  • In work environments, increased daylighting has been shown to increase productivity.
  • In retail environments, increased daylighting has been shown to increase sales by as much as 40%.

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