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Formerly Solatube Southwest and Sunpipe Southwest. Light up dark rooms and interiors with bright daylight piped down a Solatube sun tunnel or sun pipe.

Daylight Direct (formerly Solatube and Sunpipe Southwest) can supply and install Solatube sunpipes (or “sun tunnels” as they are also known), throughout the southwest, from Cornwall across to Devon, Somerset, Dorset (including Bournemouth) and Hampshire and up in to Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, including Bristol and Bath. Sunpipes enable you to light up otherwise dark rooms and interiors with really bright daylight, piped down a highly reflective tube from a dome on your roof. The amount of light they deliver is extremely impressive and a single system can comfortably light up a whole room. The most common reaction from our customers is “Wow! That’s incredible...” because that’s really how bright they are. A Solatube can transform a dark room instantly, allowing you to read, write and work without the lights turned on. From kitchens and bathrooms, to hallways and landings, living rooms, studies, utility rooms and more, Solatubes can ensure that you have daylight where windows are just not an option. We have nearly 15 years’ experience providing help, advice, guidance and a highly professional installation service. We really enjoy our work (honestly, we do!) and take a great deal of pride in every installation. And you might be pleasantly surprised to learn that we won’t try ‘selling’ to you - that’s not our style or approach. Instead we’ll provide you with all the information and help you need to make the right decision for yourself. No pressure, no hard sell; just genuine, honest, friendly advice. So, if you’d like to find out if a Solatube can light up your life, then please get in touch. And quite rightly, you’d like to know roughly how much this sort of thing costs. Well, the most typical, fully installed price, INCLUDING the VAT tends to fall somewhere between £900 and £1,300 (remember, that’s supplied AND professionally installed, AND it includes the VAT). However, we can give you a more accurate price over the phone by quickly running through a few questions with you; but don’t worry, there’s no tricks involved and we won’t be trying to sell to you. We’ll look forward to hearing from you. Daylight Direct is the trading name for Common Sense UK Ltd, previously trading as Solatube Southwest and Sunpipe Southwest.

25/09/2026

Why would you continue living in the dark, when a sun tunnel can pipe bright daylight in to dark, windowless rooms and spaces, transforming them in to beautifully lit rooms?
Many homes lack sufficient daylight making them feel dull and gloomy and also adversely affect your moods and behaviour. A Solatube sun tunnel is a simple and cost effective way of transforming dark rooms in to light bright spaces, by piping daylight down a highly reflective tube, from a skylight dome on the roof. It's the modern, highly efficient and affordable alternative to a skylight.
These two bungalow living rooms (one in Somerset and one in Devon) were made very dark when the conservatory roof was insulated. A couple of Solatube sun tunnels resolved the problem in just a matter of hours.
Find out more at Daylight Direct for tubular skylight sun tunnel supply and installation in the south west, covering Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch, The New Forest, Andover and Basingstoke, Wiltshire, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Monmouth and Newport.

25/09/2026

Why would you continue living in the dark, when a sun tunnel can pipe bright daylight in to dark, windowless rooms and spaces, transforming them in to beautifully lit rooms??

Many homes lack sufficient daylight making them feel dull and gloomy and also adversely affect your moods and behaviour. A Solatube sun tunnel is a simple and cost effective way of transforming dark rooms in to light bright spaces, by piping daylight down a highly reflective tube, from a skylight dome on the roof. It's the modern, highly efficient and affordable alternative to a skylight.

These two bungalow living rooms (one in Somerset and one in Devon) were made very dark when the conservatory roof was insulated. A couple of Solatube sun tunnels resolved the problem in just a matter of hours.

Find out more here www.daylightdirect.co.uk for tubular skylight sun tunnel supply and installation in the south west, covering Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch, The New Forest, Andover and Basingstoke, Wiltshire, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Monmouth and Newport.

16/07/2026

Ever wondered which is the brightest sun tunnel?

What makes the brightest sun tunnel all comes down to physics; forget the marketing waffle. To get the most daylight down in to the room below, from a clear dome on the roof, via a shiny tube, you need the most reflective material possible. Which is where Solatube sun tunnels win hands down,
every time. That's because only Solatube uses 99.7% reflective tubing, whereas everyone else uses 98% reflective. It may not sound like a big difference but consider this:
*Each time light bounces it loses either 2% of its light with 98% material, or just 0.3% with 99.7% tubing
* So, over an average tube run of say 10 bounces 98% reflective tubing loses a massive 20%
of the light
* 99.7% reflective Solatubes lose just 3% over the same tube
run
* That's a BIG difference

This means that you need a much larger diameter system to deliver the same amount of light as a smaller Solatube.

Ultimately, the Solatube sun tunnel is the brightest system available, and delivers more light than any other. This video demonstrates, in a very simple, non-scientific way the significant difference between, the Solatube sun tunnel and other sun tunnel systems.

To find out more visit
www.daylightdirect.co.uk

14/07/2026

Want to know how to get daylight in to your home without suffering from heat build up?

If you have a dark room in your home and you'd like it to be lighter and brighter, then you could punch a hole in the wall and put in a window with the attendant re-plastering and make good/decorating, not to mention the
time.
Alternatively, you might consider a Velux style roof window, although
once again you need to allow for creating a plasterboard light well beneath it to bring the light in to the room below, along with re-plastering and make good/decorating.

With both these options, you will also have to deal with heat loss during the colder months, but of particular relevance is the heat gain you suffer in the hotter months.

A Solatube sun tunnel, on the other hand, delivers masses of bright daylight, but without the heat gain (or heat loss). Which means you can keep you home cooler during the summer and warmer during the winter. Plus
they can be installed in around half a day for much less than the other
options and they require no re-plastering and make good/decorating.

A Solatube is highly reflective tube, running from the clear dome on your roof down to the ceiling below. One of the best insulators is air (which is why you have an air gap in double glazed windows) and the Solatube is a relatively well-sealed column or air that minimises both heat gain and heat
loss.

So make the most of the daylight and sun light, with a Solatube sun tunnel and avoid the heat gain from roof windows.

10/07/2026

Introduce daylight where windows and roof lights can't go, and light up
those dark rooms with a sun tunnel.

If your home has a dark or windowless room, with no daylight, then a Solatube sun tunnel could be the answer. A Solatube sun tunnel collects daylight from a clear dome mounted on your roof, which is then directed down a highly reflective tube in to the room below, filling it with very bright
daylight.

A single system is usually enough to light up a single room, so that you
never need to put the lights on again during the day.

This internal, windowless office is now brightly lit all day long thanks to
a single, small 250mm dia Solatube.

Find out more here www.daylightdirect.co.uk

09/07/2026

Another happy customer, thanks to their new Solatube:
"Hi Nigel. The house is closed up from the sun and heat. But the great thing is that we have bright light inside thanks to the sun tunnel. Amazing".

29/06/2026

Simple way to get daylight in to a dark kitchen...

So many people suffer in the darkness for many years before realising that a
Solatube sun tunnel is a quick and easy way to get daylight in to any dark
room, in bungalows and on the top floor.

Capturing daylight through a clear dome on the roof and then piping it down
a highly reflective tube is incredibly effective.

Most people respond with a "WOW!" when they see how bright their room has
become and are amazed at just how much daylight they deliver.

Find out more at www.daylightdirect.co.uk

13/05/2026

Wondering what's the best way to bring in more natural light?

This video shows how well a single 350mm dia Solatube sun tunnel lights up this hallway. It's just daylight reflected down a shiny tube. No electric, wires or batteries; just daylight, collected from a clear dome on the roof and piped down a highly reflective tube in the loft above, down to the ceiling below.

Find out more here www.daylightdirect.co.uk

Contact Daylight Direct for Solatube sun tunnel supply and installation in the south west, covering Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch, The New Forest, Andover and Basingstoke, Wiltshire, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Monmouth and Newport.

10/03/2026

Why are flexible sun tunnels not as good as rigid Solatubes?

I am frequently asked to replace flexible sun tunnel systems with rigid Solatubes, because flexi tube systems just don't deliver very much light. Here is yet another good example where you can see the difference, when I was asked to replace a Velux flexi tube sun tunnel with a rigid Solatube one.

You don't need to be a scientist to understand why this is. Daylight trying to reflect down a scrunched up, foil tube is bounced and diffracted in lots of different directions, consequently loosing much of the brightness by the time it reaches the end of the tube in the room below. Whereas the vast majority of daylight reflected down a rigid Solatube bounces smoothly down to reach the room below. It's just physics, not a sales pitch, and you can see the difference for yourself.

Find out more here https://www.daylightdirect.co.uk

Contact Daylight Direct for Solatube sun tunnel supply and installation in the south west, covering Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch, The New Forest, Andover and Basingstoke, Wiltshire, Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Monmouth and Newport.

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Woodland Workspace
Chard
TA204HB

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 6:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 6:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 6:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 6:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 12pm

Telephone

+447989976010

Website

https://www.daylightdirect.co.uk/

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