Some buildings are designed around the equipment inside them. Water and wastewater treatment systems, pumps, process equipment, and imaging machines all have to be installed, serviced, and eventually replaced through the roof, often more than once over the life of the building.
A Kalwall removable Skyroof gives those spaces both things they need: daylight through normal operation, and easy access when the equipment has to move. The same translucent roof that fills the interior with diffused, glare-free light is built to come off quickly, in its entirety or across large areas, and go back as often as the work requires.
Removable Skyroofs are specified wherever large equipment sits under the roofline and has to be reached for service or replacement. The largest demand is in water and wastewater treatment. Beyond that, common settings include pump stations, manufacturing, healthcare, breweries and distilleries, data centers, power plants, scientific research, and chemical plants.
In every case the goal is the same: move equipment in and out as often as the operation demands, without giving up daylight in between. A translucent removable roof does what an opaque access hatch cannot. It daylights the space through the long stretches between access events, which is most of the building’s working life.
Engineered to lift off with four or fewer eyebolts and reset without significant external rigging. Open the roof as often as the operation requires.
Remove the roof in its entirety or across large areas, over spans of 50 feet and more. Larger openings mean fewer curbs and fewer restrictions on what you can reach.
At roughly a third the weight of glass, the roof lets the crane be sized for the equipment being serviced, not for the structure above it.
The roof that opens for access is the same roof that fills the space with diffused, glare-free light whenever it is in place.
Removable roofs work best when access is planned into the design rather than added afterward. Sharing a few things early lets your Kalwall representative configure the right system from the start: the equipment that needs access, how often the space has to be opened, the configuration that suits the building, and your daylighting goals for the space below.
Available in center-ridge, sawtooth, shed, and canopy configurations, so the removable area follows the building’s geometry rather than forcing the building to fit the roof.
Planning a water or wastewater treatment plant, or any facility where equipment has to come out through the roof? Connect with your local Kalwall representative to talk through access needs, daylighting goals, and the right configuration for your project. Reps respond within 24 hours of receiving a request.
