Floor-level roof windows, what to watch out for and which manufacturer?

Horrido,

Our house will be, according to the building plan, positioned with the eaves side facing the large and hopefully someday beautiful garden. Under this roof side will be the bedroom and a child's room. So that you can also look outside and take in the neighbors' lands, I would like to install floor-to-ceiling roof windows. The eaves side has approximately a 30° northeast orientation.

Something like this, with casement windows underneath that you can possibly stand at with a very slight balcony feeling (however, it should not become a "real" balcony window):

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Velux calls this a "light band" and apparently has invested heavily in search engine optimization, so one might think that something like this only exists from Velux. Alternatively, I have also found something from Fakro.

Are there any other suitable manufacturers where you can get something like this? Actually, it is "just" a normal roof window with fixed glazing underneath, right?

Otherwise, is this to be seen structurally like a normal roof window, or do you run into any problem areas or construction pitfalls? Of course, the whole thing also needs a roller shutter, as my wife immediately wakes up at the first photon.

Is this otherwise to be considered as constructive as a normal roof window or do you run into any problem areas or structural pitfalls?

You can do it as shown. With a bend, that is pulled into a knee wall, better not (says the former window manufacturer, mind you). There are reasons why this was a fashionable one-day wonder in my youth.

You mean something like this? That’s how I had it done a few years ago in my then house. It’s from Velux. Only shading is an issue you have to think about. Technically no problem if planned and executed properly. Don’t let Fanten tell you it’s a fashion mistake from his youth ;-)

Technically no problem if properly planned and executed. Don’t let elephants tell you it’s a fashion mistake from their youth ;-)

I didn’t say it like that ;-) and it’s simply a master’s exam for the installer – I could have literally put my hand in the fire that my guys would have messed it up. The issue has two dimensions: namely the three-dimensionality of the installation situation on the one hand, and the fitting into two components with different degrees of "movement" (both relative to each other and to the element). Apparently, several window manufacturers noticed back then that this is a highly complaint-prone matter.