A skylight is a deliberate hole in your roof — which is why roofers should install them. Modern units with manufacturer flashing kits, curbed and woven in to shed water for decades.
The difference between Skylight Installation that lasts and Skylight Installation that fails early is usually the valleys, pipe boots or the ridge vent. We check all of them on site rather than estimating blind, document findings with dated photographs, and price the work in writing first. Licensed contractor, fully insured, 400+ five-star reviews.
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No, but poorly flashed ones do. A skylight is a hole in the roof plane, and its performance depends almost entirely on the flashing kit being installed in the correct sequence with the surrounding courses. Leaks attributed to skylights are usually flashing or curb failures rather than the unit itself. Related: skylight repair and roof flashing repair.
Modern skylights barely ever leak through the glass — they leak around it, when the step-and-apron flashing kit gets improvised instead of installed to the manufacturer’s sequence. We cut, frame, curb and flash skylights as roofing work, weaving the kit into the shingle courses exactly as specified, so the warranty on the unit actually means something. Fixed units for pure light; venting units where a bathroom or kitchen wants the airflow too.
Placement decides both the light and the risk: slope position, rafter spacing, valley and chimney clearances, and what’s below the drywall all matter before the saw comes out. We assess from the roof and the attic, place units where water sheds cleanly around them, and handle the interior light-shaft framing coordination so the finished product looks intended, not inserted.
Old-generation units earned that reputation; modern units with kits installed to spec by roofers routinely serve leak-free for decades. Installation quality is nearly the whole story.
Yes — retrofit installation into existing shingles is standard work, with the courses lifted and rewoven around the new kit.
Fixed costs less and never fails mechanically; venting earns its keep over kitchens and baths where moisture wants an exit. We will recommend from the room, not the margin.
Natural light consistently ranks among the features buyers respond to — and a properly flashed modern unit adds it without the leak baggage of older generations.
Valleys, close to chimneys, and anywhere water concentrates — placement that fights drainage is how skylights earned their old reputation.
Modern low-E glazing blocks most solar heat gain — the greenhouse effect belongs to older single-pane units. Placement and blinds handle the rest.
Dramatically — daylight from above reads as space. It’s the renovation-grade effect for a fraction of an addition.
Most pitched roofs, yes — rafter spacing, slope and clearances decide placement. The from-the-attic assessment answers it in one visit.
The exterior works as one assembly — these are the pieces that connect to this one.
Often, yes.
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Free placement assessment — from the roof and the attic both.
Takes about 20 seconds.
