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Skylights replaced in Ellicott City.

A house on a wooded lot, old skylights with stained, cloudy glass, and new ones in the roof by the end of the day.

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Before and after

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The back of the house

Old skylight with stained, cloudy glass on a shingle roof above a fenced yard. Before
New skylight with metal flashing on a shingle roof above a fenced yard. After

The front of the house

A roofer works beside a siding-covered chimney near two old skylights. Before
Two new skylights on a gray house roof below two siding-covered chimneys. After

What we found

This house sits among tall trees, and the roof shows it. The glass on the old skylights had gone stained and cloudy. Leaves, grit and worn sealant had packed into the corners of the old flashing, the metal that steers water around a skylight. Once debris sits there, water slows down at the one spot it needs to keep moving.

Taking the old ones out

We cut the shingles back around each skylight and lifted the old unit out, still wrapped in its old membrane. One opening did not get a new skylight at all: we closed it for good with new plywood and underlayment, which leaves one less hole in the roof to look after.

A new frame and new flashing

Each new skylight sits on a new wooden frame built around the opening. We wrapped each frame in waterproof membrane, stepped metal flashing up its sides and wove the shingles in over the top, so water is carried around the skylight by the way the pieces overlap, not held back by a smear of sealant.

Done in a day

The new VELUX skylights came off the driveway that morning and were in the roof by mid afternoon, with the shingles closed up around them. If your skylights have gone cloudy or the flashing looks worn, call us for a free look. It is much easier to swap one out before it starts to drip.

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Before

  • Old skylight with fogged, stained glass beside a vent pipe on a shingle roof.
  • Leaves, grit and worn sealant packed into the corner of old skylight flashing.

During the job

  • Shingles cut back around an old skylight, showing the underlayment beneath.
  • A gloved hand lifts an old skylight still wrapped in black membrane.
  • An empty skylight opening in a shingle roof after the old unit came out.
  • New plywood fills an old skylight opening, with underlayment around it.
  • A new skylight with its glass covered lies on a driveway beside the house.
  • Two roofers carry a new skylight up a shingle roof beside a chimney.
  • A roofer fastens a new wooden skylight frame beside rolled membrane and a vent.
  • A roofer wraps black waterproof membrane up the sides of a new skylight frame.
  • Metal step flashing runs up the sides of a new skylight frame.
  • A roofer stands above a framed skylight opening between two siding-covered chimneys.
  • Two framed skylight openings on a gray house roof before the glass goes on.

After

  • A new skylight on a shingle roof reflects autumn trees in its glass.
  • A new skylight on a gray shingle roof above the gutter and a ladder.
  • A new skylight seen from inside, with a pale shade drawn across it.
  • A shingle roof slope runs down to the gutter beside a wooded yard.
  • A roofer works at the top of a long shingle slope above the gutter.
  • Two roofers on a lower roof, with the new skylights in above them.

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