Dayton Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Dayton, OH for residential and commercial properties across the Miami Valley. A skylight curb is the most heavily cycled joint on a house. It is a cold frame surrounded by warm air, it collects condensation on the inside and it interrupts the water path on the outside, and its flashing laps move every time the temperature crosses freezing.
Which is why a good share of what gets reported here as a skylight leak is not one. It is condensation forming on cold aluminum and running down the shaft drywall, and it appears on clear winter mornings rather than in rain. We ask when the staining appears before we go anywhere near the roof, because the answer changes the entire repair and can save you the cost of a re-flash that would not have fixed anything.
When it genuinely is water, the source is almost invariably head or side flashing rather than the glass or the perimeter seal. Old acrylic dome units and site-built curbs are the usual suspects here, and so is a previous repair where somebody ran a heavy bead of sealant around the entire perimeter, called it finished and collected.
We will not re-flash a twenty-year-old unit as part of a re-roof, and we will put that in writing. The seals and the thermal break are already at the end of their service life, the frame is the component that will fail next, and building a new roof around old glass means opening that new roof again inside three years. Replace the unit with the roof and it is one disturbance instead of two.
New work gets deck-mounted units flashed with the kit the maker supplies for that unit rather than a shop-fabricated approximation, self-adhered membrane wrapped up the curb before any flashing goes on, and an insulated, air-sealed light shaft so the condensation stops occurring in the first place instead of being managed. Curbs are built or replaced in solid stock to the height the flashing kit expects, because a curb an inch short defeats an otherwise faultless installation.
If you want more daylight without cutting another hole in the water plane, a tubular daylight device costs a fraction of a skylight, delivers a surprising amount of light into a hallway or bath, and has no curb and no laps to fatigue. It cuts nothing structural, goes in over a morning, and adds no cold surface to an attic. For a hallway or an interior bath it is usually the better answer.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — cold-flexible SBS-modified shingle mats, self-adhering underlayment turned up behind the sidewall siding, lead wedges holding counterflashing in a repointed joint, hemmed 26-gauge valley metal bedded on membrane, lead-sleeve pipe boots in place of bare neoprene collars, kickout diverters where a roof dies into a sidewall — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Dayton and nearby communities including Kettering, Beavercreek, Huber Heights, Fairborn.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Dayton covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Dayton, OH. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation dayton
- skylight repair dayton ohio
- skylight replacement
- leaking skylight repair
- deck mounted skylight
- curb mounted skylight dayton
- sun tunnel installation
- tubular daylight device dayton
- skylight flashing kit
- skylight condensation dayton
- skylight shaft insulation
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Dayton services.
Materials, equipment and how we do skylights
The difference between skylights that lasts and skylights that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with cold-flexible SBS-modified shingle mats, self-adhering underlayment turned up behind the sidewall siding, lead wedges holding counterflashing in a repointed joint, hemmed 26-gauge valley metal bedded on membrane, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Dayton job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in the Miami Valley means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do skylights outside Dayton
Dayton Roof Pros covers Dayton and the surrounding communities of the Miami Valley. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Skylights in Kettering, OH — Montgomery County, population 57,862
- Skylights in Beavercreek, OH — Greene County, population 46,549
- Skylights in Huber Heights, OH — Montgomery County, population 43,439
- Skylights in Fairborn, OH — Greene County, population 34,510
- Skylights in Troy, OH — Miami County, population 26,305
- Skylights in Xenia, OH — Greene County, population 25,441
Start on the Dayton Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Dayton Chooses Dayton Roof Pros
- ✓We price the deck before we price the shingles, because in a climate that crosses freezing this often the sheathing is what decides the job
- ✓Every proposal names the shingle line, underlayment, flashing metal and gauge, fastening pattern and ventilation plan, so two bids can actually be compared
- ✓We will tell you a roof has six good years left and put that in writing, rather than quoting a replacement you do not need yet
- ✓Chimneys get tuckpointed before any counterflashing goes into the joint, because bedding new metal in crumbling mortar is a two-year repair
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Dayton follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every skylights project in Dayton gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free skylights free estimate in Dayton, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.