Skylight Repair in Mobile, From New Flashing to a Full Replacement
New flashing or a new unit, the whole job quoted before we start
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Skylight Repair in Mobile
Skylight repair stops the leak around a skylight by rebuilding its flashing, resealing the joints and correcting the drainage around the opening. On homes across Mobile, AL, that is where a skylight lets water in: not through the glass, but through the edges where the roof meets the unit.
"Flashing" is the roof metal that turns water around anything that comes through the roof, and a skylight is a hole the size of a window. When that metal lifts, the sealant at the joints dries out, or leaf litter dams the water above the curb, the drip shows up on your ceiling.
The short version: we fix the edges, the seals and the water's path, and the skylight stays.
Skylight Work We Do
We repair the skylight you have, replace one that has worn out and put in new ones, and these are the parts of that work:
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Where we start
Flashing and seal repair
The leak fixed at the edges while the skylight stays put.
- Step flashing rebuilt at the curb
- Joints and transitions resealed
- Drainage around the opening corrected
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When the unit has worn out
Skylight replacement
The old unit out, the new one in, the flashing and seals finished.
- Curb-mounted skylights
- Deck-mounted skylights
- New flashing and seal details
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Daylight without reframing
Solar tubes
A small rooftop dome and a tube that carries daylight down.
- Rooftop dome, reflective tube
- Daylight at the ceiling
- No roof framing cut
Flashing, Curb and Seal Repair
We open the roof around the skylight, rebuild the step flashing and the membrane at the curb, and reseal every transition, in these five steps:
- Open the roof around the skylight. The shingle courses beside and above the curb come up, so we can see the old flashing and the underlayment, not just the bead of caulk on top.
- Check the curb and the wood. Proper curb construction is part of what keeps a skylight dry, so a curb that was built low or has gone soft gets rebuilt, and any "dry rot" in the deck around the opening is put in the written estimate before we touch it.
- Wrap the curb in membrane. Ice-and-water membrane goes up the curb and out onto the deck, a waterproof layer under the metal.
- Rebuild the step flashing. New "step flashing" is woven in with each shingle course up both sides, so every piece laps the one below it.
- Reseal the transitions and clear the water's path. The joints are sealed, the shingles relaid, and the drainage above the skylight corrected so water runs around it instead of pooling against it.
How Skylight Repair Is Priced
Skylight repair is priced by whether the flashing or the unit itself has failed, how hard the skylight is to reach and the materials it takes. An emergency same-day call can add to it too.
A flashing and seal repair on a sound skylight sits at the low end. A cracked or worn-out unit that has to come out, a steep or tall roof, or rot found around the curb moves it up. Fixing it now is usually cheaper than fixing it after the next storm.
We put no number on a skylight we have not looked at. The exact price comes from the free estimate, in writing, before any work starts.
Skylight repair in Mobile typically runs
$315.65 to $631.30
with about $450.93 the average for a single skylight
Call for a Free EstimateFree, no-obligation, and the whole job quoted before we start.
Repairing Versus Replacing a Skylight
A skylight is often repaired rather than replaced when the unit itself is sound and the leak is at the flashing or the seals. That is the usual case, and it is the smaller job, so it is the first thing we check.
When the dome is cracked or the unit has worn out, replacement is the honest answer: the old unit comes out, the new one goes in, and the flashing and seal details are finished around it. Skylights sit either "curb-mounted", the raised kind on a built curb, or deck-mounted flat on the roof deck, and both get new flashing.
If you are thinking about more daylight rather than less leaking, a solar tube is the lighter job. Installing a new skylight is larger, because the roof has to be re-framed for the opening.
What you can count on
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Free, no-obligation estimates.
You hear whether it is the flashing or the unit and what each costs, and the decision stays yours.
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The whole job quoted before we start.
A soft curb or rot around the opening goes in the written estimate, not on the bill after.
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A call back the same working day.
We answer the phone or call back the same working day, Monday to Sunday. Calls outside our hours go to voicemail, and we return them the next working morning.
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On time, and the house left clean.
We show up when we say we will, and the old flashing, caulk and cut-offs leave with us when the work is done.
Skylight Repair Across Mobile and Nearby Towns
We do skylight repair across Mobile, AL and the towns around it that our service area page lists.
That area is our commitment, and a skylight a little past it is a question for the call.
service area around MobileOther Skylight Repair Questions
The questions below sit right beside a skylight repair, and each has a page of its own that answers it in full.
Skylight Flashing
Most skylight leaks start at the flashing, because proper curb construction, underlayment protection and flashing built into the roof are what prevent them. Flashing is the roof metal at chimneys, valleys, walls and skylights, and the most common leak point on any roof.
roof flashingSkylight questions
How much does it cost to fix a skylight?
In Mobile, skylight repair typically runs $315.65 to $631.30, with about $450.93 the average. Whether the flashing or the unit failed, the access and the materials set where yours lands, and an emergency same-day call can add to it. We put the exact price in writing after a free estimate.
Can skylights be repaired?
Often, yes. When the unit is sound and the leak is at the flashing or the seals, we rebuild the flashing, reseal the joints and correct the drainage, and the skylight stays. A cracked or worn-out unit is the case for a replacement.
Who do you call to fix a skylight?
Call a roofer. A skylight opening is protected by step flashing, ice-and-water membrane and sealed transitions, all of it roof work, and that is where most skylight leaks start. Call us at (251) 850-0060 for a free estimate.
Does homeowners insurance cover leaking skylights?
That is decided by your insurer and your policy, not by the roofer, and what caused the leak matters to them. What we can tell you is where the water got in and what failed, and we quote the whole repair in writing before we start. Our roof insurance claims guide explains how a claim works.
Skylight dripping? Call us
Tell us where the water shows up and when. We find whether it is the flashing, the seals or the unit, and put the price in writing before any work starts.
Open Monday to Sunday. Calls outside our hours go to voicemail and we return them the next working morning.
The whole job quoted before we start. No surprise charges after, and we clean up when the work is done.