How To Install Skylights On A Flat Roof

The curb flashing of a skylight is what could leak.

How to install skylights on a flat roof.

Installing a skylight on a flat roof might seem an unlikely task. Skylights have the function of bringing natural light into a dark area in a building so often they are the primary cause of a leak in a roof. This is not an easy project as it involves cutting the roof and installing new structural framing members as well as installing drywall and finishing the ceiling beneath the skylight. With a velux flat roof skylight designed to meet the growing demand for skylights in homes with flat or low pitch roofs you can transform and improve virtually any space with daylight.

The project requires knowledge of proper roofing techniques and safety principles. These skylights are flat and follow the pitch of the roof. Many types of skylights. Designed with flat roofs in.

Curvetech glass or polycarbonate dome. Five easy steps on how to repair a skylight. Depending on the circumstances such as roof pitch interior light shaft depth and shape and weather installations can take between half a day and three days. These new flat roof skylights are fitted in a pvc curb and topped with one of two covers.

When flat roof doesn t have good drainage then water could pool around a skylight causing a leak in the weakest part of the roof. However it is simple to frame a curb mounting that elevates and angles the skylights properly. They may be deck or curb mounted as well. Concerns about drainage would urge the cautious homeowner to avoid the idea.

These skylights are round as seen from the inside of the home but flat on the exterior. They may be deck mounted so that they don t interfere with the look of the roof line. It is critical. When a skylight is installed on a flat roof there will come a time when water is pooling around the curb flashing of the skylight.