Stamford Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Stamford, CT for residential and commercial properties across lower Fairfield County. Skylights fail for one of two reasons and neither is the glass. Either the unit was flashed with sealant instead of a proper kit, or the curb it sits on is too low for the way snow behaves on a Connecticut roof between January and March.
On a shingle roof the units are deck-mounted and go in with the manufacturer's own step-flashing kit, self-adhered membrane run up the sides and over the head, and the head flashing lapped under the course above it rather than face-nailed and caulked. Anything sitting in a valley or below a large upper slope gets a diverter, because concentrated runoff will find a way past even a good kit.
Curb height is the detail we argue about most. A curb that clears the finished roof by eight inches keeps drifted snow out of the flashing lap; the four-inch curbs built on site in 1988 do not, and those are the ones we find rotted. On a reroof we rebuild the curb to height rather than reflash a short one. The height also keeps the flashing lap above the ice line in a bad February.
Commercial skylights are a different animal. The office and institutional buildings put up here through the seventies and eighties are full of atrium glazing, plastic domes on integral curbs and continuous ridge units, most now well past the service life of their gaskets. Replacement units on a rebuilt curb usually cost less than chasing the leaks for another three years. We rebuild the curbs in the same visit so new units land on sound framing.
We will not build a site-made curb out of dimensional lumber and flash it with mastic, and we will not install a plastic bubble on a residential roof. Both leak on a schedule. Factory units with published flashing kits and a warranty are cheaper across ten years than anything improvised, and they are the only kind we will warrant. That warranty means something because a manufacturer is standing behind it.
When a roof is being replaced and the skylights are more than fifteen years old, replace them with it. Reusing an old unit means new shingles married to an old seal, a service call in the third winter, and a repair that disturbs a roof somebody just paid for. If the budget cannot carry both, we would rather leave the skylight out and infill the opening.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — hot-air welded 80 mil TPO and PVC single ply, tapered polyisocyanurate board over a steel deck, ANSI/SPRI ES-1 rated perimeter edge metal, self-adhering polymer-modified bitumen ice barrier, laminated architectural shingles rated to ASTM D3462, high-density cover board between insulation and membrane — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Stamford and nearby communities including Greenwich, Cos Cob, Riverside, Old Greenwich.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Stamford covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Stamford, CT. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation stamford ct
- skylight replacement stamford connecticut
- leaking skylight repair fairfield county
- curb mounted skylight stamford
- deck mounted skylight stamford ct
- sun tunnel stamford
- commercial skylight curb stamford
- skylight flashing kit stamford
- atrium glazing repair stamford ct
- skylight during reroof stamford
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Stamford 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 hot-air welded 80 mil TPO and PVC single ply, tapered polyisocyanurate board over a steel deck, ANSI/SPRI ES-1 rated perimeter edge metal, self-adhering polymer-modified bitumen ice barrier, 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 Stamford 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 lower Fairfield County 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 Stamford
Stamford Roof Pros covers Stamford and the surrounding communities of lower Fairfield County. 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 Greenwich, CT — Fairfield County, population 63,518
- Skylights in Cos Cob, CT — Fairfield County, population 6,873
- Skylights in Riverside, CT — Fairfield County, population 8,843
- Skylights in Old Greenwich, CT — Fairfield County, population 6,962
- Skylights in Byram, CT — Fairfield County, population 4,493
- Skylights in Glenville, CT — Fairfield County, population 2,762
Start on the Stamford Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Stamford Chooses Stamford Roof Pros
- ✓We tell you which side of Connecticut's six-unit line your building falls on before we quote it, because it decides your contract terms, your cancellation rights and what recourse you actually have.
- ✓Ask any roofer here for a registration number. The statute requires it in advertising and on the contract, and a home improvement contract missing it is not enforceable against you.
- ✓Commercial membrane is our weekday work, not a sideline. That is why the flashing and drainage detailing on our shingle jobs looks the way it does.
- ✓We take core cuts before recommending a coating or a recover, and we hand you the wet insulation rather than describing it in a proposal.
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Stamford 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 Stamford 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 Stamford, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.