Best Reasons to Replace a Skylight

YAPHANK, N.Y. - Aug. 1, 2013 - PRLog -- Leaking Skylights – Skylights are not always installed correctly. Your skylight has to be properly sealed onto the roof or there will cracks and gaps where water can find a way into your home. Water has the ability to find it’s way inside your home but you won’t always see significant damage right away. Sometimes the water will just build up in your attic rotting the joists and beams that hold up your roof, so its very important to periodically check around your skylights after heavy rain. We can stop leaks, give us a call and let us start our diagnostics Today!

Cracked Skylights – Acrylic dome skylights are much more likely to crack than glass skylights naturally through time. Typically a glass skylight will need to be hit by an object before it cracks. Either way you don’t want a skylight that has cracks, it allows for heat gain and heat loss which is almost like leaving a door open while having your AC on in the summer or it can be like leaving a window open while its raining. Options I’m sure you want to avoid, but from a safety standpoint you do not want glass skylights that have cracks they are unstable and can fall at any moment sending glass shards down into your home. Almost always when you have a skylight that is cracked we have to replace your skylights, there isn’t a good option for repairing cracked skylights. We can give you all the options and let you choose whatever works best for you.

Venting Skylights - Motorized Venting Skylights are becoming very popular and sometimes they break down, not many companies have experience fixing these skylight repairs. In order to fix an electric venting skylight you must have experience working with these exact issues and have an understanding of how the skylights operate. Venting skylights allow air to be recycled in your home and if your electric venting skylights are working properly you need to give us a call and have us help your out!

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