How To Install A Skylight On A Flat Roof Video

Drop plumb lines from each corner of the hole to verify that it is in the right spot.

How to install a skylight on a flat roof video.

Epdm uses contact cement to glue the rubber to the metal. A step by step tutorial of how to replace a skylight on an existing flat roof of asphalt composition. Skylights for flat roofs. Install 6 in wide strips of a self sticking waterproof underlayment.

The curb flashing of a skylight is what could leak. Skyview is our most popular fixed flat roof skylight. 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. 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.

Watch this video to see how to install this skylight and the various steps to securing the roof window. Weave the step flashing up the side of the skylight as. It is critical. That s when the rubber roof gets attached to the flashing with adhesives.

If necessary frame the light tunnel with 2x6 boards. Proper flashing of a skylight is critical. Scrape off the roofing material at the skylight site and cut open the roof with a saw. Install header joists perpendicular to the existing roof joists at around the skylight hole.

Step 4 frame skylight. On this project adam was called out to inspect leaks around a skylight. This underlayment will direct any water that may get through the metal flashing onto the roofing felt.