Pittsburgh Premium Roofing provides professional skylights in Pittsburgh, PA for residential and commercial properties across Allegheny County. A skylight puts an opening in the single element of a building that exists specifically in order to be unbroken. Done properly it will outlast the roof around it. Done as an afterthought it becomes the first place your roof tells you something is wrong.
That last part is literal. A skylight curb is a small rigid square set into a large flexible plane. When a frame racks, the square is the first thing to go out of square, the glazing seal is the first thing to break its bond, and the corner flashing is the first thing to open. On a property with slope movement, a skylight that starts weeping at one corner is often the earliest instrument you own.
So on a lot showing movement signs we advise waiting. Not never, just not yet, and not until somebody who assesses ground for a living has looked at it. Cutting a new opening into a frame that is still adjusting is spending money on a detail you may have to rebuild. It is worth treating a weeping corner as information rather than as a nuisance.
Where the ground is sound, we build curb-mounted units on a site-built curb, framed square, with headers sized for the opening and the curb raised well above the finished roof plane rather than the minimum. Self-adhered membrane wraps the curb and laps onto the deck. The manufacturer's step and head flashing goes on as a system, in order, integrated with the courses. No sealant is asked to do a flashing's job anywhere in the assembly.
Replace glazing units at the same time you replace the roof around them. A twenty-year-old skylight left in a new roof is a warranty argument waiting to happen, and the labor to flash it is being spent either way. If the unit is sound and recent, we reflash it with a new kit, because reusing bent metal is a false economy.
Fogged glass between panes is a failed seal and cannot be repaired, only replaced. Water on the interior trim after a cold night is often condensation from an unvented shaft, not a leak. You will know which of the two you have before any number appears. Ask for the flashing kit part number and file it with your discharge drawing.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — weak red claystone weathering under hillside colluvium, a leader carry line dimensioned in feet on the estimate, boxed cornice eaves with no soffit cavity to vent, plywood keyed into sound one-by plank decking, counterflashing set into a sawn mortar reglet with lead wedges, a framed cricket behind any stack wider than thirty inches — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Pittsburgh and nearby communities including Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, Penn Hills, Ross Township.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Pittsburgh covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Pittsburgh, PA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation Pittsburgh
- skylight leak repair
- skylight replacement
- curb mounted skylight
- deck mounted skylight
- sun tunnel installation
- skylight flashing kit
- skylight condensation
- replace skylight during reroof
- skylight glass seal failure
- light shaft framing
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Pittsburgh 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 weak red claystone weathering under hillside colluvium, a leader carry line dimensioned in feet on the estimate, boxed cornice eaves with no soffit cavity to vent, plywood keyed into sound one-by plank decking, 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 Pittsburgh 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 Allegheny 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 Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Premium Roofing covers Pittsburgh and the surrounding communities of Allegheny 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 Mount Lebanon, PA — Allegheny County, population 34,075
- Skylights in Bethel Park, PA — Allegheny County, population 33,577
- Skylights in Penn Hills, PA — Allegheny County, population 41,059
- Skylights in Ross Township, PA — Allegheny County, population 33,567
- Skylights in Shaler Township, PA — Allegheny County, population 28,132
- Skylights in Baldwin, PA — Allegheny County, population 21,510
Start on the Pittsburgh Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Pittsburgh Chooses Pittsburgh Premium Roofing
- ✓We inspect the ground as well as the roof, using the warning signs the U.S. Geological Survey published for homeowners in this county.
- ✓Every estimate carries a drawing showing each leader, its size, its route, and the distance in feet from the wall to its discharge.
- ✓We say no in writing. Tile on unverified footings, standing seam on a moving frame, and coatings over cracking decks are all jobs we decline.
- ✓We name what we cannot do. The stormwater dye test and the evidence of compliance are a registered plumber's work, not a roofer's.
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.