Tyler Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Tyler, TX for residential and commercial properties across Northeast Texas. If you are reroofing and there is a skylight in the field, replace it now. The labor to flash a new unit is already in the job, and pulling a twenty-year-old skylight out of a two-year-old roof costs far more than the unit ever did.
Almost every skylight leak we open in Tyler is a flashing failure rather than a glass failure. The manufacturer sells a flashing kit engineered for the specific unit and the specific roof covering, with a head flashing, sill pan and step pieces that lace into the shingle courses. Somebody skipped that kit and ran a bead of roofing cement instead. Cement is a five-year material on a thirty-year roof, and no Texas inspection ever caught it.
Curb-mounted units sit on a built-up curb and are the safer choice on any slope under about four in twelve, because the extra height keeps the water plane well below the glass. Deck-mounted units sit lower and look better on a steeper pitch. Either can work. Choosing deck-mounted on a shallow slope because it looked cleaner in the brochure is how a skylight ends up dripping every time the rain drives from the south.
Not every drip is a leak, which saves people money. Warm humid air rising into a cool shaft condenses on the glass and runs down the interior trim, and it presents exactly like a leak in January. The difference is that condensation appears on cold clear nights and a leak appears during rain. Insulating the shaft and improving attic ventilation fixes the first one, and no amount of sealant will.
Glazing is worth spending on because you cannot change it later without redoing the flashing. Laminated glass over a living space is the sensible default in hail country and it blocks most ultraviolet light, which protects your floors. Acrylic domes are cheaper, yellow and craze within a decade or so under East Texas sun, and belong on garages and shops.
Solar tubes deserve more consideration than they get. A ten- or fourteen-inch tube brings real daylight into an interior bathroom or hallway, costs a fraction of a framed skylight, adds almost no heat gain and has one small flashed penetration instead of a large one. When somebody asks us for a skylight in a hallway, that is usually what we suggest instead.
Our insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — synthetic underlayment fastened with capped ring-shank nails, six-nail high-wind shingle fastening patterns, pre-formed W-style open valley metal, step flashing woven course by course into the sidewall, counterflashing let into a saw-cut reglet, kick-out diverters at the roof-to-wall termination — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Tyler and nearby communities including Whitehouse, Lindale, Bullard, Hideaway.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Tyler covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Tyler, TX. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Tyler 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 synthetic underlayment fastened with capped ring-shank nails, six-nail high-wind shingle fastening patterns, pre-formed W-style open valley metal, step flashing woven course by course into the sidewall, 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 Tyler 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 Northeast Texas 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 Tyler
Tyler Roof Pros covers Tyler and the surrounding communities of Northeast Texas. 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 Whitehouse, TX — Smith County, population 8,257
- Skylights in Lindale, TX — Smith County, population 6,059
- Skylights in Bullard, TX — Smith County, population 3,318
- Skylights in Hideaway, TX — Smith County, population 3,201
- Skylights in Troup, TX — Smith County, population 2,006
- Skylights in Emerald Bay, TX — Smith County, population 1,146
Start on the Tyler Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (877) 676-4439 and describe the job.
Why Tyler Chooses Tyler Roof Pros
- ✓We put the two numbers that cause every mid-job argument into the contract up front: dollars per sheet of replaced decking and dollars per linear foot of replaced fascia.
- ✓Our inspections are paid and the report is yours, because a free inspection is a sales call and the person who finds damage is the person who sells the roof.
- ✓We will not offer to cover your deductible, and we will tell you why: Texas Business and Commerce Code 27.02 makes that a Class B misdemeanor.
- ✓We do not touch your claim negotiation. Texas Insurance Code 4102.163 forbids it for any contractor doing the work, so we give you evidence and you keep control.
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Tyler 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 Tyler 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 (877) 676-4439 for a free skylights free estimate in Tyler, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.