Removing A Skylight Hole In Roof

You will be setting the flange of the skylight on top of these shingles to allow for water drainage.

Removing a skylight hole in roof.

Removing a skylight requires removing some of the roofing shingles. Homeowners often mix up these two items. This is the 2nd skylight we ve had in our kitchen ceiling now this one has to be replaced. I want to take it out.

I thought of a recessed box with pendant lighting. Most skylights secure to the opening with adhesives however some manufactures do use brackets to secure the skylight frame. Work from the top down and remove enough shingles to work around the skylight but do not remove the last row of shingles where you drilled the bottom holes. But if it is trusses typically spaced 24 inches apart that support your roof a two foot wide skylight actually 22 inches wide may be your limit.

If it s a composite roof i think it s a little more work to roof over the skylight just because of the interior sheet rock repair but much more expensive to buy a new skylight. If rafters support your roof removing a portion of one after properly reinforcing it and adding in headers to accommodate a larger skylight is fairly straightforward. Now s the time to load the skylight sealant in the caulking gun. The roof and ceiling.

You don t need to do any framing to tear out the skylight but to do it right you should remove the sheet rock from the skylight walls and repair the hole in the ceiling. Place the skylight down over the sealant and using a terribly technical term here moosh it down over the sealant. Remove any roofing nails left behind from removing the shingles. When purchasing a new skylight don t forget to pick up a pack of shingles to replace the ones that you remove with the skylight.

Assuming your new skylight is the same size as its predecessor following the directions on the sealant container run a bead around the roof covering the screw holes. But the ceiling paneling is no longer available so how can we disguise it add light still make it look modern. Removing troublesome skylights is an effective way to prevent recurrence of chronic leakage but it must be done properly to work. 1 200 500 on the interior depending on whether there is a light box light tube to be removed this amount is for the drywalling plastering etc and interior finishing to patch over the previous skylight hole in the ceiling.