Skylight & Roof Hatch Repair on Flat Roofs in Pittsburgh
Skylights and roof hatches are holes in a flat roof, and they leak in predictable ways. The curb they sit on is too short after a few re-roofs have raised the roof around it, so water and snow sit against the top of the flashing. The flashing itself cracks at the corners. Plastic domes craze and crack after years of sun. Hatch gaskets dry out and hatch latches stop pulling the lid tight. On Pittsburgh row houses, apartment buildings and stair towers, these are often the only way onto the roof, so they get used and abused. We find which part is failing, and repair or raise the curb, re-flash it, or replace the dome or hatch seal.
What's included
- Leak traced to curb, flashing, dome or seal
- Curbs raised when the roof has grown around them
- Curb flashings rebuilt in the roof's material
- Cracked or crazed skylight domes replaced
- Hatch gaskets and latches repaired
- Hatch safety rails noted where missing
- Old caulk and tar removed
- Interior trim stains traced
- Photo report
Sound like your roof?
- Drips around the skylight frame inside
- A hatch that leaks when it rains hard
- Cracked or cloudy skylight domes
- Water sitting against the curb
- Daylight around a closed hatch
Leaking right now? Protect the inside first
Move belongings away from the drip, shut off power to any wet light fixture, and stay off the roof in a storm or on ice. Then request service: an active leak can usually be dried in until the permanent repair.
Skylight & Hatch Repair — FAQs
Often the curb is too short, so heavy rain or snow on the roof backs up over the top of the flashing.
Yes. If you don't need it, framing it in and roofing over it removes a leak point for good.
We repair seals and latches and re-flash curbs. A full hatch replacement is priced after we see the opening and the hatch size.
We water-test to tell which. Condensation can also look like a leak on a cold day; we check for that too.