Skylights and solar tubes
Skylight Repair in Santa Barbara, From Resealing to Replacement
A leaking skylight often needs new flashing and fresh seals rather than a new unit. We find where the water gets past the curb, fix it there, and replace the skylight only when the unit itself has failed.
Free, no-obligation estimates. We answer the phone or call back the same working day.
The short answer
Skylight repair in Santa Barbara
Skylight repair in Santa Barbara rebuilds the flashing, reseals the joints and corrects the drainage around the opening, and replaces the unit when it is past saving.
Water rarely comes through the glass. It gets in around the edges, where the roof meets the frame, so that is where we look first and where most of the work happens.
- Curb
- The raised frame a skylight sits on, built up off the roof so water runs past it.
- Flashing
- The metal wrapped around that frame and woven into the roofing to shed water.
- Seals
- The joints between the glazing, the frame and the roof, each closed against rain.
The work
What skylight repair covers
We rebuild flashing, reseal joints, replace failed units and install solar tubes, on curb-mounted and deck-mounted skylights alike.
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Flashing rebuilt
Tired metal comes out and new "step flashing" goes up each side of the curb, woven in course by course.
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Joints resealed
Every transition between the glazing, the frame and the roof is sealed again, rather than caulked over the old bead.
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Drainage corrected
We clear and correct whatever holds water against the uphill side of the opening, so runoff passes around it.
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Both mount types
Whether the frame stands on a raised "curb" or lies flat on the roof deck, the metal around it is what keeps the rain out.
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Failed units replaced
When the unit is done, we take it out, set the new skylight and finish the flashing and seal details around it.
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Solar tubes installed
For daylight without a full skylight, we fit "solar tubes", also called sun tunnels.
Pricing
How skylight repair is priced
A skylight repair is priced by the work at the opening, and a same-day call or a hard-to-reach roof adds to it.
We quote the whole job in writing before we start, so there are no surprise charges after, and the estimate is free whether or not you go ahead.
Your exact price comes from the visit, in writing.
A typical skylight repair
$330 to $414
What skylight repair typically runs around here.
- Reseal or rebuild. Fresh seals on a sound unit is the smaller job; new flashing around the curb takes more.
- A new unit. When the skylight has failed, the replacement is priced with its flashing and seal details.
- Pitch and stories. A steep or tall roof takes more setup to work on safely.
- What is underneath. Wet or rotted wood at the curb is priced once we see it.
Repair or replace
Resealing a skylight or replacing it
A skylight whose unit is sound and whose leak sits at the flashing or seals is usually repaired, and a skylight whose unit has failed is replaced.
From the call to done
What happens after you call
You call, we come out and trace the problem, you get photos and an itemized written estimate, and the work is scheduled only once you approve it.
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You call
Tell us where the drip shows up and when, and we set a time to come out.
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We look
On the roof we check the curb, the flashing, the seals and the drainage until the leak has a cause.
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In writing
Pictures, our findings and a line-by-line price, with repair or replacement spelled out.
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You decide
Nothing goes on the calendar until you say so, and we clean up when the work is done.
Google reviews
What neighbors say about us
Reviews from our customers, as they wrote them.
Top notch - Serjio and his team was an absolute pleasure to work with. They were always on time and the most polite and pleasant contractors we have ever had. The whole team went out of the way to make the time at our home as comfortable as possible. I would highly recommend his company.
Thank you. titan roofing I highly recommend them to everybody Five stars all the way
I called Titan Roofing & Rain Gutters inc.for a quote on a residential home, and within minutes they were calling me back and setting up a same day appointment. Sergio came out within the hour and was very professional. He looked everything over and even gave me some great advice in case we ever do experience any leaks. He didn't even have the job but was still willing to help me out.
- CallsWe answer the phone or call back the same working day.
- ArrivalWe show up when we say we will.
- PriceWe quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after.
- CleanupWe leave the yard and the roof clear when the work is done.
Service area
Where we work around Santa Barbara
We do skylight repair across the city and the nearby towns our service area lists.
A roof outside that footprint is a question for the call, and we will tell you straight whether we can get to it.
service area around Santa BarbaraBefore you call
More questions owners ask
The questions below sit next to skylight repair, and the longer answers live on their own pages.
Curb, underlayment and flashing
Proper curb construction, underlayment protection and integrated flashing prevent most skylight leaks.
A well-built opening layers "step flashing", an ice-and-water membrane under the roofing and sealed transitions, so water meets more than a single line of defense.
Solar tubes as an alternative
A solar tube carries daylight through a rooftop dome and a reflective tube down to the ceiling, and it needs no reframing of the roof.
A new skylight is the larger job by comparison, because the roof framing has to be cut and rebuilt around the opening.
Flashing as the usual culprit
Flashing is the usual leak point at a skylight, ahead of the glass or the frame.
"Flashing" is the metal that closes the joint between the roofing and the curb, and it is the first thing we open up when a skylight drips.
roof flashingWater around the skylight? Let us find it.
A call sets the visit. We trace the leak at the curb and put the repair, or the replacement, in writing before we start.
Free, no-obligation estimates, and we show up when we say we will.