Most skylight leaks trace back to failed flashing at the curb, not a cracked or fogged pane — the seal degrades years before the glass does. Inglewood Roofing Services inspects and reseals or replaces skylights as part of standard roof work, is open 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week, and holds a 4.9 rating from 101 Google reviews.
The failure point on almost every skylight call is where the frame meets the roof deck — step flashing, counter-flashing, or a curb seal that has shrunk and pulled away from the glazing. Once that seal opens, water tracks along the underlayment and shows up as a stain on the ceiling nowhere near the actual leak, which is why caulking the visible seam from a ladder almost never fixes it.
If a skylight is old and the roof section around it needs work anyway, it's usually worth swapping the unit while the flashing is already open rather than resealing and hoping — the labor to expose the curb is the same either way. Inglewood Roofing Services handles both calls: a straight reseal on a sound unit, or a full replacement when the glazing, gasket, or frame has actually failed.
Curb-mounted or deck-mounted — why the difference matters
Curb-mounted skylights sit on a raised wooden curb built up from the deck, which gives the flashing more surface to grip and generally holds up longer between resealing. Deck-mounted, low-profile units seal directly to the roof deck with less margin for error if that seal fails, which is part of why they show up more often on repair calls.
Replacement is cleanest when it stays like-for-like — swapping a curb-mounted unit for a deck-mounted one, or the reverse, means reframing the opening rather than a straight swap, which adds cost and time a matching replacement avoids.
Foggy glass or actual water — how to tell before calling
Condensation on the inside pane in the morning that clears by afternoon is a ventilation problem — warm, moist air from the room below is condensing on the coolest surface in the house, which happens to be the skylight glass. That's a bathroom fan or attic ventilation fix, not a roof repair.
Actual water shows up differently: a stain that keeps spreading, dripping during rain, or wetness at the frame edge rather than the center of the glass. That pattern points to the flashing or seal, and it's worth a roof-side inspection before assuming the unit itself needs replacing.
- Morning fog that burns off by noon — check attic and bath ventilation first
- Staining or dripping at the frame edge, especially during wind-driven rain — that's a flashing call
Can a skylight be repaired without replacing the whole unit?
Yes, if the glazing and frame are sound and only the flashing or curb seal has failed, that's a reseal rather than a full replacement. If leaks keep coming back after a reseal, the frame or the curb wood underneath it is usually the real problem.
Does a new roof mean the skylight has to be replaced too?
Not automatically, but if the crew is already opening up the flashing around it for the new roof, that's the cheapest point in time to deal with an aging unit — otherwise that section has to be reopened later for a separate skylight-only visit.
What hours can I reach Inglewood Roofing Services about a leak?
5 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week, at (424) 732-2269.