Boulder Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Boulder, CO for residential and commercial properties across the northern Front Range. Skylights in Boulder are a heat source set into the coldest part of the house, which is why so many of them leak in winter and stay perfectly dry all summer. The unit is usually fine. The detail above it and the shaft below it are not.
A skylight interrupts the snow layer and adds warmth at that spot, so meltwater runs down the glass, reaches the cold field below it, and refreezes at the head flashing. Water then backs up against the upslope side of the curb, which is the one part of a skylight assembly that was never designed to sit submerged for a fortnight. Deck-mounted units on shallow slopes are the ones we end up replacing most often.
So we install curb-mounted units on anything but the steepest slopes, flash them with the manufacturer's step-and-head kit rather than a site-made improvisation, run ice barrier around all four sides, and build a cricket above wide curbs so snow and water divert around the unit instead of collecting behind it. Flashing kits are matched to the covering, since a shingle kit under tile or metal leaks at the first thaw.
The shaft matters just as much. An uninsulated light well is a chimney venting house air straight at the deck, and a skylight that sweats every January is usually condensation rather than a leak. We insulate and air-seal shafts, and we duct any bathroom fan that shares a shaft with a skylight to the outside rather than into the space around it. A vapor-retarder detail at the ceiling line finishes that job properly.
Replacement is usually the better purchase on any unit past twenty years. Seals, gaskets and thermally broken frames have improved enough that re-flashing a tired acrylic bubble is money spent on the wrong component, and the roof is already open while we are up there for the flashing work anyway. Glass units with a warm-edge spacer and an argon fill settle most condensation complaints on their own.
There is one placement we argue against: a new opening low on a shaded north slope, where snow lingers longest and the dam forms first. Move it upslope, put it on a south or west plane, or use a tubular daylight device with a domed top instead. That is a much smaller hole in the part of the roof that takes the most abuse. Daylight beats a view nobody looks at in January.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — self-adhering ice barrier run 24 inches inside the wall line, baffled continuous soffit intake vents, ridge exhaust balanced to a net free area of one to 300, blown cellulose over an air-sealed ceiling plane, clamp-on snow guards and continuous snow fences, site-built chimney crickets and reglet-cut counterflashing — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Boulder and nearby communities including Longmont, Louisville, Lafayette, Superior.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Boulder covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Boulder, CO. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation
- skylight repair
- skylight replacement
- curb mounted skylight
- skylight flashing kit
- skylight cricket
- skylight condensation
- light shaft insulation
- tubular daylight device
- leaking skylight
- skylight cost
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Boulder 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 self-adhering ice barrier run 24 inches inside the wall line, baffled continuous soffit intake vents, ridge exhaust balanced to a net free area of one to 300, blown cellulose over an air-sealed ceiling plane, 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 Boulder 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 the northern Front Range 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 Boulder
Boulder Roof Pros covers Boulder and the surrounding communities of the northern Front Range. 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 Longmont, CO — Boulder County, population 98,885
- Skylights in Louisville, CO — Boulder County, population 21,226
- Skylights in Lafayette, CO — Boulder County, population 30,411
- Skylights in Superior, CO — Boulder and Jefferson counties, population 13,094
- Skylights in Erie, CO — Weld and Boulder counties, population 30,038
- Skylights in Niwot, CO — Boulder County, population 4,306
Start on the Boulder Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Boulder Chooses Boulder Roof Pros
- ✓We open the attic on every roof call, because most winter leaks in this county start above the ceiling rather than on the shingles.
- ✓Ice barrier and ventilation are priced into a replacement from the start, not sold as an upsell once the deck is open.
- ✓We measure existing soffit intake before quoting a ridge vent, since exhaust without intake pulls warm air out of the house.
- ✓Snow retention is laid out over doors, walkways and gas meters before any metal panel goes on the roof.
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Boulder 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 Boulder 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 (844) 511-2320 for a free skylights free estimate in Boulder, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.