Carlsbad Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Carlsbad, CA for residential and commercial properties across coastal North County San Diego. Half the skylights we are called out to are not leaking at all. They are condensing. Marine air meets cold glass on a June morning, water runs down the shaft, and from the hallway below it looks exactly like a roof leak in an expensive place.
Telling them apart is straightforward once you know how. Condensation appears without rain, wets the lower corners of the shaft fairly evenly, and clears by afternoon. A leak follows rain, stains one path, and worsens every time. We check for both before quoting, because a new skylight does not solve a ventilation problem and you would be buying the wrong thing. The wrong diagnosis here costs several thousand dollars.
When replacement is right, we use curb-mounted units with factory flashing kits matched to the covering, laminated glass rather than acrylic domes, and a condensation gutter in the frame so any water that does form has somewhere to go. Old bubble domes yellow, craze, and eventually crack along the fastener line where sun and salt have worked together. Glass units also stay quiet under rain, which domes never do.
The flashing is the job. The curb is built and flashed like a small chimney, with an apron at the bottom, step flashing up both sides, a saddle at the head on wide units, and no reliance on the plastic collar that came in the box. Every fastener in that assembly is stainless, and on tile roofs the curb is raised to clear the pan. Plastic collars are a shipping convenience, not a flashing.
Shaft detailing matters just as much on a damp coast. We insulate and air-seal the shaft so warm interior air cannot reach cold glass, because an uninsulated shaft in a marine climate manufactures the water that people then blame on the skylight. That work happens from inside, it is part of the quote rather than a surprise, and it stops the problem returning. Skylights get blamed for a great deal of building physics.
If your existing unit is sound and only the flashing has failed, we will re-flash it and leave the glass alone. That is a much smaller job, and on a well-built curb it is the entire repair. We will tell you which of the two situations you are in before you spend anything on a new unit.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — 316 stainless ring-shank nails, hot-dip galvanized drip edge, self-adhering SBS eave membrane, two-piece mission clay tile, elevated batten and counter-batten assemblies, concealed-clip standing seam aluminum — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Carlsbad and nearby communities including Oceanside, Camp Pendleton South, Encinitas, Solana Beach.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Carlsbad covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Carlsbad, CA. 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
- laminated glass skylight
- acrylic dome replacement
- skylight flashing kit
- skylight condensation
- light shaft insulation
- skylight leak repair
- 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 Carlsbad 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 316 stainless ring-shank nails, hot-dip galvanized drip edge, self-adhering SBS eave membrane, two-piece mission clay tile, 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 Carlsbad 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 coastal North County San Diego 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 Carlsbad
Carlsbad Roof Pros covers Carlsbad and the surrounding communities of coastal North County San Diego. 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 Oceanside, CA — San Diego County, population 174,068 at the 2020 census
- Skylights in Camp Pendleton South, CA — San Diego County, population 12,468 at the 2020 census
- Skylights in Encinitas, CA — San Diego County, population 62,007 at the 2020 census
- Skylights in Solana Beach, CA — San Diego County, population 12,940 at the 2020 census
- Skylights in Del Mar, CA — San Diego County, population 3,954 at the 2020 census
- Skylights in Vista, CA — San Diego County, population 98,381 at the 2020 census
Start on the Carlsbad Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Carlsbad Chooses Carlsbad Roof Pros
- ✓We pull sample fasteners on every inspection, because a coastal roof is judged by its metal and not by its shingles
- ✓The fastener schedule is written into your estimate: 316 stainless near the surf, 304 mid-county, hot-dip galvanized inland
- ✓We cut counterflashing reglets into the wall instead of sealing metal to its face, and we re-flash rather than caulk
- ✓Tile re-lays wherever your existing field is sound, so you pay for hardware and membrane instead of for new tile
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Carlsbad 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 Carlsbad 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 Carlsbad, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.