Burlington Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Burlington, NC for residential and commercial properties across Alamance County and the central Piedmont. Every skylight is an obstruction sitting in the middle of a drainage plane, and an obstruction makes two problems at once: water has to route around it, and ice likes to stop against it. Here the second one decides how we install them.
Curb-mounted units are what we fit on existing roofs in this county. A curb lifts the glass three or four inches clear of the plane, so meltwater running down from the slope above has somewhere to pass on either side even when the lower part of the roof is still glazed over. Deck-mounted units sit low and look better, and in this situation they dam. We fit those on new construction and almost never on a retrofit here.
The flashing kit is not optional and it is not the place to economize. Head flashing at the top, step pieces up both sides woven with the courses, an apron at the bottom, and a self-adhered membrane wrapped up the curb underneath the whole assembly. Sealant supplements that. Sealant never substitutes for any part of it, whatever the previous installer appears to have believed.
Deck condition decides whether the job is possible at all. A great many 1970s roofs in Burlington are thin sheathing on rafters spread wide, and cutting a thirty-inch opening into that without adding proper headers and blocking leaves a soft spot that will telegraph through the shingles inside two or three years and undo everything else you paid for. We price the framing with the unit or we do not take the job.
Condensation on the inside of a skylight is usually not a leak. A light shaft cut through an unvented attic runs wet on cold mornings because the shaft walls are cold, and the repair is insulating and air-sealing that shaft rather than resealing perfectly good flashing. We open the shaft and look before we quote a single skylight leak.
Tubular daylight devices deserve a mention because they solve the actual request more often than a skylight does. If what you want is daylight in a hallway, a stairwell or a windowless bathroom, a ten-inch tube costs a fraction of a skylight, has no curb for ice to build against, and is a great deal harder for anyone to install badly. We fit them regularly and we say so before quoting the larger job.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — spike-and-ferrule hangers pulled through by glaze weight, hidden hangers screwed on twenty-four inch centers, five-quarter primed fascia stock back-primed on six faces, 0.032 aluminum drip edge lapped over the underlayment, eave protection membrane run well up the deck at the overhang, ring-shank nails set flush in the marked nail zone — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Burlington and nearby communities including Graham, Mebane, Elon, Gibsonville.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Burlington covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Burlington, NC. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Burlington 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 spike-and-ferrule hangers pulled through by glaze weight, hidden hangers screwed on twenty-four inch centers, five-quarter primed fascia stock back-primed on six faces, 0.032 aluminum drip edge lapped over the underlayment, 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 Burlington 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 Alamance County and the central Piedmont 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 Burlington
Burlington Roof Pros covers Burlington and the surrounding communities of Alamance County and the central Piedmont. 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 Graham, NC — Alamance County, population 17,157
- Skylights in Mebane, NC — Alamance County, population 17,797
- Skylights in Elon, NC — Alamance County, population 11,336
- Skylights in Gibsonville, NC — Guilford County, population 8,920
- Skylights in Haw River, NC — Alamance County, population 2,252
- Skylights in Green Level, NC — Alamance County, population 3,152
Start on the Burlington Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Burlington Chooses Burlington Roof Pros
- ✓We price the perimeter of your roof separately from the plane, so you can see what the part that actually fails in winter costs
- ✓Gutters go up on hidden hangers at twenty-four inch centers, screwed into rafter tails, because ice weighs many times what rain does
- ✓We do not sell gutter guards in this county, and we will explain the ice bridge that is the reason
- ✓Metal roofs get ice retention above doors, walkways, gas meters and heat pumps, which almost nobody in North Carolina specifies
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Burlington 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 Burlington 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 Burlington, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.