Racine Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Racine, WI for residential and commercial properties across the Racine and Kenosha lakeshore. A large share of the skylights we get called out to in Racine are not leaking. They are condensing. The glass runs cold and the room below is humid. Water forms on the inside of the unit and runs down the shaft in exactly the pattern a leak would make.
Telling them apart is quick once you know the tells. Condensation appears on cold clear nights with no rain at all. It wets the glass edge and the shaft evenly, and worsens when the bathroom or kitchen below is in use. A leak follows rain, stains drywall at one corner first, and changes with wind direction. We ask about timing first, and the answer usually decides it.
If it is condensation, replacing the skylight is often the wrong purchase entirely. Better insulation and a proper air seal where the shaft meets the ceiling fixes most of them. A warm-edge insulated unit helps if the glass really is the weak point. So does a bath fan that genuinely vents outdoors, and all of it costs a fraction of a new unit.
When it is a real leak, the cause is almost always the curb or the flashing and not the glass. Deck-mounted units set flat onto sheathing are the ones we replace most often here. Nothing sits between the underlayment and the frame to give water a second chance to escape. They install fast and they are unforgiving on a roof that stays wet.
We install curb-mounted units on a site-built curb, six inches minimum above the finished roof plane. The curb gets wrapped in self-adhered membrane before any metal goes on. Then a step-flashed kit and a head flashing that laps under the course above. Then shingles come back over it in the correct order, bottom to top. Every piece of metal is lapped by the one above rather than sealed to it.
Solar-powered venting units are worth the upgrade over a bathroom or kitchen here. They push moisture out of the house at its highest point instead of letting it wander into the attic. Fixed units are fine elsewhere. We will tell you which rooms justify the money, usually one, not three. Adding a skylight where there was none is a real option too. In a north-facing room here it makes more difference than people expect.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — hand-sealed shingle tabs set in spots of asphalt roof cement, pin-type moisture readings logged on the deck bay by bay, 1x6 plank sheathing laid with open gaps between boards, core cuts taken through a low-slope assembly to check the insulation, an above-sheathing airspace on a batten and counter-batten grid, two-piece counterflashing set into a ground-out mortar reglet — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Racine and nearby communities including Mount Pleasant, Caledonia, Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Racine covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Racine, WI. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation racine
- skylight leak repair racine wi
- skylight replacement racine
- curb mounted skylight racine county
- velux skylight racine wisconsin
- solar venting skylight racine wi
- skylight flashing kit racine
- skylight condensation racine
- sun tunnel installation racine wi
- skylight glass replacement racine
- roof window racine wisconsin
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Racine 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 hand-sealed shingle tabs set in spots of asphalt roof cement, pin-type moisture readings logged on the deck bay by bay, 1x6 plank sheathing laid with open gaps between boards, core cuts taken through a low-slope assembly to check the insulation, 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 Racine 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 Racine and Kenosha lakeshore 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 Racine
Racine Roof Pros covers Racine and the surrounding communities of the Racine and Kenosha lakeshore. 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 Mount Pleasant, WI — Racine County, population 27,732
- Skylights in Caledonia, WI — Racine County, population 25,361
- Skylights in Kenosha, WI — Kenosha County, population 99,986
- Skylights in Pleasant Prairie, WI — Kenosha County, population 21,250
- Skylights in Burlington, WI — Racine County, population 11,047
- Skylights in Somers, WI — Kenosha County, population 8,402
Start on the Racine Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Racine Chooses Racine Roof Pros
- ✓We take a moisture reading on the north slope before we quote, because the March number is the one that tells you what the deck has actually been living with
- ✓Any tear-off we install before the middle of May gets its field tabs hand-sealed, because a lakefront spring does not deliver the surface temperature a factory sealant strip needs
- ✓Every coating and sealant proposal carries a written dew point limit and substrate moisture limit, and we reschedule rather than spray when the numbers are wrong
- ✓No recover over an existing low-slope roof without a core cut first, and we hand you the core rather than describing it
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Racine 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 Racine 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 Racine, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.