installing skylights

[DrPizza]

I'm doing a major kitchen remodeling project (moving one wall, eliminating a window on another wall, removing the ceiling joists and going up to the roof joists for a vaulted ceiling (tongue and groove), and putting in skylights to give the room more natural light. New cabinets, rewiring, installing a dishwasher, etc. The existing window has a horrible view and faces north (the only bad view from our property), plus due to its location and dimensions, greatly limits the options for appliances, sink, etc. It'll be better without it.


Question: Will I need to completely re-shingle that section of the roof? (I've never installed skylights before) Will I be able to salvage the existing roof shingles from the area where I'm installing the skylight, such that I won't have to struggle to find matching shingles? Is 30 to 40 degrees too cold to work on the roofing?

I've got some experience with roofing - installed my own steel roof on a garage, rolled rubber roofing, and a couple of complete tear-down and re-roof jobs. But I've never done something where I alter the middle of the roof. I don't want leaks!

 

[bctbct]

you should be able to remove the existing shingles and patch them back around the new curb, careful shingles break easy when its cold.

 

[destrekor]

1. take sledgehammer
2. heave sledgehammer into ceiling/roof
3. ...
4. PROFIT!

option: Replace 3: ... with 3: pray to Rain Gods, or with 3: make use of cellophane wrap and duct tape
🙂

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

don't forget to install the flashing properly

 

[drnickriviera]

Shingles get brittle when it's cold. I doubt you'll be able to save anything.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: destrekor
1. take sledgehammer
2. heave sledgehammer into ceiling/roof
3. ...
4. PROFIT!

option: Replace 3: ... with 3: pray to Rain Gods, or with 3: make use of cellophane wrap and duct tape
🙂

No, not to the rain Gods. I've already planned on praying to the SNOW gods. Then again, it'd be kinda funny to do the job during a blizzard. It wouldn't hurt anything - all the reframing will be done before new drywall goes in. A little snow won't hurt a thing.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: destrekor
1. take sledgehammer
2. heave sledgehammer into ceiling/roof
3. ...
4. PROFIT!

option: Replace 3: ... with 3: pray to Rain Gods, or with 3: make use of cellophane wrap and duct tape
🙂

3? 3. hot glue + plexiglass ftw!!!

 

[mrrman]

Just make sure that you dont tear the singles when removing them otherwise they are garbage. Ive roofed in the cold but as another poster stated, the singles become brittle.

 

[dartworth]

Perhaps just frame in a rough opening for the skylight to continue the remodel...I wouldn't open up the roof till spring.

JMO