Lafayette Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Lafayette, LA for residential and commercial properties across Acadiana. Most skylight complaints we get in this parish are described as leaks and turn out to be condensation. Water forms on the cold interior glass and frame of a unit surrounded by a humid attic, runs down the shaft, and stains the drywall in exactly the pattern a leak would.
The giveaway is timing and location. Condensation appears on humid mornings and after long showers regardless of rain, and it wets the lower interior edge of the frame evenly. A genuine skylight leak follows the head or the sides of the flashing and shows up while it is actually raining. We check both before we quote anything, because replacing a sound skylight will not stop a moisture problem.
The permanent fix is usually the shaft rather than the unit. A light shaft is a chimney connecting your conditioned ceiling to your attic, and if it is framed and drywalled but not air-sealed and insulated, humid attic air circulates around the glass all summer. We insulate the shaft properly, seal it at the ceiling plane, and where the ceiling is the problem we upgrade the unit to a thermally broken frame with insulated glazing.
On installations we use curb-mounted units on anything below a moderate pitch and we build the curb tall enough that water never reaches the top of it. Every unit gets the manufacturer's own step and head flashing kit, not shop-bent metal, and on the upslope side we build a cricket to divert water around rather than into the head flashing. Caulk is not a flashing material and does not appear in our details.
Age matters more than people expect. Most residential skylights carry a sealed glazing unit with a service life well short of the roof around them, so on a re-roof we recommend replacing any unit past about twenty years while the deck is open. Flashing a decades-old skylight into a brand-new roof is a repair scheduled for the year after next.
Where the room needs light rather than a view, tubular daylight devices are often the better answer here. There is less glass to condense on, a much smaller ceiling penetration, far less heat gain into a house that spends most of the year rejecting heat, and a fraction of the flashing risk on a low-slope roof.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — synthetic underlayment, 8d ring-shank sheathing nails, continuous ridge vent, net free ventilation area, Galvalume standing seam panels, closed-cell spray foam at the roof deck — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Lafayette and nearby communities including Broussard, Youngsville, Carencro, Scott.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Lafayette covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Lafayette, LA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation
- skylight replacement
- skylight leak repair
- curb-mounted skylight
- deck-mounted skylight
- insulated light shaft
- condensation on skylight
- tubular daylight device
- skylight flashing kit
- solar tube installation
- 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 Lafayette 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 synthetic underlayment, 8d ring-shank sheathing nails, continuous ridge vent, net free ventilation area, 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 Lafayette 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 Acadiana 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 Lafayette
Lafayette Roof Pros covers Lafayette and the surrounding communities of Acadiana. 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 Broussard, LA — Lafayette Parish, population 13,417
- Skylights in Youngsville, LA — Lafayette Parish, population 15,929
- Skylights in Carencro, LA — Lafayette Parish, population 9,272
- Skylights in Scott, LA — Lafayette Parish, population 8,119
- Skylights in Duson, LA — Lafayette Parish, population 1,326
- Skylights in Milton, LA — Lafayette Parish, population 2,590
Start on the Lafayette Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Lafayette Chooses Lafayette Roof Pros
- ✓We meter the attic before we quote the roof, because in Acadiana the deck fails before the covering does
- ✓Net free vent area is calculated for intake and exhaust and included in the roof price, not sold afterward
- ✓Deck replacement is quoted as a specific allowance in sheets so the number does not move once the roof is open
- ✓We will tell you when a ceiling stain is condensation and not a leak, even though it is the smaller job
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.