Recent skylight work
New York Skylight Installers replaces, installs and supplies skylights in Bronx houses, rowhouses and apartment buildings. Official VELUX dealer, LIC# 2084179, skylights only since 2005.
Throgs Neck is brick, attached and semi detached, mostly built between the 1920s and the 1960s, with a flat or very shallow main roof and a rear extension over the kitchen or the den. That rear extension is where nearly every skylight in the neighborhood sits. It is low, it is often the newest part of the roof, and it is where the original builder put a small unit on a curb that was never built tall enough.
Curb height is the thing that decides whether a skylight on a roof like this lasts. On a low slope roof water does not run off, it sits and moves slowly, and a curb that is too short lets it reach the flashing in a heavy storm or under snow. We measure the curb rather than assume it, and where it needs to come up we say so and price it. A replacement on a curb that is sound and tall enough is $2,287 installed, with the $1,760 standard replacement labor already inside that figure.
The other thing about this corner of the Bronx is exposure. These roofs face open water at the Throgs Neck and the East River, so they get wind that inland blocks do not, and wind drives rain sideways into details that would never leak on a sheltered street. A unit that only leaks in blowing rain is a classic sign of a flashing or a curb height problem rather than a failed skylight, and it is one of the more common calls we get out here.
Leaking skylight in Throgs Neck? Start with a professional assessment from New York's original skylight specialists. Skylights are all we have done since 2005: licensed and insured (LIC# 2084179), VELUX Trained & Approved, an official VELUX dealer, 4.9 stars on Google, and a 10-Year No Leak Warranty on every unit we install. Roofers and handymen do skylights on the side; we are the specialists the roofers call. Water dripping from the skylight, a stain on the ceiling under it, a drip that only shows up in a heavy rain: none of that tells you what actually failed. We come out, find the real cause, and give you a straight answer and a price for the right fix, which is usually a new unit. Active leaks go to the front of the schedule. Read more about skylight repair in the Bronx.
Because wind driven rain gets pushed sideways and upward into details that handle straight down rain perfectly well. That almost always points at the flashing or at a curb that is too short rather than at the skylight itself, and it is why a unit can sit fine for months and then let go in one storm. It is found by looking at the curb and the flashing, not by replacing the glass.
Not harder, but different. Extension roofs are low slope, so water sits rather than runs, and the curb has to be tall enough to keep it away from the flashing. They are also usually easy to reach, which helps. We check the height at the assessment and tell you whether it has to come up.
Almost always, yes. Access on these houses is usually through the house and up to the rear extension, or by ladder from the yard. Where the only sensible route crosses a neighbour we say so before the day rather than turn up and ask.
If the frame and the seals are sound the glass can sometimes be changed on its own. On units of that age the frame and the seal are usually as tired as the glass, so changing the pane alone can be money spent twice. We give you both numbers and the honest recommendation after we have seen it.
It depends on what the work touches. The practical line is the roof deck. Work limited to the membrane and coverings is treated differently from work that replaces deck or sheathing, and cutting a new opening is a different matter again. We lay out the published rules on our NYC permits and landmark rules page and we tell you which applies to your job before anything starts.
Yes, one unit is a normal job and there is no travel premium for this end of the borough. The assessment is free either way.
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We cover every part of the borough. See skylights in the Bronx, our published prices, or NYC permits and landmark rules. Serving 10461 and 10465.