Erie Premium Roofing provides professional skylights in Erie, PA for residential and commercial properties across northwestern Pennsylvania. This is the only roofing job in the City of Erie that comes with an inspector attached, and that changes both the price and the schedule. It is worth knowing before anybody quotes you a number.
The city's exemption covers roof work only where the framing and dimensions of the original structure are untouched. Cutting an opening means cutting a rafter and heading it off, which is framing, which ends the exemption. So a skylight goes through code enforcement, generates a file, and gets looked at by somebody who does not work for us. We treat that as a bonus and price the permit into the proposal rather than skipping it quietly.
On an old roof the framing question is real rather than administrative. Rough-sawn rafters at irregular centers, sometimes already notched by a previous plumber, do not reliably offer a clean bay. We measure the actual layout from inside before committing to a position, because sliding a unit two feet to land between sound members is free while it is still a drawing and impossible once the hole exists.
We fit both curb-mounted and deck-mounted units and lean toward deck-mounted on shingle. The manufacturer's own flashing kit weaves into the courses, sits tighter to the plane, and gives water far fewer routes in than a carpenter-built curb with metal chased around it. Before the kit goes down, the opening gets a self-adhered collar, and we photograph that collar because it disappears under the first course.
If what you have now is one of the acrylic bubbles fitted during a 1980s remodel, replace rather than repair. The plastic has hazed and crazed, the perimeter seals are finished, and reusing an existing curb to save a few hundred dollars is the classic route to a brand-new unit leaking in its first January. A modern insulated unit, laminated on the inner lite, with a kit made for the rough opening, is the right answer.
Half the complaints we hear about skylights are complaints about the shaft. A drywall chase running from ceiling to roof through a cold Erie attic will run with condensation all winter unless it is insulated continuously and air-sealed where it meets the ceiling. Building and insulating that shaft is part of the job we quote. And we will not cut into a covering with fewer than five years left in it.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — 1x6 plank sheathing laid with gaps between the boards, cut nails holding original decking to rough-sawn rafters, synthetic underlayment held down with capped ring-shank fasteners, self-adhered eave membrane lapped up the rake on steep planes, closed cornice eaves built with no soffit cavity to vent, step flashing let into a raked mortar joint with lead wedges — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Erie and nearby communities including Millcreek Township, Harborcreek Township, Fairview Township, Northwest Harborcreek.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Erie covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Erie, PA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation erie pa
- skylight replacement erie
- leaking skylight repair erie county
- deck mounted skylight
- curb mounted skylight
- tubular daylight device
- skylight flashing kit
- skylight permit erie pennsylvania
- skylight shaft insulation
- rafter header framing
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Erie 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 1x6 plank sheathing laid with gaps between the boards, cut nails holding original decking to rough-sawn rafters, synthetic underlayment held down with capped ring-shank fasteners, self-adhered eave membrane lapped up the rake on steep planes, 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 Erie 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 northwestern Pennsylvania 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 Erie
Erie Premium Roofing covers Erie and the surrounding communities of northwestern Pennsylvania. 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 Millcreek Township, PA — Erie County, population 54,073
- Skylights in Harborcreek Township, PA — Erie County, population 16,635
- Skylights in Fairview Township, PA — Erie County, population 11,138
- Skylights in Northwest Harborcreek, PA — Erie County, population 8,772
- Skylights in Summit Township, PA — Erie County, population 7,342
- Skylights in Corry, PA — Erie County, population 6,210
Start on the Erie Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Erie Chooses Erie Premium Roofing
- ✓Every estimate carries the rafter depth, spacing, clear span and sheathing type we measured, because no permit file will ever record them for you
- ✓We count the layers that come off and photograph the bare deck, so the one moment your roof is visible is not the one moment nobody documented
- ✓We quote the deck separately from the covering, since on a 1920s plank roof the boards are the real variable and hiding them in a lump sum is how bids stop being comparable
- ✓No overlays. A second layer over plank sheathing conceals the only thing worth looking at and shortens the fastener grip the wind rating depends on
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Erie 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 Erie 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 Erie, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.