Forum Archive: Posts by: joe22

I own a 3 story frame house in South Slope. I had my center hall skylight replaced by a contractor. It’s a typical design, pyramid, rectangular. The unit he installed turns out to be a vented one and water gets in the house when it rains. The cap on top is vented and the glass is not sealed around the edges. He says that this new skylight is the same as the one he replaced. It’s impossible to tell now because 1, it’s gone and 2, it had so much tar on it you couldn’t see most of it. Does anyone know if was typical for skylights to have been vented? Also, I told him I want the skylight replaced with a better unit. He basically said no and that the one he put in cost $3,000 to have made. That doesn’t sound right to me – does anyone else have an idea of the cost?