Aurora Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Aurora, IL for residential and commercial properties across the Fox River valley. Skylights are the one service on this site where replacing and adding are genuinely different transactions, and in the flood hazard area they are counted differently too. It is worth understanding the difference before you commit to either one, because they are not the same purchase.
Swapping a failed unit for a new one in the same opening restores the building to its existing condition. Cutting a new opening into a roof that never had one is an improvement, and it goes onto the running total the city keeps for structures inside the mapped area. It is a small number on its own. It is worth knowing about if you are also planning a kitchen.
On the physical side, the rule we work to is simple: buy the manufacturer's flashing kit for your exact roof covering and pitch, or do not buy the skylight. Nearly every leaking skylight we open in this city was installed with a site-fabricated flashing and a generous amount of sealant, and sealant is a maintenance item pretending to be a detail. Buy the kit; it costs less than the second visit will.
On board decks the framing matters as much as the flashing. Cutting a rafter at 24-inch spacing means a proper header at top and bottom, sized and fastened rather than nailed in with whatever was in the pouch. On a hundred-year-old roof we also check what the rafter is actually bearing on before we cut anything, because balloon framing does not always put load where a modern eye expects it.
Curb-mounted units are our default on anything under six in twelve and on every low-slope rear addition. The curb lifts the glass above the water plane, it gives step and counter flashing somewhere legitimate to terminate, and it survives the ice that sits on a north-facing Aurora slope in January. Deck-mounted units are lower profile and we will fit them on steeper planes where the drainage is uncomplicated.
Condensation gets addressed before it gets blamed on the unit. A skylight shaft cutting through an unventilated attic in an east-side house will run with water in winter regardless of the glazing, and the fix is insulating and air-sealing the shaft, not replacing a perfectly good skylight for the second time. Fix the shaft and the glass stops being the suspect.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — laminated fibreglass shingles meeting ASTM D3462 at six nails per shingle, 1x6 square-edge board sheathing with skip gaps over rafters at 24 inches, double-lock standing seam formed on site from 24-gauge steel coil, granulated cap sheet carried up the adjoining wall as a base flashing, step flashing woven course by course into soft common-brick sidewalls, chimney taken down below the deck line with a framed and sheathed infill — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Aurora and nearby communities including North Aurora, Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Aurora covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Aurora, IL. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation aurora il
- skylight replacement aurora illinois
- leaking skylight repair aurora il
- velux skylight aurora illinois
- sun tunnel aurora il
- skylight flashing kit aurora
- curb mounted skylight aurora il
- deck mounted skylight aurora
- skylight repair kane county
- solar tube aurora il
- skylight glass replacement aurora il
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Aurora 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 laminated fibreglass shingles meeting ASTM D3462 at six nails per shingle, 1x6 square-edge board sheathing with skip gaps over rafters at 24 inches, double-lock standing seam formed on site from 24-gauge steel coil, granulated cap sheet carried up the adjoining wall as a base flashing, 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 Aurora 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 the Fox River valley 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 Aurora
Aurora Roof Pros covers Aurora and the surrounding communities of the Fox River valley. 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 North Aurora, IL — Kane County, population 18,261
- Skylights in Montgomery, IL — Kane County, part in Kendall County, population 20,262
- Skylights in Oswego, IL — Kendall County, part in Will County, population 34,585
- Skylights in Yorkville, IL — Kendall County, population 21,533
- Skylights in Batavia, IL — Kane County, part in DuPage County, population 26,098
- Skylights in Geneva, IL — Kane County, population 21,393
Start on the Aurora Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Aurora Chooses Aurora Roof Pros
- ✓We read the Fox River flood map for your address before we price anything, because inside the mapped hazard area the city counts what you spend on the building and that count has a ceiling.
- ✓Every estimate states in one line whether we treat the work as maintenance, repair or improvement, and shows the figure against the structure's assessed improvement value.
- ✓On the low-lying older neighbourhoods we quote staged replacement by slope, so a house does not trip the fifty percent rule in a single season.
- ✓We refuse tile conversions on 1990s truss framing without a structural engineer's letter, and we say so before you have paid anyone for a design.
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Aurora 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 Aurora 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 Aurora, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.