Newark OH Premium Roofing provides professional skylights & sun tunnels in Newark, OH for residential and commercial properties across Licking County. Skylights are the most common source of a genuine leak on a Newark roof, and the most common thing we advise against adding. Both are true for one reason: they are a hole in the plane, and a hole in the plane is only as good as its flashing kit.
The code puts them in the same family as every other penetration. Sections 903.2 and 905.2.8 govern flashing at roof intersections, changes in slope, base and cap details, valleys, sidewalls and other penetrations, and the manufacturer's kit is the specification that satisfies them. A skylight flashed with sealant and a bent piece of aluminum rather than its own step and head flashing is a leak with a schedule, not a possibility.
Section 908.5 is what decides whether your existing units go back on. Existing flashings, edgings, outlets and vents may be reinstalled if they are not damaged, rusted or deteriorated. On a twenty-year-old curb-mounted unit, the frame is often fine and the aluminum cladding at the head is often pitted through. We photograph both sides of that call and reinstall only what passes it. A nineteen-eighties acrylic bubble gone milky and brittle fails that test and goes.
Adding a new skylight to an older Newark roof is a harder question than the showroom brochure makes it look. Plank decking and true dimensional rafters mean cutting a rough opening in a structural member and heading it off properly, which is real carpentry and, depending on scope, can be the kind of structural alteration that needs approval. On a finished attic with a long light shaft, the shaft costs more than the unit.
The downsell is a sun tunnel. A reflective tube dropped through one rafter bay needs no header, no drywall shaft and no structural alteration, runs about a fifth of the budget, and puts more light down a dark hallway than a small deck-mounted unit manages. Two of them cost less than one skylight installed correctly. We suggest them constantly and we still get overruled, which is fine when the owner wants the view.
If you do buy the skylight, buy the deck-mounted unit with a factory flashing kit sized to your roof covering, and have it installed during a reroof rather than as its own event. Cutting into a two year old roof to add one is how you end up owning a warranty argument between two contractors.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — ice barrier membrane at the eave, self-adhering polymer-modified bitumen underlayment, six-fastener high-wind nailing pattern, sidewall step flashing set course by course, counterflashing set into a mortar reglet, open metal valley with a hemmed edge — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Newark and nearby communities including Heath, Pataskala, Granville, Johnstown.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights & sun tunnels in Newark covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights & sun tunnels work in Newark, OH. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation Newark OH
- skylight leak repair
- curb mounted skylight
- deck mounted skylight flashing
- sun tunnel installation
- tubular daylight device
- skylight replacement Licking County
- skylight flashing kit
- acrylic dome skylight replacement
- light shaft framing
- skylight cost Ohio
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Newark services.
Materials, equipment and how we do skylights & sun tunnels
The difference between skylights & sun tunnels that lasts and skylights & sun tunnels that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with ice barrier membrane at the eave, self-adhering polymer-modified bitumen underlayment, six-fastener high-wind nailing pattern, sidewall step flashing set course by course, 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 Newark 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 Licking County 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 & sun tunnels outside Newark
Newark OH Premium Roofing covers Newark and the surrounding communities of Licking County. 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 & Sun Tunnels in Heath, OH — Licking County, population 10,412
- Skylights & Sun Tunnels in Pataskala, OH — Licking County, population 17,886
- Skylights & Sun Tunnels in Granville, OH — Licking County, population 5,946
- Skylights & Sun Tunnels in Johnstown, OH — Licking County, population 5,182
- Skylights & Sun Tunnels in New Albany, OH — Franklin and Licking Counties, population 10,825
- Skylights & Sun Tunnels in Reynoldsburg, OH — Franklin and Licking Counties, population 41,076
Start on the Newark OH Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Newark Chooses Newark OH Premium Roofing
- ✓Every job is photographed at bare deck, at the ice barrier line, at the fastener line and at each flashing, and the images are yours the same day.
- ✓Quotes come off the deck, not the driveway. Two-layer roofs and rotted plank sheathing surface on the first square rather than arriving later as a revision.
- ✓We publish the code sections we work to because Ohio has no roofing board and Licking County has no contractor registration to check us against.
- ✓Repair is a real product here. Where the field is sound and the failure is a termination, we say so in writing and do not return with a replacement quote.
The standards behind skylights & sun tunnels
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights & sun tunnels work we do in Newark 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 & sun tunnels project in Newark 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 & sun tunnels free estimate in Newark, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.