Fixing a Leaking Skylight Before It Ruined a Cedar Ceiling

Why they called us

Water was getting in around a skylight and staining the cedar-lined ceiling in the room below — the kind of slow leak that quietly wrecks an expensive wood finish long before anyone finds the source.

Skylight leaks are easy to misdiagnose. Water can enter around the frame, the flashing, or the glass seal and then travel several feet before it shows up as a stain, so the homeowner needed the actual entry point found — not just the ceiling patched and repainted.

They wanted it done in one visit, without tearing into the finished cedar to go looking for it.

Our solution

We inspected the skylight from both the inside and the roof to confirm the water was tracking in around the frame and flashing rather than through the glass itself.

The crew cleaned and prepped the full perimeter, then re-flashed and re-sealed around the skylight, closing the gaps where water had been getting past the old seal.

While we were up there, we checked the shingles and flashing around the skylight so a nearby problem wouldn't undo the repair down the road.

The result

The leak was found and the skylight sealed watertight the same day, stopping the water before it did any more damage to the cedar interior.

The homeowner got before-and-after photos of exactly what was wrong and what we fixed, backed by our 1-year workmanship guarantee on the repair — no ripped-up ceiling, no guesswork.