Bloomington Roof Pros provides professional skylights in Bloomington, IL for residential and commercial properties across McLean County. Adding a new skylight in a hail-prone county is a decision we push back on, and this is one of the few pages where we would rather you bought the cheaper alternative. For most rooms that just need daylight, a tubular light tube is the better purchase.
The reason is that a skylight is a hole in your roof with a warranty on it. Every one is a permanent penetration in the plane water is trying to cross, and glass in a hail market is an exposure your shingles do not have. A sun tunnel gives you a remarkable amount of daylight through a small, fully flashed penetration at a fraction of the cost, with far less to go wrong.
If you want a real skylight — and for a stairwell, a north-facing room or a vaulted ceiling, sometimes only a real one will do — buy it properly. Curb-mounted units on a built-up curb for low-slope situations, deck-mounted for standard pitches, always with the manufacturer's flashing kit for your roof covering. Site-fabricated flashing and a tube of sealant is the single most common reason skylights leak. Sealant is a maintenance item wearing the costume of a permanent detail.
Replace skylights during the reroof, not after it. The flashing kit integrates with the shingle courses and the underlayment as they go on, so doing it later means cutting back into a new roof and creating exactly the seam you were trying to avoid. Leave a twenty-year-old skylight in place under new shingles and its seals will give out years before the field does, which means opening that new roof anyway.
Not every wet skylight is a leaking skylight. Warm humid indoor air meeting cold glass produces condensation that runs down the shaft and stains the drywall exactly the way a leak does. We check that first, because the fix for condensation is ventilation and humidity control, and no amount of new flashing will change it. A humidifier running hard through a cold January is a common culprit and an easy one to test.
Cutting a new opening means framing, and framing means structure, which in either municipality here brings the work onto a permit path with a different set of eyes on it. Worth knowing before you decide that a skylight is a simple afternoon, and worth pricing before you fall in love with the idea.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — self-adhered ice-and-water membrane at the eaves, laminated architectural shingles over a synthetic underlayment field, baffled ridge vent sized to the soffit intake, step flashing woven course by course, counterflashing let into a cut mortar joint, six-nail high-wind fastening pattern — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Bloomington and nearby communities including Normal, Pontiac, Clinton, Eureka.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Bloomington covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Bloomington, IL. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- skylight installation
- skylight leak repair
- skylight replacement
- curb mounted skylight
- deck mounted skylight
- sun tunnel tubular skylight
- skylight flashing kit
- condensation on skylight
- skylight during reroof
- fixed vs vented skylight
- light tube install
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Bloomington 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 self-adhered ice-and-water membrane at the eaves, laminated architectural shingles over a synthetic underlayment field, baffled ridge vent sized to the soffit intake, step flashing woven 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 Bloomington 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 McLean 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 outside Bloomington
Bloomington Roof Pros covers Bloomington and the surrounding communities of McLean 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 in Normal, IL — McLean County, population 52,736
- Skylights in Pontiac, IL — Livingston County, population 11,150
- Skylights in Clinton, IL — DeWitt County, population 7,004
- Skylights in Eureka, IL — Woodford County, population 5,227
- Skylights in Le Roy, IL — McLean County, population 3,512
- Skylights in Heyworth, IL — McLean County, population 2,791
Start on the Bloomington Roof Pros homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Bloomington Chooses Bloomington Roof Pros
- ✓We confirm which municipality governs your address before writing a scope, because Bloomington and Normal permit separately
- ✓Our license number and company name appear on every bid and contract, as 225 ILCS 335 requires
- ✓A stated per-sheet rate for bad decking, agreed before the tear-off rather than discovered during it
- ✓Attic inspection included, because ventilation problems show up on the underside long before the shingles admit anything
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Bloomington 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 Bloomington 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 Bloomington, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.