Adding a skylight to upstairs rowhome hallway - any downsides?

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[Post New]03/23/2021 07:46
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Anonymous
They leak
[Post New]03/23/2021 09:53
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Anonymous
Agree on solar tube is a great idea.
[Post New]03/23/2021 10:02
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Anonymous
Anyone have any recommendations for a company that can install a solar tube?
[Post New]03/23/2021 10:55
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:We just added two skylights as part of a renovation. Love them! One thing to be aware of, depending on how your roof is framed, that may restrict the size. Ours were supposed to be bigger but something about the trusses meant that they could only be 16" wide. Still worth it. BTW there's an alternative called "Sun Tunnels" that are cheaper and easier to work around - they give you the light but not actual visual of the sky itself.


When we replaced the roof on our Cap Hill RH, we learned that whoever installed the skylight over our stairs cut right through the main joist. We had to replace it ($$$$) to continue with the roof -- the roofer literally said we had no choice. There was nothing holding up the roof. Now there's a great big joist running through the middle of the space below the skylight.

Our next door neighbor's house was renovated by the same developer at the same time and has the same issue, I think. But it hasn't been fixed.
[Post New]03/26/2021 23:48
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Skylight
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