Skylight Leak Repair in Stroudsburg, PA

A leaking skylight is one of the few roof problems you watch happen from your couch. The good news: most of them are not the glass. They are the seal, the flashing, or the shingle detail around the curb — and those are fixable without tearing your ceiling apart. We diagnose and repair leaking skylights across Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg and the Poconos, and when a unit is genuinely finished we pull it and install a new one. Free inspection, price in writing: (570) 426-3505.

About Our Skylight Leak Repair Services in Stroudsburg, PA

A skylight is a hole cut in your roof with a window set into it. Everything that keeps water out is in the details around that hole: the head and sill flashing, the step flashing up the sides, the underlayment lapped into the curb, and the factory gasket between the glass and the frame. Water finds whichever of those gave up first.

We handle the whole range, from the smallest fix to a complete swap:

Leak diagnosis — finding out whether it is the skylight at all, which is not as obvious as it sounds.
Resealing and gasket work — when the unit is sound and the failure is at the glazing seal.
Flashing replacement — a new flashing kit correctly lapped and shingled in, which is the durable fix for most persistent leaks.
Full skylight replacement — removing the old unit entirely and installing a new one, with fresh flashing, underlayment and shingle work around it.
Interior repair coordination — the drywall and insulation in the shaft, once the water is actually stopped.

Our winters are hard on skylights in a specific way. Snow does not slide off a skylight the way it does off shingles — it sits on the low side of the curb and melts slowly against warm glass, which puts standing water exactly where flashing laps are weakest. Then it refreezes overnight and lifts them. Add an ice dam forming above the unit and water gets driven uphill under the head flashing. This is why a skylight that survived years of summer rain suddenly leaks in February, and why a summer patch job so often fails on the first hard freeze.

Dry skylight shaft in a vaulted ceiling with daylight coming through, no water staining — What it looks like when the details around the curb are right. Illustrative image.

Signs Your Skylight Needs Repair

Brown ring stains on the drywall of the skylight shaft or the ceiling beside it.
Paint bubbling, peeling or cracking at the corners of the shaft.
Active dripping during heavy or wind-driven rain, or during a thaw after snow.
Water appearing only in winter — usually a sign of ice damming or condensation rather than a rain leak.
Cloudiness or moisture trapped between the panes, which means the sealed glass unit itself has failed.
Cracked, chalky or brittle sealant around the frame, or a hazy yellowed acrylic dome.
Musty smell, or insulation in the shaft that feels damp.

Worth knowing before you call anyone: a good share of what people report as skylight leaks is condensation, not a leak. A skylight is the coldest surface in the room, so humid indoor air condenses on it and runs down — most often in a bathroom or kitchen, in cold weather, with no rain involved. If that is what is happening, no amount of sealant fixes it and you need ventilation, not roof work. We will tell you which one you have. Call (570) 426-3505.

Leaking skylight seen from inside: brown water stains and peeling paint on the drywall of the skylight shaft — Staining and peeling paint in the shaft — the stain is often not under the actual entry point. Illustrative image.

Our Skylight Leak Repair Process in Stroudsburg, PA

1. We rule out condensation first. It takes two minutes and it saves you money. If the moisture only shows in cold weather, sits on the glass rather than running from the frame, and appears with no rain, the problem is humidity in the room — and we will say so rather than sell you a repair.

2. We trace the real entry point from the attic where we can reach it. Water runs along framing before it stains anything, so the wet drywall is often not under the failure. A stain at the bottom corner of a shaft frequently starts at the head flashing above the unit, or at a shingle detail a course or two uphill.

3. We inspect the unit and the roof around it. Glazing seal, frame, gasket, flashing laps, underlayment, and the condition of the shingles on the uphill side. If the surrounding roof is at the end of its life, replacing skylight flashing alone is money badly spent, and you deserve to hear that.

4. You get findings and a written price before we start. Photos, what failed, the repair options with the honest tradeoff between them, and the cost of each.

5. We repair it so the water is redirected, not just blocked. A new flashing kit lapped correctly under the shingles above and over the ones below. Sealant is a supporting detail on a correct installation, never the fix itself.

6. We water-test before calling it done and clean up after ourselves.

Roofer installing new skylight flashing and sealant on a residential asphalt shingle roof in Pennsylvania — New flashing lapped under the shingles above and over those below. Illustrative image.

Skylight Leak Repair Cost in Stroudsburg, PA

Straight answer, with the numbers that exist. According to HomeGuide, resealing a skylight typically runs about $75 to $250, skylight flashing repair about $150 to $500, and a leaking-skylight repair overall around $225 to $800. A full replacement of the unit usually falls between $800 and $2,400, and putting a skylight where none existed runs $1,600 to $4,200. Angi reports most skylight repairs landing between $454 and $1,513, with an average of $960 across all repair types.

Those are market figures, not your quote. What decides where you land:

What actually failed. A gasket is a different job than a flashing kit, which is a different job than a fogged glass unit that cannot be repaired at all.
How long it has been leaking. The repair is the cheap part. Rotted curb framing, soaked insulation and ruined drywall in the shaft are not.
The age and condition of the surrounding roof. Sometimes the sensible move is to do the skylight together with roof replacement instead of twice.
The unit itself. Fixed versus venting, glass versus acrylic dome, standard versus oversized, and whether the model is still made.
Pitch, height and access. A steep second-story slope takes more setup than a low addition roof.

A rule the trade uses and we will apply honestly: if repairing costs more than about half of replacing, replace it. Patching a twenty-year-old unit with a failed seal is spending real money on something that will leak again. And the reverse holds too — if the glass and frame are fine and the failure is one flashing lap, we will fix that and leave your skylight alone. Call (570) 426-3505 for a free look.

If you want to understand the causes before you call, our guide on why skylights leak and how to fix it walks through each one.

Benefits of Professional Skylight Leak Repair

Skylights are the single most patched detail on residential roofs, and most of those patches are why the leak came back. Doing it properly costs less over five years than doing it three times.

The water is redirected, not dammed. Correct flashing sends water around and past the unit. Sealant across a lap traps it against the curb.
You keep the ceiling you already have. Every extra month of a slow leak adds drywall, paint and insulation to the bill.
The right call between repair and replacement. A fogged sealed unit cannot be resealed — knowing that up front stops you paying for a fix that cannot work.
It survives a Poconos winter. Ice damming above a skylight defeats surface sealant. It does not defeat properly lapped flashing.
Photographed findings if the interior damage becomes an insurance claim.

Why Choose Allesson Roofing for Skylight Repair in Stroudsburg

We work out of 312 Sarah Way in East Stroudsburg, so Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg and most of Monroe County are minutes away rather than a scheduling problem. We are licensed and insured and we are on the roof Monday through Saturday, 7am to 7pm. We cover skylight work across the Poconos, including Mount Pocono and the higher-elevation snow belt where units take the worst of the ice, and the vacation-home communities around Bushkill and Dingmans Ferry, where an owner who visits in spring often finds a winter of water damage waiting.

We also treat the skylight as part of the roof rather than a separate object, because that is what it is. If the leak turns out to be a shingle or valley problem two courses uphill, we fix that instead of resealing something that was never the cause. See our full range of roof repair in Stroudsburg.

A skylight leak never improves on its own, and every rain adds to the interior repair. Call (570) 426-3505 or request a free inspection, and you will get a straight answer on what failed, whether it should be repaired or replaced, and what each option costs — in writing, before anything starts.

Frequently Asked Questions About Skylight Leak Repair

Is my skylight leaking, or is it condensation?
Condensation forms on the glass itself in cold weather, usually in a bathroom or kitchen, and appears with no rain. A real leak generally shows up during or right after rain, wind-driven rain or a thaw, and the water tends to come from the frame or the shaft corners rather than the middle of the glass. We check this first, because if it is condensation the fix is ventilation and dehumidifying, not roof work.

My skylight started leaking right after a new roof was installed. Why?
Almost always because the old flashing was reused or the new shingles were not lapped correctly into the flashing. A skylight needs its flashing replaced whenever the roof around it is replaced. This is one of the most common calls we get, and it is fixable.

Can a leaking skylight be resealed instead of replaced?
If the frame and glass are sound and the failure is at the glazing seal or one flashing lap, yes. If moisture is trapped between the panes, the sealed unit has failed and no amount of sealant will fix it — that one needs replacing. We apply a simple rule: if the repair costs more than about half of a replacement, replacing is the better spend.

How long does skylight leak repair take?
A reseal or single flashing repair is usually one visit of a few hours. A full unit replacement with new flashing and shingle work is typically a single day. Interior drywall repair, if the shaft was damaged, comes after the roof side is dry.

Do you replace skylights as well as repair them?
Yes. We remove the old unit entirely and install the new one with fresh flashing, underlayment and shingle work around the curb, and we can also install a skylight where there is not one now.

Will insurance cover my skylight leak?
Sudden storm damage is generally covered; gradual seal wear and deferred maintenance generally are not. Interior damage from a sudden failure is often covered even when the unit itself is not. We photograph everything we find so you have documentation to file.