Let the warm feeling of the sun into your home with a skylight. A skylight can bring a beam of sunlight into your foyer, flood your kitchen with natural light, and turn your attic into a reading nook.
A skylight is a fixed window made of tempered glass that’s located on a roof to let in natural daylight and improve ventilation. There are many ways that homeowners can benefit from installing a skylight:
Natural light is a great selling factor when presenting your home to homebuyers, and also makes for relaxing living. Natural sunlight has been proven to improve your mood and also saves you the cost of heating in the winter.
Skylights provide a natural light source and aesthetic impact that, when paired together, make for a great selling feature when looking to sell your home.
Skylight improves ventilation by letting warm air out and cool air in. When skylights are opened, they create an airflow that can improve the ventilation of your attic and home as a whole.
Natural light comes with a lot of health benefits. When the skin is exposed to natural light, it absorbs vitamin D; a nutrient with many health impacts of its own. Vitamin D helps to reduce the risk of heart disease and is great for your body in general.
Exposure to natural light is believed to have positive effects on one’s sleep schedule. In fact, a 2014 study by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that individuals exposed to natural light throughout the day sleep better in the evening.
Due to the fact that skylights bring in natural light, they reduce the need for heating. This results in lower heating costs for a homeowner.
Skylights reduce the need to use electricity to heat or air condition your home. The tool’s ventilation capabilities maintain airflow that keeps warm air out, and cool air in.
An improperly installed skylight can damage your roof and home, increase energy costs, and cause water damage and mould. This is why it’s important to hire professionals like Professional Roofers.
An improperly installed skylight can result in:
Increased Energy Costs: A properly installed skylight will help to improve the ventilation of your home, but a poorly installed one can actually impair this ventilation and hike up your energy bills.
Wear & Tear: Hire a professional to install your skylight to ensure the materials and equipment are high quality and won’t wear and tear on you.
Repair: Repairing or even replacing your skylight are added costs that can arise if your skylight is not installed by an expert to begin.
Water damage: Skylights are meant to let out the warm air to reduce the chances of moisture and the subsequent risk of damage and mould. If not working properly, your skylight won’t be able to let out this warm air, which puts your attic at risk.
Professional Roofers has been providing roofing solutions across the GTA for upwards of two decades. Our roofing contractors are equipped with the experience and knowledge necessary to rectify your roofing problems.
We are committed to our customers, which is why we’ve been afforded hundreds of glowing Homestars reviews. Make our roofing company your source for all things roof-related from skylights to roof repair. All you have to do is fill out a form online with your concern, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
PROFESSIONAL ROOFERS (a division of UXDU Contracting Inc.) offers one of the best residential and commercial warranties around.
Whereas most warranties cover only labour charges, leaving the customer to pay for material, tear off and disposal, Professional Roofers strives to go the extra mile and provide the customer with peace of mind and offers a non-prorated* warranty.
Our non-prorated* warranty covers: LABOUR, MATERIALS, TEAR OFF, and DISPOSAL.
If you have problems with your new roof and which relates to a defect in the materials. Professional Roofers will cover you according to the manufacturer’s warranty specifications for the materials we used on your house or building if the manufacturer fails to fulfil its own warranty for some reason other than the act(s) or default(s) of the customer.
ROOF SHINGLES: Our non-prorated* warranty is from 10 to 15 years depending on the package you choose when you sign the contract.
METAL ROOF: Our non-prorated* warranty is 15 years depending on the package you choose when you sign the contract. Our warranty does not cover animal damage, wind damage or any other acts of Mother Nature, discolouration, fading, corrosion, rust, fire, falling objects, or if the roof is mishandled, modified, or altered.
FLAT ROOF: We offer a five (5) year limited* warranty with respect to defects in installation.
EAVESTROUGH AND METAL WORK: We offer a five (5) year limited* warranty with respect to defects in installation and a twenty-five (25) year limited* warranty with respect to defects in materials.
SMALL REPAIRS: Normally we offer a one (1) year warranty for the area which we repair, only. However, if the problem occurs again during the one (1) year period, we are always willing to go back one more time to try and find a solution free of charge. If the problem continues thereafter, Professional Roofers will usually suggest a larger repair or new installation for which there will be an additional charge. If a whole new roof is required, the fee for the repair previously charged will be deducted from cost of the new roof.
*LIMITED WARRANTY – UXDU’s and Professional Roofer’s limited warranty only applies to damage to the shingles which have been installed by UXDU and which damage results directly from improper installation of the shingles by UXDU’s employees.
The limited warranty does not apply to defects in the shingles, nor does the limited warranty cover damage to the shingles caused by lifting or loosening of the shingles, or shingles being blown off or fall due to damage resulting directly or indirectly from wind, rain, sleet, hail or any other weather conditions. Any damaged caused by any one other than UXDU’s employees.
Other roofers second opinions will not be considered in our warranty. Any issues related with our work, must be notified to Uxdu Contracting Inc. (Professional Roofers). Defamation, slander, or bad propaganda, Professional Roofers reserves the right to nullify and terminate roof warranty and/or take legal action up to $200,000.00.
This limited warranty applies only to the supply and installation of shingles and does not cover any labor or material required with respect to the roof deck, roof trusses or rafters.
