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JldDolphin
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Our Skylight is leaking - Updated
We can't believe it, this morning, we woke up went into the kitchen and the curtain in the kitchen was soaking wet. Only 8 months ago we had a new roof and new skylights put in, in the kitchen.  So it's leaking down the wall into the molding around the window and down the window and curtains. These are the things that come up and you have to spend money on to fix. We are really stressed out right now.  Great way to start our weekend and it's supposed to rain on and off until tomorrow. 
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bicosi
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Call up your contractor and have them come in and fix it. 
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| Posted 4/4/08 10:58 AM |
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Mrs-D-Girl
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Sorry Jen 
I had the same problem when we bought the house and did not want to deal with the chance of it happening again, we took the skylight out all together and closed up the hole.
I would have the Contractor come back ASAP. If you replaced the roof and the skylight, that should not be happening, it was not installed correctly.
Good luck!
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:00 AM |
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PotofLuck06
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Posted by bicosi
Call up your contractor and have them come in and fix it.
Couldn't agree more, esp if they guarantee their work.
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:03 AM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
We aren't sure about their guarantee and we really didn't like the job that they did. So we really don't want them back in our house, but if they would fix it for free, then I guess we have no choice for now.
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:38 AM |
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Mrs-D-Girl
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Posted by JldDolphin
We aren't sure about their guarantee and we really didn't like the job that they did. So we really don't want them back in our house, but if they would fix it for free, then I guess we have no choice for now.
Jen as much as you might not have liked the work, do not let this go and pay someone else to fix their work.
Go home and check the receipt/contract and see what it says.
I had to take someone to small claims court because of this myself and WON!
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:40 AM |
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itkocak
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Message edited 11/17/2011 8:46:15 PM.
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:43 AM |
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bicosi
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Posted by imthekevinofcindyandkevin
They should stand behind the work they did and fix it.
Skylights always eventually leak. Get rid of them. A guy who works for me and a truck driver who regularly comes have always had problems with theirs. Sorry you have to deal with this.
Not if installed properly. If it's leaking, it's because it wasn't put in correctly.
JD,
I would call them up and have them come back REGARDLESS. That's their work that they did. Why not?
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:52 AM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
You are all right. We are trying to contact him now, but he isn't picking up. So we are sending him an email also with the pictures I took this morning. Hopefully he will do the right thing and bring his roofer back in and not charge us. I read the contract this morning and there was NO section on guarntees. That is our fault that we didn't look before we signed the contract.
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| Posted 4/4/08 12:04 PM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Posted by Mrs-D-Girl
Posted by JldDolphin
We aren't sure about their guarantee and we really didn't like the job that they did. So we really don't want them back in our house, but if they would fix it for free, then I guess we have no choice for now.
Jen as much as you might not have liked the work, do not let this go and pay someone else to fix their work.
Go home and check the receipt/contract and see what it says.
I had to take someone to small claims court because of this myself and WON!
Bari, I don't want to let this go with him. We had a big blow up with him at the end of our work, so I don't even know if he will contact us. Who knows. Can you tell me anything about your small claims court issue with a contractor. FM me with the details. Thanks Bari!
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| Posted 4/4/08 12:06 PM |
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bicosi
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Posted by JldDolphin
You are all right. We are trying to contact him now, but he isn't picking up. So we are sending him an email also with the pictures I took this morning. Hopefully he will do the right thing and bring his roofer back in and not charge us. I read the contract this morning and there was NO section on guarntees. That is our fault that we didn't look before we signed the contract.
Send him an email and also fax that email to him. Even if it doesn't say anything about guarantees, you can still contest it. it's his work.
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| Posted 4/4/08 12:09 PM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
We just sent an email (two different email address we have) and they bounced back with "mailbox not found". His cell number doesn't have his voice on the voicemail system anymore either. Oh no, we are thinking they are out of business now. We are trying to see from a friend if they have new email info for him or not. keep your fingers crossed of us.
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| Posted 4/4/08 12:47 PM |
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itkocak
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Message edited 11/17/2011 8:46:35 PM.
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| Posted 4/4/08 1:03 PM |
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charon54
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
We had a similiar problem and it was caused by the roofing not being laid around the skylight properly. We had to replace half of the 5-year old roof.
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| Posted 4/4/08 1:04 PM |
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bicosi
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
Posted by imthekevinofcindyandkevin
Posted by bicosi
Posted by imthekevinofcindyandkevin
They should stand behind the work they did and fix it.
Skylights always eventually leak. Get rid of them. A guy who works for me and a truck driver who regularly comes have always had problems with theirs. Sorry you have to deal with this.
Not if installed properly. If it's leaking, it's because it wasn't put in correctly.
JD,
I would call them up and have them come back REGARDLESS. That's their work that they did. Why not?
As they age the seal around them becomes brittle and cracks. All skylights eventually leak.
Given that hers is less than a year old the previous should not be the problem, I would guess improper installation.
Not all. My parents have had theirs for 30 years and it has never leaked. (knock on wood). So not all do.
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KPtoys
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
It's usually about the flashing around the skylight if they will leak or not. I hope you get a hold of the contractor who installed it and get him to make it right! He will probably just slap some Karnak on it for ya and call it a day
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| Posted 4/4/08 1:20 PM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking
yeah the crazy part is that first our contractor told us that when we redo the roof the leak will go away. That was when we first bought the house and we knew the whole roof needed to be done. so we get the roof done and while the roofers are up there, they told our contractor that the seals on the old skylight weren't good and we should replace these skylights now before they finish the roofing, so that day the contractor went and got the new skylights and they put the new skylights in and finished the roofing all in one day. I can't believe 8 months later and now one of the two skylights is leaking. We haven't heard from the contractor yet and haven't received any new email address or phone number for him. He might have changed is name and number already for all we know. Hopefully not, but who knows. Keep your updated.
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JldDolphin
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking - Updated
well we finally got a hold of our contractor and he is going to get a hold of the roofer that did the work. Hopefully we don't have too much damage to the interior between the walls. And we told him about a couple of other problems we had, so he is going to stop over. I'm not happy about having to deal with him again, but if it gets fixed right and not pay more money, we will be very happy. Keep your fingers crossed that he does the right thing by us! 
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bicosi
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking - Updated
Posted by JldDolphin
well we finally got a hold of our contractor and he is going to get a hold of the roofer that did the work. Hopefully we don't have too much damage to the interior between the walls. And we told him about a couple of other problems we had, so he is going to stop over. I'm not happy about having to deal with him again, but if it gets fixed right and not pay more money, we will be very happy. Keep your fingers crossed that he does the right thing by us!
I pray that it all works out for you! Good luck!
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Mrs-D-Girl
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking - Updated
Posted by JldDolphin
well we finally got a hold of our contractor and he is going to get a hold of the roofer that did the work. Hopefully we don't have too much damage to the interior between the walls. And we told him about a couple of other problems we had, so he is going to stop over. I'm not happy about having to deal with him again, but if it gets fixed right and not pay more money, we will be very happy. Keep your fingers crossed that he does the right thing by us!
I am sure it will all work out. Good luck Jen 
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JldDolphin
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking - Updated
Thanks everyone! 
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MrsMessina
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking - Updated
what town do you live in? My dad is a roofer/general contractor.... if you're near where he works I could ask him if he'd stop by and tell you what's wrong w/ it. He owns his own company which my grandpa owned before him, so they've been around for a while.....
If you want to email me the pics, send me an FM and I can show them to him to see what he thinks... sometimes the problem isn't the area that you think it is......
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| Posted 4/4/08 11:13 PM |
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking - Updated
I'm sorry Jen. I really hope they do right by you and maybe you should have someone more trustworthy check out their work.
Good luck
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| Posted 4/5/08 9:50 AM |
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JldDolphin
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking - Updated
Posted by greenfreak
I'm sorry Jen. I really hope they do right by you and maybe you should have someone more trustworthy check out their work.
Good luck
Thanks Tricia! The roofer was supposed to come Saturday, but we never got a call. So we called our contractor again this morning and he is calling him again and also gave us his number. I think we are going to ask someone else to look at it after they fix it to see if it's all good. We need to try to save money, so if they can fix something that they did wrong or that went wrong in the last 8 months, then we are going to try them first.  Very stressful after spending all that money with this contractor.
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Sandy55
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Re: Our Skylight is leaking - Updated
Wow..so fricken frustrating!
Are there any reliable contractors out there?
My Mom's contractor got arrested for a DWI and her deck isn't finished yet.
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