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Full services directory How it worksFor prosAbout Get matched Call (866) 582-8523It usually starts with a rectangle of ceiling you keep checking after rain. The hard part is not the work — it is that every skylight company sounds equally sure of itself, and you get one guess. We check licence and insurance before we introduce anyone, and we record the date we checked.
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Skylight work falls into four jobs: installing a new skylight (cutting a fresh opening in the roof and framing it), replacing an existing one in the same opening, reflashing a skylight that leaks but is otherwise sound, and repairing hardware like motors, blinds or seals. Replacement in an existing opening is the cheapest and fastest of the big jobs — VELUX puts a typical single skylight replacement at around two hours of work, plus any interior finishing. Cutting a new opening costs more because it involves framing, drywall and paint as well as roofing.
Fixr puts the national average skylight installation at about $1,523, with most projects landing between $1,080 and $1,966 and the full range running from roughly $647 to $13,582 for large or complex jobs. Material cost alone is around $229–$417 for a tubular unit, $295–$537 for a fixed skylight and $574–$1,044 for a ventilating one. The gap between the average and the high end is almost never the skylight itself — it's cutting and framing a new opening, electrical work, and finishing the interior shaft.
Everything we publish on skylights, grouped the way homeowners actually search — not the way a company would organise it.
Most sites sell your number to whoever pays the most for it. We check the skylight companies we match you with, and we publish the date we checked so you can hold us to it.
We look up the licence with the issuing state or local authority and record the date we checked it.
General liability and, where it applies, workers’ compensation — confirmed with the carrier, not taken on trust.
We read the recent negatives as well as the average, and we look at how the pro answered them.
A licence that lapses drops the pro out of matching. Every record carries the date it was last verified.
Ranges, with the source and the date underneath. Anyone quoting you a single national number is guessing, and you should know enough to notice.
No verified skylights price ranges published yet.
We don’t publish a cost until we can show the data behind it. If you need a
number today, the quote form gives you real prices from local companies.
Three ways to get this work done. Here’s what each one actually gives you.
| HomeMatchup | Typical lead site | DIY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How many companies call you | A short, named shortlist you agreed to | Often 4–5+ at once, sold to whoever buys the lead | None — the work is on you |
| Licence & insurance | Checked against the issuing authority, with a date on the record | Usually self-reported by the contractor | Your own permits and liability |
| What it costs you | Free — pros pay us, and only for a real match | Free, but your number is resold | Materials plus your time |
| Price guidance before you talk | Published ranges with the data behind them | Rarely shown before you hand over details | You research it yourself |
| If it goes wrong | You have a named, verified company and a record of the checks | Hard to trace which site sold the lead | No recourse |
Describes how HomeMatchup operates and the common lead-generation model. Not a claim about any named competitor.
We’d rather show you nothing than show you someone else’s reviews.
Plenty of sites fill this space with reviews scraped from elsewhere, or written for them. We don’t. The first skylights review on this page will come from a homeowner we matched, after their work was finished and paid for.
The questions homeowners ask us most about skylights.
The materials you'll actually be choosing between.
A skylight is a hole cut in a working roof. It is not a glazing job — the flashing detail is the whole thing. Getting matched takes about a minute, costs nothing, and you can walk away from every quote you receive.