Well it was time to replace that old skylight in our cottage so I collected all the supplies I’d need and set to work. After two days of working non stop I got the old window out, the hole reframed and widened. Removed some of the old shingles around the hole and put the new skylight in place. After careful reading of the instructions re-shingling
and flashing went fairly well.

Unfortunately I was unable to fix the two short shingles from the original window. They wrapped up over the peak and would have involved a lot more shingle tear out. So for now I left them intact.

This is the original wooden skylight at our cottage.

The ancient wooden skylight at our cottage, in need of replacement.

Not much left on the original skylight. The wood has mostly rotted away.

The skylight has been patched and patched and still leaks, its time to go.

Moss grows freely in the rotten wood.

Rotten skylight removed and in the fire pit where it belongs.

The old skylight will make better firewood than it would a skylight at this point.

The framed opening where the existing skylight used to be.

This is an inside view of where the skylight used to be.

The new skylight is much wider than the original so I needed to resize and reframe the opening.

Once the opening was widened and reframed, the next step was preparing the surrounding shingles.

The new skylight although wider was much shorter, so it left an area above that needed to be dealt with.

Framed in the area above the skylight and installed roof decking to close in the gap.

After surrounding the skylight with a self adhesive membrane, I got to work flashing and shingling the bottom and left side of the skylight.

Bottom and both sides are flashed and shingled.

Installing the top flashing to complete the process.

Unfortunately I was unable to remove the short shingles at the top as they are wrapped over another ridge.

Skylight installed and water tight. No longer will we have rain coming into the cottage.

Completed installation.

Inside view of the reframed opening.

Skylight installed.

Another view of the cottage showing the skylight installed.

Complete now the inside of the cottage will stay dry.

Now its back to work and rest up for the next project.