Skylights can turn a dark room into a sunlit oasis. They also can leak. If water stains develop on the ceiling around the frame, or if water drips from the edges of the skylight after a heavy rain, ...

Several weeks ago, I wrote about the different types of roofs you can use on your home. I should have realized it would create a tsunami of help requests regarding roof leaks at my “Ask Tim” page on ...

As the song goes, let the sun shine in. "Go back 2,000, 3,000 years, and all homes probably had skylights and vents," says Hawaii "daylight engineer" John Callaway. "They just make sense, letting ...

Q: My husband and I are at our wits’ end with our leaky skylights. We covered a brick patio in the mid-1980s with a pitched roof with three “long lights.” The amount of light transmitted into the ...

Q: My husband and I are at our wits' end with our leaky skylights. We covered a brick patio in the mid-1980s with a pitched roof with three "long lights." The amount of light transmitted into the ...

In this week’s column, I’m going to explain where almost all roof leaks happen, and how simple it is to prevent or fix them. Most professional roofers will agree that a roof’s flashing is at the ...