I am designing a house and want to incorporate a skylight into the design. The skylight will will be placed above the entry inside the home. The roof design is a hip roof with dutch gables. I am placing the sky light on the dutch gable side of the home. The problem is that i have is that i have a an exterior gabled porch roof over the entry of the home. The positioning of the skylight will put the bottom edge of the skylight within 4 1/2″ of the ridge of the entry roof. Do you think i can properly flash the skylight and have the ridge and the two valleys be sealed from water intrusion?
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I don't see the ridge as being problematic, however looking at the attachment is that the gable end (on the left side) right next to the top of the skylight?
have you considered
a velux 22" suntunnel in that location ?
you'd get all the light you need and have more room to flash it
How you like those Velux?
I've done one Solatube, it was in the worst possible spot, but it went together OK and lets in quite a bit of light. Definite learning curve....
I will be using a sun tunnel in the master bath but i am a bit hesitant to use it on the entry because of the look from the exterior and interior.
Yes that is the gable end on the upper left hand side.