Anyone Ever Lose a Skylight Window to Hail?

[MarkF48]

I've got a couple that have been through some hail that wasn't too large, but wondering how much they could take with larger hail. I've given thought to building hardware cloth protectors for them, but have yet to get around to it.

 

[Bird]

I've never owned a place with a skylight and have no intention of ever doing do, but on April 4 of this year, the northern part off Denton, TX, had hail and I believe every one of the skylights in the Walmart Super Center and the Sam's Club next door were broken.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I had golfball size hail last year that put holes in the vinyl siding, and damaged the shingles, but not the skylights. I did remove one of the skylights when replacing the roof because my wife didn't like it.

 

[oosik]

Holy odorous defecation. We have hail - in the spring and again in the fall. Big hail here is the size of fresh green peas that you hand shell. My house was designed to have three skylights - I nixed that idea right off. I could see my tired old body trying to keep the glass in the skylight clean and every one I've ever seen will eventually leak. New house down the road with nice big skylight & its screened and it levers open and its got nice big water stains on the sheetrock all the way around it. It looks so really great there on the celling in the living room. I was really impressed, NOT.

You know - something over the top of the skylight will defeat its purpose and if its strong enough to stop hail as big as golf balls......... from inside the house it will look like you are in a prison cell. A scene right of Dante's Inferno.

 

[k0ua]

We had a hailstorm with golf ball sized hail that damaged the roof (entire replacement) damaged the finish on the decks (insurance paid for refinishing) but we had no problems with the skylights. I believe they are Lexan. They went in when the house was built in 92. I have wondered myself if they would break but so far (knock, knock) they have held up, with no leaks.

 

[forgeblast]

We had 3 skylights, but when we got the roof done we took them all out. I was worried about hail, or a tree limb on top of having the moon make it look like every light was on, and I was just waiting for them to leak.

 

[David P]

We had quite a hail storm here in April and the skylight made it through without a hitch. This storm was violent enough to warrant an insurance replacement of our roof, the roof over our sugar house, our air condenser and numerous other items. I was kinda hoping it was dented so the insurance would replace it when they do the roof as well....

 

[TCJatko]

Holy odorous defecation. We have hail - in the spring and again in the fall. Big hail here is the size of fresh green peas that you hand shell. My house was designed to have three skylights - I nixed that idea right off. I could see my tired old body trying to keep the glass in the skylight clean and every one I've ever seen will eventually leak. New house down the road with nice big skylight & its screened and it levers open and its got nice big water stains on the sheetrock all the way around it. It looks so really great there on the celling in the living room. I was really impressed, NOT.

You know - something over the top of the skylight will defeat its purpose and if its strong enough to stop hail as big as golf balls......... from inside the house it will look like you are in a prison cell. A scene right of Dante's Inferno.

A properly installed and flashed skylight won't leak. I suspect amateur builders.

 

[Country Geek]

My building contractor's on-site foreman insisted on putting in our skylights himself, he would not let any other sub do it. That must have been the key because 15 years later no leaks and no problems.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We had golfball size in this storm.