VELUX Certified Skylight Installers in Massachusetts
Replacing Your Roof? It's the Perfect Time to Replace Your Skylights
After 30+ years of replacing roofs across Massachusetts, we've seen what happens when an old skylight gets reused on a brand-new roof: the roof is warrantied for decades, but the tired skylight sitting in the middle of it isn't. Old acrylic bubbles and early-generation skylights leak heat all winter, fog up, and eventually fail — and replacing one later means cutting into a roof we just finished.
That's why we recommend swapping skylights while our crew is already up there. The old flashing comes off with the old shingles, the new skylight gets flashed directly into the new roof system, and everything is weathertight from day one. No second project, no second round of staging, no patched-in shingles.
Why homeowners do it during a re-roof:
- One project, one crew, one bill — labor and staging are already on site, so you save real money.
- A clean upgrade — modern glass, energy efficiency, solar-powered venting, and built-in shades replace that dated bubble.
- Warranties that line up — your new roof and new skylights start their clocks together, so there's no weak link.
Why MassTech Installs VELUX
We're picky about what goes on our roofs. Every install we do carries our name and our warranty, so we don't gamble on products — and skylights are where cheap shortcuts show up first. New England throws ice dams, nor'easters, and 90-degree swings at a roof every year, and a skylight is a hole in that roof. It had better be a well-engineered one.
VELUX is the one skylight brand we've never had to apologize for. The flashing kits integrate cleanly with the roofing systems we install, the glass holds up to New England weather, and the warranty coverage is the strongest in the category. As a VELUX Certified Installer, our crew installs to VELUX's spec — and that combination is what lets us hand you a weathertight system we're confident standing behind, with installation-related defects covered for a full 10 years.
Fixed or venting, solar-powered or manual, with shades and smart controls or without — there's a configuration for nearly every room and budget, and we'll tell you honestly which one fits your house.
The VELUX Products We Install Most
These aren't piecemeal parts — skylight, flashing, and shades are engineered as one system, which is a big part of why they don't leak.
The Complete Skylight System
Skylight + shade + remote, installed as one unit.
This is the setup we recommend to most Massachusetts homeowners, mainly because of our winters. The factory-installed shade improves the unit's U-value by up to 46%*, which you'll feel in January — and it blocks 19% more solar heat gain in the summer, which you'll feel in July.
Day to day, it's about control: brighten the kitchen for breakfast, soften the bedroom for a nap, all from a handheld remote without getting off the couch.
*Up to 46% depending on skylight model and size
Venting (Fresh Air) Skylights
Daylight plus airflow, at the touch of a button.
Heat and steam rise — a venting skylight lets them out. In kitchens and bathrooms especially, popping the skylight open clears cooking smells and shower humidity faster than any fan, and on a spring day it pulls a breeze through the whole house. Solar-powered models need no wiring and close themselves automatically when their rain sensor detects the first drops, so you don't have to sprint upstairs when a storm rolls in off the coast.
Fixed Skylights
The simplest way to transform a dark room.
A fixed skylight doesn't open — it just floods the room below with daylight. The low profile keeps your roofline clean, the size range covers everything from a hallway to a vaulted great room, and because it's the most economical unit in the lineup, it's an easy add-on during a re-roof. Stairwells, home offices, and north-facing rooms see the most dramatic change.
Sun Tunnels
Daylight for rooms that don't touch the roof.
Interior bathrooms, walk-in closets, hallways — every house has a space that never sees the sun. A Sun Tunnel® channels daylight from a small rooftop dome down a reflective tube to a ceiling fixture that looks like a recessed light, except the light is free and the color is real. Installation is quick, there's no framing work, and the difference in a windowless bathroom is honestly startling.
Skylight Installation from Boston to Cape Cod
MassTech Roofing and Building Co. is based in Pembroke on the South Shore, and we install and replace skylights everywhere we roof — from Cambridge and Boston down through Quincy, Hingham, Marshfield, Duxbury, and Plymouth to the Cape. Most skylight replacements happen as part of a roof replacement, but if your existing skylight is leaking, fogging, or just past its prime, we also handle standalone skylight swaps and repairs. Every project starts the same way: a free inspection and an honest recommendation.