Setting Up Skylights and Roofing

We're just going to set it down i have one of my guys its going to be on the inside looking up make sure the reveals are equal around okay so it's kind of square it up to the opening so visually inside it looks right it doesn't look off all right so we've nailed the unit to the sheathing into the framing completely.

The skylights come with a self-adhesive flashing that goes around the unit completely surrounds it same as with the zip tape you do the bottom first overlap the sides on top of the bottom that way any water will just keep flowing over the top and down the roof its just another layer to connect basically overlap the flange to get water tight there's a rubber gasket that's on the side and this flashing tape goes up underneath it.

V-lux recommends using theirs it does come with the flashing kit so it looks like this is ready for the roofer that's correct when the roofers start they're gonna start at the bottom with their drip edge and then up the rake and then they'll proceed to put their leak barrier on because of our proximity from the bottom of the unit to the bottom of the roof edge the three feet will be perfect for us to tuck right underneath it right underneath so any water that gets in behind the shingles up here is going to drain down its going to still stay on top of that adhesive membrane on top of the drip edge and it's going to go out after they have the waterproof membrane when they get shingled up to the bottom of the light they'll put their courses up to roughly here then they'll put the flashing kit on nice and tight to the roof then they'll proceed to shingle around the flashing kit putting their step flashing where needed on the course.

Step flashing will go at every course correct all the way up tucks up behind this this gasket here if your reveal is larger you need to have at least three inches of the step flashing covering the shingle so you may need to use two pieces per course after the roofer is finished the last thing they do is they'll place this cladding back on okay and that just goes right over the rubber and tucks under here so that now the water runs off and goes down well.

Skylights Installation

I'm ready to get off the roof what about you all right skylights are in glad to be back on the ground whats going on here all right so we've got our hole dug and we're ready to put our bilco scape well in for the basement window why are you doing this so typically we do a smaller retaining wall around the window out of pressure treated six by sixes or something like that.

The benefits of the bilco escape well is that we're getting a much bigger retaining structure to allow more light into the basement area this happens to be the portion of the basement that will be finished so bigger more natural light goes together a lot faster than using pressure treated timbers it also is uh code compliant for egress situations.

So we've got a slightly bigger window than you typically see in a basement we thought it would be a good idea to use something bigger to let more light into the finished area and so could somebody use this like as a bedroom at some point this would be compliant if you wanted to do that should i get started hey mike hey how's it going how are you doing not bad so are you laying this thing out right now yeah we just got our center point and we figured out our depths we got everything tamped and dug down to the correct dimensions that the uh specked out unit called for all right well looks like you got it pretty well prepped should we uh start putting the thing together sounds good all right so we're going to fill this up with gravel make sure it stays square and then these two pieces act as steps so that once you come out you step on one step on the other and you get out.

The process of installing a bilco escape well went quickly thanks to the team's expertise and preparation. The new system will provide more natural light into the basement area, making it an ideal space for relaxation or even use as a bedroom. With code compliance in mind, this design meets all the necessary requirements for egress situations. As the article progresses, we'll move on to discuss upcoming tasks on the project.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi i'm chris herman is with this old house we're back at the cottage on the cape in easton mass at our idea house where we continue to explore the latest building products and techniques and so you remember this house a three-bedroom house first floor is pretty much where we left it we've got an adu in the back or in-law apartment up here on the second floor last time we were here we had some subfloor go down there's nothing going on up top but now they've installed the rafters the ridge beam posts and the sheathing hey matt you guys dried in yet almost we're getting there we've got a little bit more uh roof sheathing to go we got to get our skylights in windows and doors in and then we'll be tight i noticed uh we got zip on the walls you're using the same thing on the roof why is that yeah so it's a little bit thicker we're using 5 8 roof panel we like the zip for our roof sheathing for a lot of the same reasons the critical path here right now is to get the building tight so we can start roughing in mechanicals so the zip roof does a nice job once we have the roof sheathed and taped we're basically tight to the weather so the big crush to get the roof shingles on is less critical okay the job can keep moving without the roof being finished yet that's right what are the layers that are going on after this sheathing's done when we get into the roofing we've got a multi-layered system so starting down at the eve we've got our drip edge that keeps water migrating off of the edge of the roof and away from the fascia is that right that's right eventually we'll have a gutter below that and then everything as we go gets layered um on top so we have a peel and stick ice and water membrane that goes on at the eaves we'll go three feet up the roof peel and stick membrane goes on really easily it's a self-healing product so as we put our nails through it the membrane heals around that nail to keep it tight so on top of that layer we have the deck armor product that will go as our field underlayment above the ice and water layer the deck armor we like because it comes in a a bigger roll it's a four foot roll 10 square it's a tougher material it doesn't tear as easily this is a real rugged product it's also breathable so it's going to allow the building to breathe the layering here is getting any any moisture down and out of the roof system on top of that then we'll of course have our asphalt shingles so it's a new shingle from gaf it's got some self-spacing features to it it's a heavier duty shingle lifetime grade so you and i won't see this roof getting replaced in your lifetime well looks like there's only a few more pieces to go yep here we go part of this zip system sheathing for the roof is installing this tape he installs it by hand and then goes back and rolls it with the zip roller and that creates a bond between the tape and the sheathing now that the all the seams are taped this layer becomes airtight so we got a few skylights going in here we got six total in the house three in this roof alone hey guys what's up pete what have you uh done to prep this opening for us uh well we just had finished up with the sheathing and zip taping all the seams so did you cut the sheathing from below or from above typically we do it from below that allows the building to remain watertight prior to us putting it in is this the typical spacing for the rafters or did you have to open them up the rafters typically are set to what the rough opening width is of the skylight unit okay what's the next step get the unit out here we're just going to set it down i have one of my guys it's going to be on the inside looking up make sure the reveals are equal around okay so it's kind of square it up to the opening so visually inside it looks right it doesn't look off all right so we've nailed the unit to the sheathing into the framing completely what are you guys doing now so velux has a self-adhesive flashing that goes around the unit completely surrounds it same as with the zip tape you do the bottom first overlap the sides on top of the bottom that way any water will just keep flowing over the top and down the roof it's just another layer to connect basically overlap the flange to get water tight there's a rubber gasket that's on the side and this flashing tape goes up underneath it okay v lux recommends using theirs it does come with the flashing kit so it looks like this is ready for the roofer that's correct when the roofers start they're gonna start at the bottom with their drip edge and then up the rake and then they'll proceed to put their leak barrier on because of our proximity from the bottom of the unit to the bottom of the roof edge the three feet will be perfect for us to tuck right underneath it right underneath so any water that gets in behind the shingles up here is going to drain down it's going to still stay on top of that adhesive membrane on top of the drip edge and it's going to go out after they have the the waterproof membrane when they get shingled up to the bottom of the light they'll put their courses up to roughly here then they'll put the flashing kit on nice and tight to the roof then they'll proceed to shingle around the flashing kit putting their step flashing where needed on the course so step flashing will go at every course correct all the way up tucks up behind this this gasket here if your reveal is larger you need to have at least three inches of the step flashing covering the shingle so you may need to use two pieces per course after the roofer is finished the last thing they do is they'll place this cladding back on okay and that just goes right over the rubber and tucks under here so that now the water runs off and goes down well i'm ready to uh get off the roof what about you all right skylights are in glad to be back on the ground what's going on here all right so we've got our hole dug and we're ready to put our bilco scape well in for the basement window why are you doing this so typically we do a smaller retaining wall around the window out of pressure treated six by sixes or something like that the benefits of the bilco escape well is that we're getting a much bigger retaining structure to allow more light into the basement area this happens to be the portion of the basement that will be finished so bigger more natural light goes together a lot faster than using pressure treated timbers it also is uh code compliant for egress situations so we've got a slightly bigger window than you typically see in a basement we thought it would be a good idea to use something bigger to let more light into the finished area we've got a couple windows in that space and we think it's going to really help to brighten up the area and so could somebody use this like as a bedroom at some point this would be compliant if you wanted to do that should i get started hey mike hey how's it going how are you doing not bad so are you laying this thing out right now yeah we just got our center point and we figured out our depths we got everything tamped and dug down to the correct dimensions that the uh specked out unit called for all right well looks like you got it pretty well prepped should we uh start putting the thing together sounds good all right so we're going to fill this up with gravel make sure it stays square and then these two pieces act as steps so that once you come out you step on one step on the other and you get out all right matt well that went together pretty fast despite my help you guys did a nice job with that it went together pretty quickly thank you it's a nice system isn't it it's really nice great so what's coming up next so next time we're going to be up on the roof uh we've got some new shingles coming in from gaf that we're excited to try out and uh so yeah we got a little bit more trim to put around the roof edge and the next time we'll be up there doing roof sprinkles all right until then i'm chris hermany's at the cottage on the cape idea house well if you had another shovel i'd help out but it's the walks youhi i'm chris herman is with this old house we're back at the cottage on the cape in easton mass at our idea house where we continue to explore the latest building products and techniques and so you remember this house a three-bedroom house first floor is pretty much where we left it we've got an adu in the back or in-law apartment up here on the second floor last time we were here we had some subfloor go down there's nothing going on up top but now they've installed the rafters the ridge beam posts and the sheathing hey matt you guys dried in yet almost we're getting there we've got a little bit more uh roof sheathing to go we got to get our skylights in windows and doors in and then we'll be tight i noticed uh we got zip on the walls you're using the same thing on the roof why is that yeah so it's a little bit thicker we're using 5 8 roof panel we like the zip for our roof sheathing for a lot of the same reasons the critical path here right now is to get the building tight so we can start roughing in mechanicals so the zip roof does a nice job once we have the roof sheathed and taped we're basically tight to the weather so the big crush to get the roof shingles on is less critical okay the job can keep moving without the roof being finished yet that's right what are the layers that are going on after this sheathing's done when we get into the roofing we've got a multi-layered system so starting down at the eve we've got our drip edge that keeps water migrating off of the edge of the roof and away from the fascia is that right that's right eventually we'll have a gutter below that and then everything as we go gets layered um on top so we have a peel and stick ice and water membrane that goes on at the eaves we'll go three feet up the roof peel and stick membrane goes on really easily it's a self-healing product so as we put our nails through it the membrane heals around that nail to keep it tight so on top of that layer we have the deck armor product that will go as our field underlayment above the ice and water layer the deck armor we like because it comes in a a bigger roll it's a four foot roll 10 square it's a tougher material it doesn't tear as easily this is a real rugged product it's also breathable so it's going to allow the building to breathe the layering here is getting any any moisture down and out of the roof system on top of that then we'll of course have our asphalt shingles so it's a new shingle from gaf it's got some self-spacing features to it it's a heavier duty shingle lifetime grade so you and i won't see this roof getting replaced in your lifetime well looks like there's only a few more pieces to go yep here we go part of this zip system sheathing for the roof is installing this tape he installs it by hand and then goes back and rolls it with the zip roller and that creates a bond between the tape and the sheathing now that the all the seams are taped this layer becomes airtight so we got a few skylights going in here we got six total in the house three in this roof alone hey guys what's up pete what have you uh done to prep this opening for us uh well we just had finished up with the sheathing and zip taping all the seams so did you cut the sheathing from below or from above typically we do it from below that allows the building to remain watertight prior to us putting it in is this the typical spacing for the rafters or did you have to open them up the rafters typically are set to what the rough opening width is of the skylight unit okay what's the next step get the unit out here we're just going to set it down i have one of my guys it's going to be on the inside looking up make sure the reveals are equal around okay so it's kind of square it up to the opening so visually inside it looks right it doesn't look off all right so we've nailed the unit to the sheathing into the framing completely what are you guys doing now so velux has a self-adhesive flashing that goes around the unit completely surrounds it same as with the zip tape you do the bottom first overlap the sides on top of the bottom that way any water will just keep flowing over the top and down the roof it's just another layer to connect basically overlap the flange to get water tight there's a rubber gasket that's on the side and this flashing tape goes up underneath it okay v lux recommends using theirs it does come with the flashing kit so it looks like this is ready for the roofer that's correct when the roofers start they're gonna start at the bottom with their drip edge and then up the rake and then they'll proceed to put their leak barrier on because of our proximity from the bottom of the unit to the bottom of the roof edge the three feet will be perfect for us to tuck right underneath it right underneath so any water that gets in behind the shingles up here is going to drain down it's going to still stay on top of that adhesive membrane on top of the drip edge and it's going to go out after they have the the waterproof membrane when they get shingled up to the bottom of the light they'll put their courses up to roughly here then they'll put the flashing kit on nice and tight to the roof then they'll proceed to shingle around the flashing kit putting their step flashing where needed on the course so step flashing will go at every course correct all the way up tucks up behind this this gasket here if your reveal is larger you need to have at least three inches of the step flashing covering the shingle so you may need to use two pieces per course after the roofer is finished the last thing they do is they'll place this cladding back on okay and that just goes right over the rubber and tucks under here so that now the water runs off and goes down well i'm ready to uh get off the roof what about you all right skylights are in glad to be back on the ground what's going on here all right so we've got our hole dug and we're ready to put our bilco scape well in for the basement window why are you doing this so typically we do a smaller retaining wall around the window out of pressure treated six by sixes or something like that the benefits of the bilco escape well is that we're getting a much bigger retaining structure to allow more light into the basement area this happens to be the portion of the basement that will be finished so bigger more natural light goes together a lot faster than using pressure treated timbers it also is uh code compliant for egress situations so we've got a slightly bigger window than you typically see in a basement we thought it would be a good idea to use something bigger to let more light into the finished area we've got a couple windows in that space and we think it's going to really help to brighten up the area and so could somebody use this like as a bedroom at some point this would be compliant if you wanted to do that should i get started hey mike hey how's it going how are you doing not bad so are you laying this thing out right now yeah we just got our center point and we figured out our depths we got everything tamped and dug down to the correct dimensions that the uh specked out unit called for all right well looks like you got it pretty well prepped should we uh start putting the thing together sounds good all right so we're going to fill this up with gravel make sure it stays square and then these two pieces act as steps so that once you come out you step on one step on the other and you get out all right matt well that went together pretty fast despite my help you guys did a nice job with that it went together pretty quickly thank you it's a nice system isn't it it's really nice great so what's coming up next so next time we're going to be up on the roof uh we've got some new shingles coming in from gaf that we're excited to try out and uh so yeah we got a little bit more trim to put around the roof edge and the next time we'll be up there doing roof sprinkles all right until then i'm chris hermany's at the cottage on the cape idea house well if you had another shovel i'd help out but it's the walks you\n"