Memphis Premium Roofing provides professional skylights in Memphis, TN for residential and commercial properties across the Mid-South. A skylight is a hole cut in a structural surface. On a low-slope Memphis building that surface is also the diaphragm that carries lateral load across the roof and into the walls. Where the opening goes is a real question.
The rule of thumb we work to is that openings belong in the field, away from the bays next to the perimeter walls where anchorage forces are collected and distributed. A modest unit in the middle of a deck is a detail. A large opening cut into a perimeter bay is a change to how the building resists load, and on a commercial roof it goes to the engineer of record before anything is cut.
On houses the structural stakes are lower and the flashing stakes are higher. A rafter cut for a wide unit needs headers, and those headers get sized by span and load rather than by what the last crew happened to use. We would rather set two units between existing rafters than cut one wide one, and in most rooms the light is better for it.
Curb-mounted units on a fabricated curb outperform deck-mounted units in this climate, and we specify them by default. The curb lifts the glass above the drainage plane, the manufacturer's step and head flashing kit ties into the shingle courses properly, and the head flashing gets a saddle if the unit is wide enough to dam water above it. Head flashing is where nearly every skylight leak we are called to actually starts.
Glazing is worth spending on once and never again. Laminated or tempered insulated glass rather than acrylic, low-emissivity coating for the summer heat load, and a factory-glazed unit rather than site glazing. Acrylic bubbles yellow, craze and eventually crack in Memphis sun, and replacing one costs more than the glass upgrade would have. We also set the curb tall enough that a downpour cannot back water over the head flashing before it reaches the course above.
Two things we talk owners out of regularly. Adding skylights to a roof with three or four years of life left, because you will pay for the flashing work twice. And cutting a large unit when a tubular daylighting device through an existing rafter bay would light the room for a fraction of the cost and a fraction of the risk.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — two 3/16-inch by 1-inch chimney anchor straps at the roof line, twelve-inch strap embedment into a masonry chimney, roof-deck subdiaphragm crossties in the perimeter bays, parapet height-to-thickness bracing ratio, wall anchors at six-foot maximum spacing, out-of-plane wall anchorage at 42 pounds per square foot — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Memphis and nearby communities including Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Millington.
What We Handle
Everything our skylights in Memphis covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of skylights work in Memphis, TN. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Memphis services.
Materials, equipment and how we do skylights
The difference between skylights that lasts and skylights that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with two 3/16-inch by 1-inch chimney anchor straps at the roof line, twelve-inch strap embedment into a masonry chimney, roof-deck subdiaphragm crossties in the perimeter bays, parapet height-to-thickness bracing ratio, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Memphis job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of roofing work in the Mid-South means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do skylights outside Memphis
Memphis Premium Roofing covers Memphis and the surrounding communities of the Mid-South. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Skylights in Bartlett, TN — Shelby County, population 57,786
- Skylights in Collierville, TN — Shelby County, population 51,324
- Skylights in Germantown, TN — Shelby County, population 41,333
- Skylights in Millington, TN — Shelby County, population 10,582
- Skylights in Arlington, TN — Shelby County, population 14,549
- Skylights in Lakeland, TN — Shelby County, population 13,904
Start on the Memphis Premium Roofing homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Memphis Chooses Memphis Premium Roofing
- ✓Every proposal states the new covering's dead load in pounds per square foot next to the load of whatever comes off, because Shelby County is a Seismic Design Category D jurisdiction and weight is not a decorative question here.
- ✓Our inspection report includes the chimney's anchorage at the roof line, the parapet's unbraced height and the deck fastening where it meets masonry, three findings that are almost never on a Memphis roof report.
- ✓We tear off rather than overlay, because a tear-off is the only hour in which the chimney straps, the deck fastening and the top of the wall are all visible at the same time.
- ✓We turn down tile on existing stick-framed houses unless a Tennessee-licensed structural engineer has written down what the framing can carry, and we will help you find that engineer.
The standards behind skylights
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The skylights work we do in Memphis follows published industry standards: NRCA publishes the Roofing Manual, the industry's reference for details and slope minimums, and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association sets the shingle application and ventilation guidance the warranties reference. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every skylights project in Memphis gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free skylights free estimate in Memphis, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.