We have three skylights of unknown age in a sunroom/enclosed patio. Don't know when the patio was enclosed but we have owned the house for 11 years. The skylights are Andersen which look to be good quality similar to the one pictured above (couldn't find any Andersen pics and/or current models on their website).

One of the skylights has leaked periodically throughout it's entire history, but I'm unable to determine a trend with respect to amount and/or rate of rainfall. One of the skylights leaked before we had the roof replaced 7 years ago but has not leaked since. The third skylight leaked for the first time last night with the heavy rains from the thunderstorm that went through DFW last night.

We've had two different roofers attempt to fix them with multiple trips for each. The drought has complicated these efforts (no rain, no leak) with respect to what the problem is as the soil we have here has been VERY mobile and is causing several other structural issues as well.

So what to do?

It would seem that another attempt to repair would be just kicking the can down the road for the next dry spell/thunderstorm cycle so I'm not inclined to go that route.

I want to take them out completely but my wife doesn't want to give up the natural lighting. We would also have to do some fairly extensive interior rework as the ceiling is painted wood strips. Underlying water damage might force the rework anyways, I can't tell at this point.

Replacing them is the most likely option but how likely is it to get leak-free skylights installed? I worked for a roofing company one summer and the most common task we did was replace skylights or trace leaks back to them. That was a long time ago and I'm sure that skylights have improved since then, but then again maybe not.

Thoughts? Any recs for a good skylight installer and/or repair in the Dallas area?

All skylights are good for is letting in light and water. Everyone i have ever had has leaked at some point. My opinion: At the first chance, remove them. You will never get them to not leak for any amount of time.

It's probably not the skylight as much as it is the flashing. Your problem might not be rainfall intensity or duration as much as it is wind direction.

Don't understand why skylights aren't installed with crickets.

fwiw, my folks have an 11 year old house with 6 skylights (a mix of sun tunnels and traditional skylights) and none have ever leaked. The natural light is great.

It's probably not the skylight as much as it is the flashing. Your problem might not be rainfall intensity or duration as much as it is wind direction.

Don't understand why skylights aren't installed with crickets.

Same problem here. Replaced skylight when we moved in because it was faded and chipped. Company free lite replaced and then couple months later leak. Came out dripped weep holes. Worked for a while leaked again so they replaced flashing. Leaked again fixed then again and fixed. Been ok for several months then starting leaking with the recent monsoon. Love the natural light but this is getting annoying. Have skylight in kitchen no leaks whatsoever