Daylight Kept Where You Want It
Sealing the edges of good skylight panels and coating around them keeps natural light in the building while stopping the leaks at each panel lap. You choose which panels stay clear and which get covered.
Spencer County Metal Roofs
Taylorsville Metal Roof Coating
We do metal roof coating on commercial buildings in Taylorsville and Spencer County, including the translucent skylight panels that light many storage and shop roofs.
Skylight Panels On Taylorsville Metal Buildings
Translucent skylight panels let daylight into storage and shop buildings, but older fiberglass panels yellow, crack, and turn brittle. Their edge laps leak like any other end lap, and a brittle panel is a fall hazard for anyone on the roof.
On Taylorsville roofs we decide panel by panel: keep it clear and seal its edges, replace it with new translucent sheet, or coat over it when the daylight no longer matters.
Skylight Choices- Seal the perimeter and leave the panel clear
- Replace cracked panels with new translucent sheet
- Coat over panels where daylight is no longer needed
- Mark or guard brittle panels before work
Skylight And Flashing Trouble In Taylorsville
Skylight panels and wall flashing cause a share of leaks on Spencer County metal buildings. These rows show the common ones.
Drips Under A Skylight Row
Likely Cause
Edge laps between the skylight panel and the steel dry out and open like an end lap.
What We Do
Clean and seal the perimeter laps, and coat around the panel without covering it.
Yellowed Panels With Hairline Cracks
Likely Cause
Sun breaks down older fiberglass until it turns brittle and cracks across the sheet.
What We Do
Replace cracked panels with new translucent sheets that match the rib profile.
Short Wall Flashing After A Foam Job
Likely Cause
Foam raises the roof surface, leaving too little flashing height at walls.
What We Do
Measure flashing height first and extend it when foam is planned.
Rusty Screw Tips Above Stored Equipment
Likely Cause
Washers along the skylight rows and laps fail first because those spots move most.
What We Do
Replace and cap screws along skylight edges, then prime and coat the field.
Benefits of Coating Your Roof
These gains apply once each skylight panel is kept, replaced, or covered on purpose and the roof is coated.
Safer Roof Walks
Brittle panels replaced or covered remove a fall hazard that every later roof walk would otherwise have to work around.
Drier Stored Goods
Sealed skylight laps stop the drips that land on stock and equipment stored under the brightest part of the roof.
A Cooler Field Around The Light
A white coating on the steel around the skylights reflects sunlight on summer afternoons.
Commercial Roof Coating Options for Taylorsville
Skylight decisions come first. The coating around them follows the roof pitch and how the building is used.
Coating Around Clear Panels
Skylights stay clear and masked while the steel around them is primed and coated, with each panel edge sealed.
Silicone On Shallow Storage Roofs
Low-slope storage buildings where water sits near skylight rows get a silicone coat over the repaired steel.
Foam With Flashing Extended
Shops that need insulation take foam over the panels, with wall flashing raised and skylight curbs planned around it.
Leaks Along Your Skylight Panels?
Call and tell us how many skylight panels the roof has and whether any are cracked. That sets up the roof walk.
How We Handle Skylights And Coating
Skylights change the order of work. This is the sequence on a Taylorsville metal building.
- Step 1:
Inspect Your Roof
We mark every skylight panel, note cracks and yellowing, check the edge laps and nearby screws, and measure wall flashing height in case foam is on the table.
- Step 2:
Guard The Panels
Brittle panels are marked or covered with guards before crews walk the roof, and walk paths are set away from them.
- Step 3:
Replace Or Keep
Cracked panels are swapped for new translucent sheets; good ones are cleaned and kept, and panels you no longer need clear are scheduled for coating.
- Step 4:
Seal Edges And Screws
Panel perimeters, end laps, and screws along the skylight rows are sealed, and the steel field is washed and primed.
- Step 5:
Coat And Unmask
The field is coated with clear panels masked, and masking comes off before the coating skins so the panel edges stay clean.
More Towns Near Taylorsville
We coat commercial metal roofs in Taylorsville, Bardstown, Lebanon, and Springfield. If your property is somewhere else, call us or send us a message before you rule us out.
- BardstownOur home base for metal roof coating on distillery, warehouse, and shop roofs in Nelson County.
- LebanonHail checks and recoats on Marion County metal roofs, south of Bardstown on KY 49.
- SpringfieldRidge caps, closures, and edge trim on Washington County storefront and shop roofs.
Taylorsville Metal Roof Coating Questions
Each row gives the short answer up front. Open it to read the rest.
Can You Coat Over Skylight Panels On A Metal Building?
Only if light is not needed
Skylight panels stay uncoated when the building needs the daylight, so crews mask them and seal only the laps and fasteners around their edges. Older fiberglass panels yellow, crack, and turn brittle. Each panel gets one of three paths: seal and keep clear, replace with new translucent sheet, or coat over it when daylight no longer matters.
Who Handles Roof Work Inspections In Taylorsville?
Spencer County inspector
The Spencer County building inspector is the first call, because the state listing names a county inspector and shows no separate Taylorsville entry. Confirm by phone before booking crews. On metal re-covers, inspectors look at eave trim and gutter attachment, ridge closures and fasteners, and flashing height where foam raises the roof. Keep that paperwork with your roof photos.
Which Electric Co-ops Serve Buildings Around Taylorsville?
Check each bill
Spencer County is served in part by Salt River Electric, Blue Grass Energy, and Shelby Energy, per East Kentucky Power Cooperative. Shelby Energy is based in Shelbyville. Check which co-op bills each building, then ask whether reflective coatings on steel, foam insulation over the deck, or approval steps before work apply to any current program.
Are Brittle Skylight Panels A Safety Issue?
Yes, a fall hazard
A brittle fiberglass panel can break under a person's weight. We mark or guard every skylight before walking the roof, keep walk paths away from them, and recommend replacing or covering panels that are past their life so later roof visits are safer too.
Do New Skylight Panels Match The Old Rib Profile?
They are ordered to match
Replacement translucent panels are ordered in the same rib profile and length as the steel around them, so the laps nest properly. We measure the existing panel and rib spacing on the inspection visit and seal both ends of each new panel like any end lap.
Keep The Daylight And Lose The Leaks
Tell us the roof size and how many skylight panels it has, and we will price the job.