Baker Project: Seven New Pipe Flashings and a Resealed Skylight Base

Pipe Flashing and Skylight Repair on a Baker Home

This Baker home in East Baton Rouge Parish did not need a new roof. Its shingles were still in service. The work was at the places where the roof is cut open: the pipe penetrations and the base of a skylight.

What Roof Rescue repaired

• Seven pipe flashings removed and replaced around the plumbing vents and other pipe penetrations.
• Debris cleared from around the edges of the skylight, where pine straw and leaves had packed in against the frame.
• A crack in the skylight base sealed, where the old sealant along the frame had split and peeled away.
• Skylight screws and holes checked for a proper seal.

What the inspection turned up

Roof Rescue walked the roof and photographed every penetration before writing up the repair. The pattern was easy to read. Pine needles and leaves had collected on the uphill side of the vent pipes and around the skylights, right where water runs down the roof.

Several of the rubber pipe collars showed cracking or gaps where they grip the pipe. Along the skylight frame, the old sealant had split and was peeling off in strips. Those are the openings water uses to get under shingles.

Why the flashing wore out before the shingles

A pipe flashing depends on a rubber collar that seals tight around the pipe. Sun and heat break that rubber down, and in Louisiana it often wears out years before the surrounding shingles. Debris sitting against the collar holds moisture there and speeds that along.

That is why a roof with sound shingles can still need repair work. Replacing the flashings deals with the weak points and leaves the good shingles in place.

Seven new pipe flashings

The crew took out the old flashings and set a new one at each of the seven pipes. The after photos show the new flashing bases worked into the shingle courses around every vent, including the mushroom-cap vents on the lower roof.

Cleaning and sealing the skylight base

At the skylight, the crew cleared the packed debris from around the edges, sealed the crack in the base, and checked the screws and holes along the frame for a proper seal. With the debris gone, water can run past the skylight instead of pooling against it.

Inspected, then repaired in one return visit

The inspection photos were taken in early December 2024. The repair was done on a single return visit about a week later, and the finished flashings and skylight were photographed on December 13, 2024.

Seeing worn flashing or a tired skylight seal in Baker?

Not every roof problem calls for a new roof. Roof Rescue handles roof repairs like this one across Baker, Central, Zachary and the wider Baton Rouge area. See more about our roofing work in Baker, or schedule a free roof inspection and we will tell you plainly what your roof needs.