I finally did something in one day. About a year ago, I bought a pair of roof windows from Velux (they have a nice discount for architectural designers). On Sunday I installed them. It is of course the kind of thing that you want to do in one day, especially considering that you have to cut holes in a perfectly good roof.
Step one: Frame in the rough openings. This is the almost part, because I actually did this work from the inside about 2 months ago.
Step two: cut roof sheathing and shingles
Step three: Clown around a bit.
Step four: Install skylights carefully follow instructions for flashing and waterproofing at roof.
Step five: Call neighbor to rescue when you A: Can’t climb up the roof to go down to the ladder on the other side, and B: can’t crawl back in through the skylights
Step six: Endure good natured ribbing from all, and tell a good tale about being stuck on the roof.
Step Seven: Enjoy Daylit Room.
