trs80 wrote:

I have about a 8' x 4' skylight with opaque white plastic dome. It has 3
cracks radiating out to about 1'. its intact, just cracked. Probably the
wind blew a pine cone into it.

How can I go about repairing it? The dome is not viewed from inside the
house as there is a colored glass inset in the ceiling. I was thinking
contact cement and laying a flexible membrane over the cracked area that
would withstand the weather and UV. I visited Lowes but saw nothing like
that. It would be great if the membrane was translucent but not critical.
Any hints appreciated on how to go about this repair.
thanks!




It isn't exactly a "repair", but how about clear silicone caulk? It
should keep it from leaking, and would
not be very apparent. Provided you can get to the skylight, smoosh some
into the crack and wipe
surface clean. I used sil. caulk to fill a seam between two patterned
glass panels; with the patterned
glass, the seam is almost invisible. It would, at least, keep the
skylight from leaking. Maybe. )

We had a big skylight similar to yours that blew out in a hurricane -
the framed landed in the top
of a palm tree. Our condo roof had been rather neglected, and the wood
around the skylight had
rotted. Replacement, with new frame, was around $10K. About 5' x 15'.

Your skylight could possibly be loose in the framework, allowing it to
move a bit from the wind?