Date:         Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:06:59 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: new skylight & seal
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At 10:25 PM 4/20/2009, azsun99 wrote:
>Anyone else done this? Any hint to get a good seal all around? Is
>there any way to get
>the mechanism to pull down tighter?

If the seal -- or the skylight, like the ones from the Skylight Guy
-- is too thick, you have to bend the tabs on the skylight end of the
hinges slightly down so that the rear of the skylight is slightly
elevated.  Go gently and make trial fits; you don't want to go too
far, and you certainly need to make a clean bend while leaving the
tab itself straight.  Have to dismount the skylight to make the
bends, of course.  You want the rear to still touch first, but make a
seal all around with the same amount of tension on the knob as
usual.  Use a dollar bill to check seal pressure all around to make
it even.  IIRC it took me two tries to get it right -- maybe I was
lucky but it all worked well at the time.

Don't try to force it down with the mechanism -- you'll only wreck it.

David