Aperture
Austin, TX · Est. 2009
We Cutthe Hole.The SkyDoes the Rest.
Precision openings in every roof type — from 1940s bungalows to flat-roof lofts. We frame the sky like a photograph you live inside.
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A 1940s Kitchen That Hadn't Seen the Sun Since Truman.
The Nakamura family's Hyde Park bungalow had a central kitchen with zero exterior walls — surrounded on all sides by hallways and closets. Every meal was eaten under fluorescent tubes. The ceiling was plaster on wood lathe. No one wanted to touch it.
- UnitVelux FCM 4646 Fixed Curb-Mount
- Curb4-ply cedar, 4″ min. height
- FlashingVelux EDW stepped, ice & water underlayment
- HeaderDoubled 2×10 LVL, 36″ span
- FinishPainted wood liner, site-built
A 4×4 opening brought direct southern sky into the kitchen core. The Nakamuras now eat breakfast in natural light for the first time in 15 years of ownership. Installation: one day. Zero drywall damage. Roof penetration sealed to a 25-year warranty.
I stood in my kitchen the morning after they finished and actually cried. I'd lived in that house for eleven years and never once seen the sun hit that counter.
A Six-Story Stairwell That Required Lights at Noon.
The property manager at a 1970s mixed-use building on South Congress kept replacing fluorescent fixtures in a central stairwell — twice a year, every year. No windows. No code path to add them. The HVAC load from the lighting was measurable.
- SystemSolatube 290 DS, 21″ tube, 6-story run
- DomeRaybender 3000 + Spectralight Infinity
- RoofBuilt-up gravel, TPO overlay added
- FlashingCurb-adapt kit, compression seal
- CodeIBC 2021 egress lighting compliance
Two 290 DS units now deliver 750 footcandles at the ground floor landing — exceeding code minimum without a single watt of electricity. The building's stairwell lighting load dropped 94%. Payback: 3.1 years.
The Aperture crew is the only sub I've used in twelve years who showed up with stamped engineering drawings and left with a clean roof. I spec them on every project that touches a ceiling now.
A Flat-Roof Loft With Walls But No Sky.
The architect at Reyes + Hull specified a 32-square-foot structural glass skylight for a Downtown Austin loft conversion. The membrane roof had three HVAC curbs, a parapet condition at the opening edge, and a structural engineer who'd never detailed a skylight penetration before.
- UnitWasco E-Class 9648 custom, thermally broken
- Glazing1″ triple-pane laminated, argon-filled
- CurbSteel tube w/ EPDM compression gasket
- MembraneTPO, 6″ min. upturn, heat-welded
- StructuralDouble LVL header, PE-stamped drawings
The loft now qualifies for 4 LEED daylighting credits. The architect has specified Aperture on three subsequent projects. The owner reports the skylight is the single feature every visitor asks about first.
Every roof we've cut
has held for years.
The assessment is free. We walk your roof, pull your structural drawings if they exist, and tell you exactly what's possible — and what isn't. No upsell. Just a crew that knows roofs.