Service Project:  

Jude Catholic Church, Lakewood, CO | Gutter Repair & Snow Stops

Service Representative: Brent Wilhelmi 

The west edge of the roof and the sheet metal flashing came loose in the high winds. The crew made an emergency call to do a temporary repair using plates and fasteners to hold it in place until the permanent repairs were complete. When we returned, we removed the existing metal and membrane flashing. We attached the field membrane along the edge with pates and fasteners to keep the field of the roof from lifting and pulling the flashing loose. We installed new flashing to seal the plates and the top of the parapet wall. To limit the chance of this happening again with the high winds that we get in Colorado, we installed an ES1 perimeter edge metal detail. Also installed on the roof were snow clips to aid with the heavy snow the area often gets. The roof surface that we worked on has a large slope causing snow and ice to come loose all at one time. This was causing the gutters to be damaged and was a liability to the parishioners walking below the roof. There had been several attempts by other roofing companies to solve the sliding issue that had not worked. We designed a pattern to install snow gems on the lower section to hold the snow and ice in place while it melted. The snow gems were installed using a special adhesive to make sure that they are adhered to the PVC membrane properly.

For more information about  this project, contact Brent Wilhelmi at (303) 583-3939 or Brent.Wilhelmi@CentiMark.com