Faithful readers will remember that we are in the middle of renovating the old Newark High School, converting it into 29 apartment units. We learned a long time ago that the first step in fixing an old building is to replace the roof. All roofs, especially flat roofs, leak. It is just a matter of when. At the time we bought the building there were no roof leaks. A year ago, there were. Fixed that:
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| The original roof |
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| The original vent stacks, no longer serving their useful purpose, all had to go away |
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The roof is not all flat. There is a significant amount of slate. Fortunately,
the 80 year old slate is in pretty good condition. We did need to replace
all the flashing and ridge caps |
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| A source of one of the leaks |
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The original roof system was comprised of a concrete deck, covered by wood
sheeting, covered by a tar and felt paper "built up" system, covered by
stone ballast. Lasted a long time. |
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| Rebuilding the parapet walls and replacing a lot of rotten wood decking |
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| More of same |
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| The rebuilt roof accessway |
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| Fixing the parapet walls and adding cant strips |
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The almost finished product. It will be finished once the plumbers and HVAC
folks complete all the roof penetrations they need, and all that work gets
properly flashed in. |
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