In the economy that we live in today, some of the simple things are taken for granted. St. Mary’s K-8 school in Aliso Viejo, CA, www.smaa.org was dealing with ongoing leaks into the classrooms. A typical day of reading, writing, etc. was interrupted when it rained. When contacted regarding the issue, D 7 reviewed the conditions and determined that a new roof system was in order. The original 2 ply and gravel roof system had leaks in the flashings and field that continued even after attempts at repairs were made. The roof system was far beyond its useful life.
Now the hard part. St. Mary’s is a private school that is solely dependent on tuition for their operating budget. How could they afford to install a new roof and what would they do? With that in mind and having a son who attends the school, I provided budgets for some options available to them. The building and grounds committee, headed by Larry Schuler along with the head of school John O’Brien were then given the names of several roofing contractors to set out on the task to obtain bids for work.
When they contacted me again several months later, they had selected Bligh Roof Company; 11043 Forest Pl; Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 562-944-9753 to perform the work. The only trouble was, when? School was out on the 19th of December and students were back on the 4th of January. Could it be done? Once they informed me of Bligh’s intent to install a Duro-last PVC single ply roof system and that Duro-last (Scott Franklin) www.duro-last.com had visited the project along with Bligh, I was relieved. They had two weeks over the holidays (that’s counting Christmas and New Years) to vacuum the gravel and install the new system. As the photos will attest, they did it. From what I understand, Bligh and Duro-last worked with the school to provide a reduced cost and payment terms in order for the school to solve their largest budget problem and building issue facing them today. A job well done by the group! The school is very happy and without the help of the two parties, Bligh Roof Company and Duro-last, would not have been able to afford to have the work done.
Now if I could just get them to help my son with his homework! All would be right with the world. Thanks guys!
The crew busy installing the roof membrane.
Working as a team is one of Bligh’s strong suits.
Attention to detail is critical to the long term performance of any roof system.
Nothing like a clean roof! With the upcoming warm days the school will save money
with the new white “cool” roof, thus lowering air conditioning bills in the future.
