Yorkville School Board OKs YHS roof restoration work

YORKVILLE – The Yorkville School Board on Feb. 28 approved plans for completion this summer of a three-year roof restoration project at Yorkville High School.

School board members awarded a contract to low bidder Crowther Roofing & Sheet Metal of Romeoville for $460,970.

District 115 Director of Facility Operations Heather DiVerde said work will get started in June.

The high school building, located at 797 Game Farm Road, was constructed in 1996. A preventative maintenance program has both helped to extend the life of the roof, DiVerde said, as well as to allow for the restoration work as opposed to a complete tear-off.

The restoration project has been underway the past two summers. The work is for the original building and not for additions constructed later. This summer’s work will cover about 43,700 square feet of the roof.

The work will involve removal of the roof membrane and insulation as determined by an infrared scan of the roof, used to locate any water infiltration, DiVerde said.

The membrane and insulation will be replaced as needed and then the entire roof area will be recoated with a coal-tar product, DiVerde said.

District 115 Finance Director Mindy Bradford said the project will be paid from the district’s Capital Projects Fund. The school district budgets for $750,000 in capital improvement projects each year, Bradford said.