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A department of health building with multiple roof systems gets a makeover

by Krista Reisdorf Berns
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Plywood was installed over the wood sleepers and dried in with a waterproofing underlayment.

A couple of years ago, if you had walked past the South Carolina Department of Mental Health's Crafts-Farrow Building 1, the sight of the roof would have surprised you. Sporting an assortment of roof systems, the building was covered with a steep-slope clay tile roof system, as well as a gravel-surfaced built-up roof (BUR) system, and a standing-seam terne metal roof system—repaired incorrectly—topped its dormers.

NRCA member Murton Roofing of South Carolina Inc., West Columbia, S.C., was chosen to take on the unique task of finding a way to replace the roofs on a building that featured three different roof systems.

"We had bid on the job two years prior, and we were the successful bidder," says Ed Murton Jr., secretary-treasurer and project manager of Murton Roofing of South Carolina. "The Department of Mental Health then put the project on hold, but it invited contractors to rebid. We were invited...



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