Algood Middle Roof Having Unexpected Issues

Putnam County School officials working to mitigate deterioration in the Algood Middle School roof in hopes of postponing a full replacement for several more years.

Deputy Director Tim Martin said this roof was not on the district’s radar and he was surprised to find that it was in poor shape. He said the metal roof has a rubber coating over the top of it which is cracking. He said fusing the cracks and laying down patches could be a temporary fix.

“We’ve had some leaking over there, but nothing that has caused major, major issues,” Martin said. “You know, nothing more than having some water in the floors and maybe having some water running down a wall here and there.”

Martin said any roof problem is a big deal. He said roofs are often the most expensive maintenance projects the district has to tackle.

“We are very fortunate, as a system, to have a county that’s dedicated to taking care of that,” Martin said. “So that’s been one of our kind of partnerships with the county maintenance, that they kind of handle those roofs for us.”

He said with the rubber coating, maintenance crews will identify spots with cracking or dry-rotting, lay a large patch over it, and melt the rubber together to seal the roof. He said while major leaking or flooding has not become a problem, no one wants to see water running down the walls while in the middle of a storm.

“I think that was more the case than actually finding water inside the building or anything like that, was found just during routine inspection,” Martin said.