Dear Friends,
We have done extensive research on our church roof at CTK and we are proceeding with the work as our church is of great priority.
The skylight in the baldacchino at the center of the roof at Christ the King Church was found to be a significant source of leakage of rainwater into the roof structure at our church. A temporary repair was made last winter but we decided to have a roofer do a permanent fix this summer. He completely resurfaced the flat portion of the roof within the baldacchino with new underlayment, shingles, a new curb to support the skylight and a new skylight. He also coated the inside, outside and top of the baldacchino with an acrylic roofing coating to prevent moisture penetrating the baldacchino.
During his repairs he noted that the scupper outfall from the baldacchino flowed cross-slope as well as down slope on the roof. This allowed water to work under the roof ridges and onto the plywood to the north of the scupper. He believed that this was the source of the water that was leaking through our church ceiling near the choir loft. He also suggested that he remove some of the roofing down low on the sloped roof and above the area where sheetrock damage was noted in the ceiling just inside the inner church doors, near the church entrance. That revealed that there was significant water damage to a 6 inch by 10 inch beam and some of the 2 by 10 inch joists that intersected that beam on the down-slope side of that large beam. Further inspection from openings to the ceiling of the church in a few areas indicated that the damage was more extensive than originally suspected.
