Failing Kansas City Airport Roof Restored Using GacoFlex S-20
Kansas City, Mo. – October 3, 2011 – As drivers cross the bridge near downtown Kansas City, they often see the roofs of the historic buildings that make up the Charles B. Wheeler downtown airport.
Dedicated by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, the buildings have been transformed from the city's international airport to a General Aviation Airport.
Signature Flight Support currently operates the center, and they recently faced a major maintenance problem. The company discovered that its existing roof had 22 years of jet fuel, traffic, railroad yard and a manufacturing plant deposits leading to a leaking layer of EPDM and a small portion of TPO. The pollution had literally etched holes in the existing EPDM, according to a Gaco Western news release.
To respond to the leaking roof, Signature Flight operators contacted Jim Clark, a roofing contractor from Clark and Associates, to assess the situation.
Arriving on the scene, Clark applied GacoFlex S-20 over the entire roof. The team laboriously cleaned off all the pollutants, areas of rotting plywood deck were replaced, the roof was primed with Gaco Western E-5320 primer and GacoFlex S-20 silicone was applied.
Signature Flight chose S-20 in white not only to reflect sunlight, but to also keep their office area cooler in the summer.
After the roof was cleaned, the seams that were opening were repaired and EPDM coming off a parapet wall was replaced with new EPDM.
A problem Clark faced when working on the roof was distinguishing the color from the pollution with the color of the existing roof.
"I washed the roof six times with both detergent and a concrete stripper,” said Clark. “Once the cleaning was done, however, we applied the coating system, and we discovered that you can't find a better coating system than S-20."
Due to S-20’s waterproofing capabilities, Signature Flight was finally able to keep their hangar dry.
“Layers of deteriorating material caused leaks that washed the pollutants on the roof into the hangar and threatened the paint of the aircraft inside,” said Bryan Orr of Signature Flight. “The S-20 was a phenomenal solution to this problem.”
About Gaco Western:
Family-owned and operated for more than 55 years, Gaco Western develops and manufactures the most technologically advanced, proprietary elastomeric coatings and polyurethane spray foam for the construction and waterproofing industries. Using technical innovation to meet the needs of its customers, the Gaco family of brands offers best-of-class solutions for a variety of commercial, industrial, and residential applications. These applications include specialty coatings for roof, pedestrian and traffic decking; and spray polyurethane insulation for commercial, industrial and residential applications. Core products include: GacoWallFoam insulation, GacoDeck, GacoShield, and GacoRoof coatings for residential applications; GacoRoofFoam, GacoFlex LM-60, GacoFlex S-20, GacoPedestrianDeck and GacoAutoDeck for commercial applications. Products are available nationwide. For more information, visit the Gaco Western website by clicking the link below.
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