The Roof of Rico's Pizza, London, Ontario
Completed on July 29, 2005

The 'BEFORE & AFTER' photos (click on the photos to see them larger):
 
Material is loaded on rooftop

 
The "before" look

 
Another angle...

 
Another angle on the old roof

 
Starting to tear it off...

 
 
...and the core appears...

 
Material sorting...

 
The old insulation

 
...about 7,000 lbs off the roof

 
Laying down the insulation

 
 
Sweeping the core clean

 
Scraping off the old insulation
 
Cutting up the new insulation

 
That's looking good...

 
Applying the 2nd layer of insulation
 
 
Putting down the Sopra-boards
 
Increased fire-rating now!

 
Fastening it down with 2" steel plates
 
Cutting the Sopra-boards

 
Wall-to-wall boarding...

 
 
Another 3,500 lbs of gravel is going off...
 
There goes the gravel into the trailer...
 
The base sheet is being torched on
 
Starting to "water-tighten" it

 
Priming up the edges...

 
 
Edge-detailing

 
The new cone arond the soil stack
 
Applying the primer

 
A third of the roof is all water-tight!

 
Installing more Sopra-boards

 
 
Everything is prepared...

 
Cutting the boards

 
Torching the base sheets

 
More screws & plates

 
Perfect fastening!

 
 
new curb surrounded by Sopra-boards

 
Fastening it all...

 
Flashing around the curb

 
The curb is prepared...

 
The last full roll of base sheet

 
 
Professional torching

 
Detail trimming

 
Almost all watertight

 
The last detail at 10PM

 
Our signature

 
 
Fastening on the edge flashing
 
Very solid fastening!

 
Looking perfect!

 
Starting with the cap-sheet

 
Our signature embedded in the roof

 
 
Detailing the curb with the cap sheet
 
Further touches

 
Experienced hands at work...

 
 

 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
The curb is done

 
Detailing by the A/C

 
Roof corner detail

 
 
Parapet wall finish details

 
 

 
Another parapet wall finish

 
Another corner detail

 
The roof has been completed

 
 


 


 
 

 
 

 
The soil stack cone is painted

 
 
 

 
 

             
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