Impact-Resistant DaVinci Roof Tops Kansas Church
The roof on the Woodland United Methodist Church in Wichita, Kansas has been replaced many times in the past 103 years. Most recently, hail damage in August of 2012 demanded a new roof be placed on the sanctuary, fellowship hall, steeple and portico.
“The Bellaforté Shake polymer roof tiles from DaVinci Roofscapes are a long-term roofing solution for this church,” says Kendall R. Zielke, commercial estimator and project manager for Midwest Roofing Services. “We’ve installed this composite shake product successfully on other projects in our area that are also subject to our severe weather conditions and always have good results. Since this is an impact-resistant synthetic shake tile with a 50-year roof warranty, we believe this shake alternative is ideal for the church structure.”
Church leaders selected the Tuscano blend of four autumn brown colors as the roofing color option that most resembled the previous wood shakes on the stone church. “This shake alternative so closely resembles our former roof that I don’t think many members even know this is a synthetic shake roofing material,” says Jim Brown, a member of the Board of Trustees at the church. “Unless you get very close, you can’t tell that there are ‘fake cedar shakes’ on our roof.”
Bellaforté Shake composite roofing tiles include a leading edge tab and a self-aligning ledge, which help reduce the installation time for the products. “The snap-fit aspect of the Bellaforté is a great feature of this product,” says Zielke. “In addition, a square of Bellaforté tiles weighs just 190 pounds. This lower tile weight helps reduce our installation time and allows us to get the job done faster for our clients.”
See Historic Church Gets High-Tech Polymer Roof for another success story on DaVinci imitation slate roofs on churches.