Silicone Restoration Membrane Buys Midview High School 11 More Years, Grafton OH

Midview High School in Grafton, Ohio, faced a roofing decision with an unusual constraint: the district planned to move students into a new building in roughly 11 years. The existing roof’s seams were losing adhesion and the membrane had only a few years of expected life left, but a full replacement made little financial sense for a building with a defined end date. West Roofing Systems proposed a silicone restoration membrane sized precisely to the school’s timeline.

The Challenge

The failing seams put the roof at growing risk of leaks over occupied classrooms, and doing nothing would have meant managing escalating repairs until the move. A tear-off and re-roof would have solved the problem but consumed capital the district preferred to direct toward its new facility. The school needed a middle path: dependable, warrantable waterproofing that would last just long enough.

The Coating Solution

West Roofing began with a full roof assessment, including nine adhesion tests across the existing membrane to confirm the roof was a sound candidate for restoration. After power washing the surface to remove dirt and contaminants, crews applied silicone to all of the roof’s seams and then coated the entire field with a 25-mil silicone restoration membrane, creating a seamless, monolithic waterproofing layer over the aging roof.

The Results

The school’s roof is now leak-free and covered by a full-system warranty that runs through year 11, aligned almost exactly with the district’s relocation plan. The restoration cost significantly less than a tear-off replacement and extended the roof’s useful life by more than a decade beyond its original trajectory. It is a textbook case of matching a roofing investment to a building’s actual remaining service horizon.

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