Unique Use for Polymer Roofing at Valparaiso University
Back to school time at Valparaiso University in Indiana this year means sophomores flocking to their new homes at Beacon Hall. The inside of the new four-story suite-style residence facility boasts a 24-hour computer lab, prayer room, floor lounges and laundry facilities. On the outside, it’s what you don't see that’s impressive.
Hidden behind roof ‘screens’ covered with single-width slate polymer roof tiles from DaVinci Roofscapes are HVAC systems. What appears to be a peak at the top is not actually the top of the roof—it’s where the roof/screen stops so that the HVAC equipment can rest on a flat membrane roof and be open to the sky above, but hidden from view.