Makanui AOAO is part of the Poipu Kai Association located on the island of Kauai. Two buildings within the association were experiencing bad leaks and required a re-roof. The scope of work for these included the total tear off of existing tile roof, flashing and underlayment down to the wood deck. All undamaged tiles were requested to be saved for future use. The new tiles installed were Boral tiles.

The location of this project was fairly hilly, making the staging setup for demolition and installation a challenge. The driveway was 20’ making the crane set up and staging difficult for the angle that it needed to be at in order to remove/load materials especially due to the heavy tiles. The tiles were about 10 pounds each making the load capacity difficult. This roof had several steep pitches ranging from 4:12 at some places to an 8:12 pitch at others.

A unique aspect to this project was the scope of work that this crew took on above and beyond the original roofing scope of work to stop the leak. It was discovered during the demolition that a major source of the leaks was actually coming from the window sill that was not waterproofed at all during the original installation. Rotted wood and moisture was found behind the exterior wall façade when removing the metal flashing. Our crew put on their carpenter’s hat and removed all the rotted wood and replaced it with new wood, moisture barrier and the exterior finishing.

The roofing installation was done in strict accordance with Kauai City and County’s Energy Code.