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Home My WebLink About2019-03-12 1635 email1 Minyard, Brian From:Mcateer, Stephan Sent:Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:35 PM To:'Paul Porter'; Brian Driscoll Cc:Minyard, Brian Subject:RE: TPO roofing Sorry to hear about your back injury. I may have given a false impression about the “top of the tower.” The top floor of the tower is accessible from the inside by a set of stairs that wind around the outside wall. It provides a good view from inside the museum of the rooflines for the two porches. If a closer view is required, it does require some effort. You can access the roof by a door, but we would need a short ladder to go out on the porch roofs. A longer ladder would be required to climb onto the very top of the tower. If you guys are interested, I can also arrange a trip into the attic where you get an excellent view of the rafter construction. Hope the recovery proceeds well. Stephan Stephan McAteer, Director MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History 503 E. 9th St. Little Rock, AR 72202 501-376-4602 501-376-4597 FAX www.arkmilitaryheritage.com From: Paul Porter [mailto:Paul.Porter@arkansas.gov] Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:29 PM To: Mcateer, Stephan; Brian Driscoll Cc: Minyard, Brian Subject: RE: TPO roofing Hi Stephan, If you want to do a site visit in the immediate future, I will not be able to attend as I am still recovering from my back injury. Climbing to the top of the tower isn’t something I can do yet, although it would be cool to see what things look like up there. I am hoping to be healed by the time you get the answer to your grant request for that roofing in May. At that point I could climb up in the building. Cheers, Paul Paul Porter Technical Services Coordinator/Conservation Easement Coordinator 2 Arkansas Historic Preservation Program a division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage 1100 North Street | Little Rock, AR 72201 office: 501.683.6672 fax: 501.324.9154 ArkansasPreservation.com Facebook | Twitter #AuthenticArkansas #ArkansasPreservation From: Mcateer, Stephan <SMcateer@littlerock.gov> Sent: Friday, March 8, 2019 7:08 AM To: Brian Driscoll <Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov> Cc: Paul Porter <Paul.Porter@arkansas.gov>; Minyard, Brian <BMinyard@littlerock.gov> Subject: RE: TPO roofing Brian, I am back in the office. Would it be helpful if you and/or Paul and Brian Minyard did a site visit to look at the proposed project? We can get a good view of the porch roofs from inside the top floor of the tower. Of course, you could also venture out on the roof via the tower’s back access door for a closer inspection. Just let me know if you want to schedule a visit. Thanks again for your time. Stephan Stephan McAteer, Director MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History 503 E. 9th St. Little Rock, AR 72202 501-376-4602 501-376-4597 FAX www.arkmilitaryheritage.com From: Mcateer, Stephan Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 9:26 AM To: Brian Driscoll Cc: Paul Porter; Minyard, Brian Subject: RE: TPO roofing Thanks Brian. Once we hear from the Small Museum Grant (probably in May), I will get back with you. Replacing the porch roofing with TPO and re-attaching the gutters should protect the new porch repairs. I have also copied Brian Minyard on this email thread. Stephan From: Brian Driscoll [mailto:Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 4:52 PM To: Mcateer, Stephan <SMcateer@littlerock.gov> Cc: Paul Porter <Paul.Porter@arkansas.gov> Subject: RE: TPO roofing Hey Stephan – From what you’re describing, it makes sense to replace the porch roofing material and get the proper drainage to the gutters. We have no problem with the TPO material since it will not be visible. We will want to see details on the new roof installation when the time comes, especially flashing installation details at the masonry walls and roofing termination at the front fascia. 3 We hope your grant application is successful and you can protect all that new porch repair work. Thanks - Brian Driscoll Technical Assistance Coordinator Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov Arkansas Historic Preservation Program an division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage 1100 North Street | Little Rock, AR 72201 office: 501.324.9881 fax: 501.324.9184 ArkansasPreservation.com From: Mcateer, Stephan <SMcateer@littlerock.gov> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2019 3:41 PM To: Paul Porter <Paul.Porter@arkansas.gov>; Brian Driscoll <Brian.Driscoll@arkansas.gov> Subject: RE: TPO roofing Paul and Brian, I wanted to check back on the email below concerning our front porch roofing. We plan to apply for a Small Museum Grant to pay for half of the costs. If TPO membrane is not permitted, we would go back with the existing felt. Your input will help as we prepare to write our grant. Thanks for your assistance. Stephan Stephan McAteer, Director MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History 503 E. 9th St. Little Rock, AR 72202 501-376-4602 501-376-4597 FAX www.arkmilitaryheritage.com From: Mcateer, Stephan Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 12:02 PM To: Paul Porter; Brian Driscoll Subject: TPO roofing Paul and Brian, We look forward to the opportunity to reapply for HPRG funding for the exterior storm windows this year. We are working to get updated pricing with several options for funding either all or part of the cost. I had another matter that I wanted your opinion on. As part of last year’s porch renovation, we began a PM program to have our gutters/downspouts cleaned twice yearly. When the vendor cleaned the gutter/downspouts on the two front porch roofs, they identified a problem that was preventing positive drainage on the gutters. The crew reported the need to remove the gutters and roofing to correct the drainage issue. They stated that the majority of the problem is due to the inability of leveling the gutters due to the roof edging being incorrectly placed. To correct this would be to remove the existing roof membrane and edging along with the gutters. Then replacing with new membrane and roofing, edging, and replacing the existing gutters at the proper level. 4 The company has submitted a quote to correct the issue, with the recommendation that we go back with TPO instead of the existing felt roofing material. This would be on the flat porch roofs and not visible from the ground. The existing felt on the northwest porch roof dates back to when the porch was rebuilt following the 1999 tornado and is almost 20 years old. The felt roof on the northeast porch is even older. Given the amount of work done to rebuild the porches, we would like to address these two porch roofs as a preventative maintenance issue. What are your thoughts? Stephan