PHS Memorial Field House to get new roof

PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Board of Education Tuesday approved more than $450,000 in summer roof projects, including a roof replacement for the Parkersburg High School Memorial Field House.

The board approved a $255,410 contract with Murray Sheet Metal for roof replacement of the Field House. Assistant Superintendent Mike Fling said issues with the roof made it impossible to effectively patch.

“When they walked that roof, it is full of pin holes,” Fling said. “Pin holes are more unpredictable than tears because you don’t know where they are going to go. There are several patches on that roof already.”

Fling said because the Field House was a full replacement and because it was a significantly large project, the work was bid separately from other roof projects.