The Rumsey Curling Club is getting a new, more durable tin roof.
Kent Holowath of the Rumsey Ag Society said the need for the new roof was identified about two years ago at a regular club meeting.
The building’s roof is currently leaking, which fortunately hasn’t caused any damage to the interior of the curling club, Holowath said.
Money for the roof project was raised through community support of various fundraisers and the receipt of matching grants from the province.
Of the $40,000 project costs, the curling club pays $10,000, and the other $10,000 of their share can be contributed in the form of volunteer labour and volunteer equipment.
Holowath expects anywhere from five to twenty volunteers each day will be helping out under the direction of the contractor hired to oversee the work and get the tin put on.
Work crews will also be adding eavestroughing to the building which it never previously had, Holowath said, to prevent sinkage of and water seepage into the building.
The work to replace the old roofing was rescheduled to August 5/6 from the original July 28 date, due to bad weather and the project materials arriving later than expected.
The club hopes to have any repairs finished and the roofing completed by the third week in August, in time for the local garden show.
Holowath dates the curling club construction as 1980, and said this will be the third roof replacement for the building.
