Leak in Gampel Roof? | Page 2 | The Boneyard

Leak in Gampel Roof?

UCTitleTown said:
Say that the next time you pay $25k to replace your roof and come home to water stains on your freshly painted ceiling and a huge puddle in your living room. I'm pretty sure you're going to call the roofing company.
Expand ...

I've spent $2m to have roofs replaced.

They tend to have their most impressive leaks right before you replace them - and then right after.
 
jdb50 said:
The entire roof was redone. All interior fabric panels replaced obviously. But the aluminum outside triangles were removed and resealed when put back in place. It was a bad design from he get go and we are stuck with it. An arena like the one in Providence would have been much better, with all chairbacks and increased seating capacity, but someone had to reinvent the wheel.
Expand ...
The Providence arena has had multiple roof leaks impact games. Most recent issue was in 2022 in game versus Xavier
 
Rain yesterday was crazy - it was pouring down, sideways, probably up in some areas with wind whipping - had a roof leak at home as well.

But roof leaks bode well for us apparently.
 
.-.
UCTitleTown said:
Say that the next time you pay $25k to replace your roof and come home to water stains on your freshly painted ceiling and a huge puddle in your living room. I'm pretty sure you're going to call the roofing company.
Expand ...
Ouch. Y need a better roofer
 
Honest question - is there a backup for situations like this? What if the leak hadn't been contained? Would they really have played in the practice facility, as Shaka suggested? Maybe XL is the backup (though not like that roof has an excellent track record, lol)?
 
TJT said:
The Providence arena has had multiple roof leaks impact games. Most recent issue was in 2022 in game versus Xavier
Expand ...
The Gampel roof must have 1000 seams with all the aluminum triangles. Remember they still have a moisture problem between the white interior panels and the exterior roof that has UConn running large flexible pipes with fans to vent when events are not going on. It was shown in a Courant article regarding the money UConn is requesting for Gampel upgrades. We are pumping money into flawed buildings in Storrs and Hartford. Blow up one or the other and build a modern arena. The Providence building is much better for fans. I was at UConn from 75 to 79. The original plans showed a way different arena in the Daily campus with a higher capacity. The Gampel roof will be a problem forever.
 
.-.
Better Yet, Ditch The Toscano Family Forum, and build a $12,000 Multi purpose arena for Men's Basketball and Men's Ice Hockey, Like Conte forum. It's emabarrasing that a podunk college like Sacred Heart blows our hockey facilities away
 
Monte said:
Or, FOX Sports wanted a delay because the previous game was NOT over until well after 8:30!
Expand ...
So Fox Sports has the power to magically make roofs leak on demand
 
Scrutineer said:
The roof was 27 years old when the interior tiles were replaced and the exterior tiles resealed.

dailycampus.com

Gampel Pavilion roof repairs to begin in mid-May

The University of Connecticut will begin repair work to the roof and ceiling of Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in mid-May, with the project expected to be complete in October, the university announced in…
dailycampus.com dailycampus.com

"The project will also reseal the exterior of the roof, which has begun to wear off and cause leaks."

It was supposed to extend the life of the roof by 10-15 years but it looks as if it turned out to be only 8 years. Bad estimate? Or poor quality of work?
Expand ...
Meanwhile, I bet there are roofs in Italy that were built in 1300 that still don’t leak
 
TJT said:
Wasn't the roof replaced several years ago at a cost of over $10M?
Expand ...
Yes, it was more than a "few" years ago, if memory serves me. They had an issue during a girl's game, when CPTV, was still doing games, so that puts it at least 25 years give or take a few.
 
jdb50 said:
The entire roof was redone. All interior fabric panels replaced obviously. But the aluminum outside triangles were removed and resealed when put back in place. It was a bad design from he get go and we are stuck with it. An arena like the one in Providence would have been much better, with all chairbacks and increased seating capacity, but someone had to reinvent the wheel.
Expand ...
The round arena was always going to be an issue. You could never expand the seating capacity. The only way they did was to add seats at the corners. To do a major upgrade for capacity would be to remove dome, then add another level. We all know that will not happen for a number of reasons. Price, and resistance from Hartford, to name just 2.
 
.-.
Brooklyn NY said:
Better Yet, Ditch The Toscano Family Forum, and build a $12,000 Multi purpose arena for Men's Basketball and Men's Ice Hockey, Like Conte forum. It's emabarrasing that a podunk college like Sacred Heart blows our hockey facilities away
Expand ...
If you can get it built for $12k, there's probably somebody who will at least take a meeting with you. Maybe even naming rights for as little as $5k through a GoFundMe.
 
The roof???
The roof,....the roof, ..wasn't on fire,
wednesday nite it poured, ...,
we don't need another , let another wait its turn, ...
turn, make another,... wait its turn
....
 

Attachments

  • 20250305_230513.jpg
    20250305_230513.jpg
    1.8 MB · Views: 46
Last edited:
with schools being able to play players directly soon I vote we leave the roof, get some towels, and crush the portal and 5 stars
 
The freezing air temperature outside combined with the sellout crowd and rising air temperature on the inside caused significant thermal shock to the tiles. This resulted in the rapid expansion of interior joints and warping causing uneven seems and minor gaps . Similar to placing a hot pan in cold water.
 
I was there on Weds and had no idea it was because of a leak. I thought they were inexplicably waiting for DePaul/Providence.
 
.-.
boog204 said:
whole program has gotten soft... even the building can't play defense.
Expand ...
Yeah! You know, the Fieldhouse was way too tough to leak!! Oh wait... never mind!
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,160
Messages
4,555,228
Members
10,438
Latest member
UConnheart


Top Bottom