KENNEBUNK — New roof drains will be installed at Kennebunk
Elementary School before the start of the school year, after three failing
drains have led to flooding concerns.
The drains failed during a storm June 23, flooding 29
classrooms, bathrooms and hallways. While the three failing neoprene drains have
been replaced with new cast iron drains, RSU 21 Facilities Supervisor Alyce Swan
received support from the RSU 21 Board of Directors for replacing the remaining
24 roof drains.
"We're really in a good place right now," Swan said of the
work that's been completed, which included removing all wet materials like
carpet, wall tiles, and classroom items. "Everything that was wet, it went. We
sort of worried about the rest of it later. There were a lot of people here
working as quickly as we could to get the water out of the building, but having
said that, there was a lot of water."
She said the roof drains have "been a problem," causing
issues three other times in the building, which opened in 2004, though not as
severe. Swan said changing all 27 drains to a cast iron system will take care of
concerns.
"It's really nerve-wracking every time it rains," Swan
said.
The drains used at KES are not in any other school in the
RSU, Swan said. Swan said she reviewed files from when KES was constructed and
found that the builder wanted to change plans from the neoprene drains to cast
iron, but that never took place.
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