Southland Mall Skylight Survey

• Location: 1 Southland Mall Dr Hayward, CA 94545

  

• Project Type: Consultation
• Project Status: Completed
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Mall Skylight Survey and Consultation

Southland Mall is a major shopping mall in Hayward, California. The mall is primarily a single-level structure, with a small lower level beneath anchor retailer JC Penney, and free standing restaurants in the outlying parking areas. The mall currently houses anchor stores Sears, Macy’s, JC Penney and Kohl’s.

An onsite skylight survey and inspection was made on August 25^th 2011  by Skylight Specialists, Inc. Represented by Rob Packard.

Skylights of concern were the acrylic unit skylights.

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1. (1 ea.) Tandem Acrylic Unit Skylights. Arranged in cluster, 13’ x 32’ nominal.
2. (81 ea.) Acrylic self-flashing Unit Skylights. 2’ x 7’ nominal.
   (60 ea.) Acrylic self-flashing Unit Skylights. 1.5’ x 5’ nominal.
3. (104 ea.) Acrylic Curb Mount Skylights. Clear over clear,  3’ x 7’ nominal.
4. (14 ea.) Acrylic Curb Mount Skylights, 7’ x 7’ nominal
   (3 ea.) Acrylic Curb Mount Skylights, 6’ x 6’ nominal
5. (1 ea.) Structural Single Slope Glass Skylight. 23’ x 168’ nominal.

What Our Skylight Survey Found:

1. (1 ea.) Tandem, Acrylic Unit Skylights, arranged in cluster. Skylights leak. Operations manager had it covered with plastic but it disintegrated in the elements.
2. (141) Self-flashing skylights have low curbs and damaged acrylic, leaks. Dangerous skylights because of fall protection liability. 104 (ct) of these were replaced recently. See C.
3. (104) Bristol Fiberlite Skylights. Replaced recently and are new. Installation is incorrect. Skylights were installed with one screw on each end. This allows the aluminum to expand and contract freely. This causes premature gasket failure.
4. (17) Curb Mount, Acrylic, Plasteco Skylights. These are in good condition.The acrylic is not fall protection rated.
5. Structural Glass Skylights are also original but are holding up fairly well. Single layer of tinted glass, unknown if tempered, float or laminated glass. There is no manufacture marking on glass which usually indicates it is not tempered.

Skylight Survey Recommendations:

1. Replace tandem/cluster skylight with barrel vault skylight to eliminate gutters and tandem problems.
2. Replace (141) self flashing skylights with curb mount skylights. Work would include new wood curbs, painted on the interior and re-work of roof flashing.
3. Re-fasten 104 Bristol skylights. Replace with high impact modified acrylic skylights to comply with fall protection codes, if needed.
4. Replace (17) curb mount units (roughly 7’ x 7’) to comply with fall protection codes.