An extra $54,000 seemed a mere drop in the bucket for members of the Coatesville Area School Board when it came to replacing a leaking elementary school roof.

The board unanimously opted for the more durable and longer-lasting tri-polymer alloy polyvinyl chloride (TPA PVC) roofing material while approving the $898,200 roof replacement project for Reeceville Elementary School, according to a Daily Local News report.

The TPA PVC is more resistant to damaging ultraviolet rays from the sun than the next-best option, thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO), consultant Jeff Chambers of Chambers Associates said in the article. “If you’re looking at cost, I would go with the TPO; if you’re looking at quality, long-term, I would go with the TPA PVC.”

The project will be paid for from the district’s dedicated construction fund and is expected to be finished by Nov. 1.

Read more of the roofing project discussion and details in the Daily Local News here.