Flat Roof To Pitched Roof Transition

This latest project was in early december in lambeth ontario for a residential home that had an existing sloped or shingled roof that needed to tie into a ne.

Flat roof to pitched roof transition.

In many instances the lower roof is deep enough that the exposed roofing isn t visible from the ground. Armourfix and armourvalley membranes must be installed and extended 60 90 cm up the main roof underneath the shingles in order to assure a waterproof connection. This is a fairly common roof detail. We see this quite frequently in log home roofs with porches for example.

Most roof leaks on both flat and pitched roofs are due to failed flashing pieces of metal or other material covering joints between a roof plane and intervening elements such as walls vent pipes chimneys dormer windows etc it s also common that a flat roof of sound design and structural condition leaks simply because the roofing. Getting water off a flat roof sounds like a tricky scenario. Transition flashing installation guide 1. A very important detail is where the flat roof is connecting the pitch roof.

Pitch transitions are a common roof detail. After bottom roofing panels have been installed set one piece of transition flashing down where the top portion non hemmed of the transition flashing lies flat on the upper roof 3. A roof pitch transition is a line in the roof plane that changes pitch. But in cases where it is visible and either the homeowner or an architect doesn t want to see a big exposure the self sealing characteristics of epdm or tpo the low slope roof membranes we typically use will provide some measure of.

Measure 1 1 2 from bottom edge of transition flashing. See the illustration below. We re going to do a pitch transition or change. They would be more accurately called low slope roofs.

We need to do something where that change happens so the panels can go down and water can come off hit the lower slope and come off the roof. Install bottom roofing panels first 2. The roof plane goes from one pitch to a lower pitch. However flat roofs are not really flat.