Flat Roof Detail Section With Hvac

Location page 5 factors such as the amount of sunshine temperature surrounding buildings or wind affect a flat roof and need to be considered.

Flat roof detail section with hvac.

Typical methods include banding pitch pockets and cover flashings. Dimensions weight component details cross braces supply return opening layout dimensions and notes which are unique to each unit. Of course you don t need to live in a modern house to deal with a flat roof. Although flat roofs are cheaper to build than pitched roofs they have a shorter life span.

Yet for historic modern style buildings like this old house s cambridge tv project flat roofs are at the core of the architecture meant to reflect the broad horizontal lines of the natural landscape. Isometric section through sun terrace hospital in waiblingen d 1928 richard dăścker roof edge detail according to the frankfurt standard for small dwellings 1927 proposal for roof edge. Hold your cursor over the file name to view when a drawing was last updated. The detail drawings are grouped by detail type and can be downloaded below in dwg or pdf format.

Factors that affect a flat roof construction. A flat roof usually consists of the following. A blower door test is strongly recommended. Firestone has developed cad drawings of its epdm installation details to assist roofing professionals with the specification of firestone epdm roofing systems.

Banding is typically used to seal soil vent pipes on single ply roofs such as fdt rhepanol pib and involves wrapping an unreinforced membrane around the pipe to a minimum height of 150mm. Airtightness page 7 very good levels of airtightness are required for all flat roof constructions. Otherwise the system may not work the way it should. Large flashings are formed with a hook edge on the top and sides and cleated to the sheathing at 12 o c.

Of course there is an installation spec manual from ib roofs which we always keep handy and actually had to use once or twice. The lower edge is hemmed for stiffness. York does not provide roof system materials required in the fl ashing of a structural member through a roof deck. The base flashing extends onto the roof a minimum of 4 and is soldered to the ventilator.

You d start at the bottom edge with a 1 2 inch to 1 1 2 inch piece and then at the up slope side place a sheet of 1 inch flat foam and layer another piece of the tapered foam on top of it. A roof is considered to be flat when it is of a slope of 1 5o to the horizontal. If for instance you wanted to add 1 4 inch per foot to a dead flat roof you would get foam that ranges from 1 2 inch thick to 1 1 2 inches thick over 4 feet. This detail illustrates a method of flashing a ventilator on a sloped roof.

What typical detailing methods are used to seal flat roof penetrations. Waterproof membrane to prevent water penetrating the structure and interior of the building.