Flat Roof Parapet Coping Details

Normally you would find the venting at the soffit the underside of the roof overhang.

Flat roof parapet coping details.

The parapet itself is standard wood framing with an applied siding in this case t g 1 4 cedar. Like any roof with batt insulation the venting is an important part of the system. Wall with self terminating paraflex 531 liquid flashing. Expansion joint roof to wall paraguard expansion joint roof to wall wall with self terminating parapro flashing.

Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board. 100 dan road canton ma 02021 phone 1 800 451 2504 sales 1 800 576 2358. Parapet with paraguard coping. Hold your cursor over the file name to view when a drawing was last updated.

Pac tite coping also offers design flexibility capable of accommodating wall widths up to 32. The assembly is straight forward but what complicates matters is that the roof needs to be vented. The detail drawings are grouped by details and can be downloaded below in dwg or pdf format. The copper coping is bent down 4 on both sides of the wall at an angle of 90 degrees.

Collection by alex radford foster. If you didn t get it right you concentrated the stresses at roof edges and you could suck in a parapet or tear or rip a membrane at the parapet photographs 3 and 4. Some plain parapets come with an added coping or corbel to help bear structural load but most of them are simply flat extensions of the wall below the roof. Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board.

For example assume 20 oz. Firestone has developed cad drawings of its tpo installation details to assist roofing professionals with the specification of firestone tpo roofing systems. Lightning protection system roof mounted paratread. Concealed 8 wide splice plates include sealant strips to produce a watertight seal at the joints while allowing for proper thermal movement.

The superior engineering of pac tite coping ensures an aesthetically pleasing high performance installation. An embattled parapet is an older kind of parapet which isn t really used today in modern buildings but can still be seen in many older buildings. At the highest point of the sloped roof the parapet is about 10 tall at the lowest point the parapet is about 14 tall. Curb with adhesive.

Courtesy of max baker and the national research council of canada. Parapet with plywood sheathing.