Flat Roof Scupper Drain Detail

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Flat roof scupper drain detail.

Hold your cursor over the file name to view when a drawing was last updated. A scupper is almost always part of a peripheral drainage system which is a drainage system in which the water drains off the sides of the roof instead of through the roof itself using drains an internal drainage system. Notice that the new drain extends through the shortest possible route to the building exterior where it is conducted to ground or to a storm drain. The scupper is locked and soldered to the closure flange on all sides.

On the roof side overflow scuppers can be detailed similar to detail 10 5d. Of course the best designed flat roof has the correct amount of pitch to drain the water off naturally. The best draining system for a flat roof. Scuppers are roof drains on the edge of the roof.

Cover strip end lap treatment. Field fabricated wall expansion joint curb type detail. The detail shows an alternate method of constructing either type of scupper. A canale roof scupper is a spout drain installed in the parapet of a flat roof building to drain rainwater.

Download free high quality cad drawings blocks and details of roof drains organized by masterformat. Unlike most industry standard roof canales made of wood and sheet metal which deteriorate rapidly in a few short years our fiberspan concrete canales roof scuppers endure the most extreme of weather conditions for many years. Each of these systems has its own pros and cons. When a scupper is connected with a down pipe the chances are it will freeze during winter and not drain any water.

There are roof coating products available if there isn t enough slant or slope to accomplish this. This is a small flat roof with a wide mouth scupper. Drain with inter ply parapro flashing. Field fabricated wall expansion joint flat type detail.

There are three types of drain systems commonly used on flat roofs. In short a scupper is a detail that provides drainage to a roof system by allowing the water runoff from the roof to exit the roof through a metal edge parapet wall or through the deck into a downspout or leader not run through the interior of the building. The top of the roof side flange is extended into a masonry joint. The detail drawings are grouped by details and can be downloaded below in dwg or pdf format.