Flat Roof Meets Pitched Roof Detail

A v shaped roof resembling an open book.
Flat roof meets pitched roof detail. Part 3 of the four part guide to roof construction covers pitched roof detail. Where a pitched roof abuts the wall at an angle. A selection of roof detail drawings including flat roof details pitched roof details mansard roof detail parapet verge ridge and eaves details. Although flat roofs are cheaper to build than pitched roofs they have a shorter life span.
Click the image for low res preview. Flat roof construction for residential. Roof ridges and ridge tiles roof hips and hip tiles roof valleys roof verges and lead flashings. Waterproof membrane to prevent water penetrating the structure and interior of the.
2 50 vat add to basket includes dwg dxf and jpeg. A roof with a monitor. A raised structure running part or all of the way along the ridge of a double pitched roof with its own roof running parallel with the main roof butterfly roof v roof 7 london roof 8. A very important detail is where the flat roof is connecting the pitch roof.
Click the image for low res preview. A roof is considered to be flat when it is of a slope of 1 5 o to the horizontal. 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. According to improve net s online roofing calculator a flat roof is significantly cheaper than a pitched roof.
This collection of 18 articles animations and videos identifies the critical roof flashing areas illustrates durable roof flashing details and shows how to flash roofs right in the real world. The starter strip and first row of shingles must be applied 25 cm from the bottom of the slope roof or main roof above the slope transition. A flat roof usually consists of the following. Part 1 a guide to roof construction covers an overview of flat and pitched roofs.
Size up the job. A 900 square foot flat roof in the san francisco area made of concrete tiles costs. Since re felting there s a new gulley where the flat roof abuts the sloping tiled roof previously the tiles on the pitched roof covered the join and water from the pitched roof ran on to the flat roof and safely into guttering now rainwater is running through this gulley and then via a newly created notch in the side edge of the flat roof.