Flat Roof Parapet Coping Details

Pac tite coping also offers design flexibility capable of accommodating wall widths up to 32.

Flat roof parapet coping details.

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. Wall with self terminating paraflex 531 liquid flashing. The superior engineering of pac tite coping ensures an aesthetically pleasing high performance installation.

Curb with adhesive. Lightning protection system roof mounted paratread. Like any roof with batt insulation the venting is an important part of the system. 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.

Collection by alex radford foster. Hold your cursor over the file name to view when a drawing was last updated. For example assume 20 oz. Normally you would find the venting at the soffit the underside of the roof overhang.

Parapet with plywood sheathing. The detail drawings are grouped by details and can be downloaded below in dwg or pdf format. The width of the coping the weight and the location of expansion joints can all be determined by utilizing table 10b. Courtesy of max baker and the national research council of canada.

Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board. At the highest point of the sloped roof the parapet is about 10 tall at the lowest point the parapet is about 14 tall. 100 dan road canton ma 02021 phone 1 800 451 2504 sales 1 800 576 2358. Cold rolled copper is specified as a flat coping cover on an 8 thick parapet wall.

Concealed 8 wide splice plates include sealant strips to produce a watertight seal at the joints while allowing for proper thermal movement. Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board. Firestone has developed cad drawings of its tpo installation details to assist roofing professionals with the specification of firestone tpo roofing systems. The copper coping is bent down 4 on both sides of the wall at an angle of 90 degrees.

Roof membrane temperatures ottawa canada summer day. Parapet with paraguard coping.