Flat Roof Parapet Coping Details

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Flat roof parapet coping details. Roof membrane temperatures ottawa canada summer day. Lightning protection system roof mounted paratread. Parapet with paraguard coping. Collection by alex radford foster.

The detail drawings are grouped by details and can be downloaded below in dwg or pdf format. Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board. The assembly is straight forward but what complicates matters is that the roof needs to be vented. Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board.

Hold your cursor over the file name to view when a drawing was last updated. For example assume 20 oz. Wall with self terminating paraflex 531 liquid flashing. The copper coping is bent down 4 on both sides of the wall at an angle of 90 degrees.

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. Curb with adhesive. The parapet itself is standard wood framing with an applied siding in this case t g 1 4 cedar. At the highest point of the sloped roof the parapet is about 10 tall at the lowest point the parapet is about 14 tall.

Firestone has developed cad drawings of its tpo installation details to assist roofing professionals with the specification of firestone tpo roofing systems. 100 dan road canton ma 02021 phone 1 800 451 2504 sales 1 800 576 2358. The width of the coping the weight and the location of expansion joints can all be determined by utilizing table 10b. Expansion joint roof to wall paraguard expansion joint roof to wall wall with self terminating parapro flashing.

Like any roof with batt insulation the venting is an important part of the system. Concealed 8 wide splice plates include sealant strips to produce a watertight seal at the joints while allowing for proper thermal movement. Cold rolled copper is specified as a flat coping cover on an 8 thick parapet wall. 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.

The superior engineering of pac tite coping ensures an aesthetically pleasing high performance installation. Pac tite coping also offers design flexibility capable of accommodating wall widths up to 32.