Here is my situation.
Sloped roof to flat roof transition.
This later lead to a lot more drywall damage.
We are in the process of having a standing seam metal roof installed.
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.
I have a 12x40 rectangular flat roof that is met on all sides by a slate roof.
I want to install a new epdm flat roof.
You ll have a steeper part of your roof turning into a lower slope so there s a steeper pitch up top and a lower pitch on the bottom.
It turns out that our flat roof which is the roof over our 4 seasons porch and is an extension of the original house.
We re going to do a pitch transition or change.
My building has flat ceilings at both ends with a sloped ceiling over the center portion.
Epdm flat roof to sloped roof transition.
A very important detail is where the flat roof is connecting the pitch roof.
Our 4 12 pitched roof transitions to a flat roof on three sides with two valleys feeding into the flat roof on the corners pls see pic we had the flat roof covered with tpo which runs at least a foot up the sloped roof on the three sides.
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.
The water runs off the long ends that is flat roof is highest in the middle and slopes to the 40 foot sides.
My truss designer has asked if i want a supplemental flat bottom chord truss to make these transitions.
There are two key details for the transition between steep and low slopes.
The distance that the lower roof membrane laps onto the steeper sloped roof and the need for isolation between incompatible materials.
I am working on finalizing my roof truss order.
In other words there will be two transitions between flat and sloped ceilings.
This latest project was in early december in lambeth ontario for a residential home that had an existing sloped or shingled roof that needed to tie into a ne.
We also have a stack that comes out of the flat roof that has caused leaking as well.