Flat Roof Parapet Coping Details

Normally you would find the venting at the soffit the underside of the roof overhang.

Flat roof parapet coping details.

Cold rolled copper is specified as a flat coping cover on an 8 thick parapet wall. The detail drawings are grouped by details and can be downloaded below in dwg or pdf format. Firestone has developed cad drawings of its tpo installation details to assist roofing professionals with the specification of firestone tpo roofing systems. Parapet with paraguard coping.

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. Lightning protection system roof mounted paratread. The assembly is straight forward but what complicates matters is that the roof needs to be vented. Like any roof with batt insulation the venting is an important part of the system.

Expansion joint roof to wall paraguard expansion joint roof to wall wall with self terminating parapro flashing. At the highest point of the sloped roof the parapet is about 10 tall at the lowest point the parapet is about 14 tall. Pac tite coping also offers design flexibility capable of accommodating wall widths up to 32. Wall with self terminating paraflex 531 liquid flashing.

Parapet with plywood sheathing. Courtesy of max baker and the national research council of canada. Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board. Hold your cursor over the file name to view when a drawing was last updated.

Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board. For example assume 20 oz. 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. The copper coping is bent down 4 on both sides of the wall at an angle of 90 degrees.

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. Collection by alex radford foster. Concealed 8 wide splice plates include sealant strips to produce a watertight seal at the joints while allowing for proper thermal movement. 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. Roof membrane temperatures ottawa canada summer day.