Flat Roof Parapet Coping Details

Parapet with plywood sheathing.

Flat roof parapet coping details.

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. Roof membrane temperatures ottawa canada summer day. 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. The parapet itself is standard wood framing with an applied siding in this case t g 1 4 cedar.

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. At the highest point of the sloped roof the parapet is about 10 tall at the lowest point the parapet is about 14 tall. For example assume 20 oz. Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board.

Wall with self terminating paraflex 531 liquid flashing. Parapet with paraguard coping. Lightning protection system roof mounted paratread. The copper coping is bent down 4 on both sides of the wall at an angle of 90 degrees.

Hold your cursor over the file name to view when a drawing was last updated. Pac tite coping also offers design flexibility capable of accommodating wall widths up to 32. Nov 30 2014 explore alex radford foster s board. 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. Concealed 8 wide splice plates include sealant strips to produce a watertight seal at the joints while allowing for proper thermal movement. 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.

Firestone has developed cad drawings of its tpo installation details to assist roofing professionals with the specification of firestone tpo roofing systems. Courtesy of max baker and the national research council of canada. Normally you would find the venting at the soffit the underside of the roof overhang. Collection by alex radford foster.

The assembly is straight forward but what complicates matters is that the roof needs to be vented. The superior engineering of pac tite coping ensures an aesthetically pleasing high performance installation.