Parapet Roof Residence

Parapet flat roof residence how do i set up the wall style for an exterior wall that includes a parapet of about 15 above a flat roof.

Parapet roof residence.

Insulate within parapet wall cavity to depth of roof insulation if present. It is used at a single ply roof membrane sloped per foot to a gutter like on the bainbridge residence that we designed and built above. The cure for parapetitus is continuity of the control layers and letting things move when they have to move. This is a wall that is about 12 high total from the finish grade to the top of the parapet.

At the highest point of the sloped roof the parapet is about 10 tall at the lowest point the parapet is about 14 tall. The parapet roofby far the most common type of flat roof isn t actually flat at all. A parapet roof involves a typical sloped roof that is concealed behind a parapet wall so that it gives the impression of being flat. A parapet roof is simply put when a building s outermost walls extend upwards past the roof around the edges most often by a few feet.

Max baker and stonewall jackson would be proud. Terminate roofing on parapet wall with mechanically fastened termination bar.