Pitch To Flat Roof Transition

You will need to ensure that you are in standards with your local building codes and have the permits required.

Pitch to flat roof transition.

Pitch transitions are a common roof detail. 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. See the illustration below. A roof pitch transition is a line in the roof plane that changes pitch.

We are in the process of having a standing seam metal roof installed. This is a fairly common roof detail. 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. We see this quite frequently in log home roofs with porches for example.

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 flat roof already has a slight pitch as it is required by law. A very important detail is where the flat roof is connecting the pitch roof. Install bottom roofing panels first 2.

The roof plane goes from one pitch to a lower pitch. Now we re going to look at something that does happen quite often. Measure 1 1 2 from bottom edge of transition flashing. After bottom roofing panels have been installed set one piece of transition flashing down where the top portion non hemmed of the transition flashing lies flat on the upper roof 3.

Various styles of a pitched roof can be built or you can purchase pre manufactured trusses. Learn more about the installation of pitch transition trim by watching the short video or reading the transcript below.