Parapet Wall Rubber Roofing

Identify the outlet location and cut a cross into the rubber large enough to allow the outlet through.

Parapet wall rubber roofing.

Install the epdm rubber as normal for a parapet wall finish. Apply water cut off mastic to the back of the angled flange and then push the outlet through the opening until it meets with the parapet wall and the roof surface. In this case the capacity of the parapet depends on the bond strength condition of the masonry at the point where the roof framing members engage the wall. Minimum of 12 to top of parapet.

The perimeter of the roof assembly insulation is wrapped to prevent interstitial airflow from the parapet into the multilayered rigid insulation of the field of the roof. Top of parapet below cap to be sealed with fluid applied flashing. They can also improve the proportions of a building by increasing the apparent height. Installing new fully adhered epdm rubber system wall detail.

The most common mistake at this intersection is to allow the metal coping to but up to the wall without the application of termination metal. The cure for parapetitus is continuity of the control layers and letting things move when they have to move. In many bearing walls where roof framing members are set into beam pockets the parapet is a continuation of the masonry wall below. Parapet walls can be constructed using different materials like reinforced cement concrete steel aluminium glass etc.

Parapets can also hide unsightly roofing material or equipment that is placed on the roof such as vents. Do not lap tpo over top of parapet unless required by unique construction conditions. Different types of parapet walls and their uses are discussed below. A parapet wall is a low or dwarf wall built along the edge of the roof terrace walkway balcony etc.

A critical and often overlooked design detail is at the termination of a parapet coping at a wall. Xmm gap in diagram above one piece rubber roof fully adhered. The outside of the parapet wall will have a similar finish to the rest of the exterior walls.