Pitch To Flat Roof Transition

We are in the process of having a standing seam metal roof installed.

Pitch to flat roof transition.

The starter strip and first row of shingles must be applied 25 cm from the bottom of the slope roof or main roof above the slope transition. Install bottom roofing panels first 2. Various styles of a pitched roof can be built or you can purchase pre manufactured trusses. A roof pitch transition is a line in the roof plane that changes pitch.

Measure 1 1 2 from bottom edge of transition flashing. 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. 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. This is a fairly common roof detail.

Transition flashing installation guide 1. A very important detail is where the flat roof is connecting the pitch roof. 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.

We see this quite frequently in log home roofs with porches for example. Now we re going to look at something that does happen quite often. Pitch transitions are a common roof detail. 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.

Learn more about the installation of pitch transition trim by watching the short video or reading the transcript below. Most people view pitching a flat roof as a tedious job.