Slope Roof Paropet

The first example below shows a hybrid of traditional flat roofs.

Slope roof paropet.

Roof terrace including roof garden. This reduces the chance that water will enter the wall through open coping joints or leave unsightly stains on the top of the coping as the water evaporates. The cure for parapetitus is continuity of the control layers and letting things move when they have to move. Mono pitched roofs pitched here means a roof plane rather than a slope and implies it is not a flat roof.

Different types of parapet walls and their uses are discussed below. Parapet walls can be constructed using different materials like reinforced cement concrete steel aluminium glass etc. The top surface of a well designed parapet wall coping should be slanted or curved to shed water. The main roof beyond has a coping cap flashing piece over the parapet wall.

Regular asphalt shingles and standard skylights will work at pitches of 4 12 or greater but at lower pitches you have to use different materials. The same with protections from falling such as a balustrade parapet walls or surrounding raised plant beds used as a living or public dining space. Max baker and stonewall jackson would be proud. By low slope roofing we mean any roof that is pitched at less than 4 inches of rise in 12 inches of run or 4 12 pitch.

The cantilevered roof overhangs have a gravel stop metal flashing piece at the roof edge concealing the slope.