When the roof of an addition garage porch or patio meets a brick wall the intersection creates a number of concerns.
300 000 1994 roof to wall.
It is more accurate to describe such a roof as semi flat.
The flat roofing material must go up the wall a minimum of 12 or up the wall and over the top of the wall if the wall is less than 12 high.
Yes even flat roof to wall intersections are not being properly done.
A roof must have some slope in order to shed rainwater.
Frame the roof first then fill in the openings at gable ends til the snakes can t sneak through.
Fabric is not required on the section of smartvent attached to the wall only the roof area.
And if the home does need a.
If the block wall comprises either a 140 mm or 190.
If the wall is built from hollow concrete blocks a minimum anchor depth of 400 mm is required for heavy roofs and generally 600 mm for light roofs.
Install the smartvent end fabric at the roof edge hanging half 5 25 beyond the roof edge and nailing fabric to roof deck note.
Here is an attempt though maybe not a very good one to make the roof flashing serve also as a through the wall flashing with a.
New florida codes compel contractors to upgrade the roof wall connections on qualifying older homes when replacing the roof covering.
Generally the minimum for heavy roofs is three brick courses or 300 mm from the wall plate and 600 mm if the roof is categorized light.
Benchmark the shear capacity of roof to wall connections load direction parallel to wall assembled with hand driven common nails pneumatic nails and a combination of pneumatic nails and light gage steel roof clips using full scale roof assembly tests and individual connection tests.
Exterior wall parapet rafters prep.
Height depends on total roof system thickness including framing and roof slope.
So in reality flat roofs are never totally flat but rather have a slight fall the minimum of a flat roof is 1 50.
How to frame a roof against a brick wall.
In this article richard reynolds who helped write the new code language outlines the steps involved.
How to inspect the connections that tie existing rafters or trusses to the wall plate to determine whether retrofitting is needed.
The fabric can be folded to 6 x 10 5 to fit properly before nailing to cover the smartvent roof edge.
The roof framing itself in this.