Parapet Roof Residence

Terminate roofing on parapet wall with mechanically fastened termination bar.

Parapet roof residence.

While a roof parapet wall may seem like a small detail in the grand scheme of the entire building design it can actually change the dynamic of an entire roof both in terms of cosmetic detailing and safety. It is used at a single ply roof membrane sloped per foot to a gutter like on the bainbridge residence that we designed and built above. At the highest point of the sloped roof the parapet is about 10 tall at the lowest point the parapet is about 14 tall. 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.

A parapet roof is simply put when a building s outermost walls extend upwards past the roof around the edges most often by a few feet. Max baker and stonewall jackson would be proud. Insulate within parapet wall cavity to depth of roof insulation if present. A parapet roof involves a typical sloped roof that is concealed behind a parapet wall so that it gives the impression of being flat.

The parapet roofby far the most common type of flat roof isn t actually flat at all. The cure for parapetitus is continuity of the control layers and letting things move when they have to move.