Flat Roof Scupper Drain Detail

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Flat roof scupper drain detail.

Field fabricated wall expansion joint curb type detail. The detail shows an alternate method of constructing either type of scupper. Paraguard roof drain with paraflex 531 liquid flashing. Cover strip end lap treatment.

Using this method permits adding a drain at the roof s low point. The scupper is locked and soldered to the closure flange on all sides. Adding drains for ponding roofs it is possible to add new roof drains to relieve ponding on a sagged flat roof as shown at left. A scupper is almost always part of a peripheral drainage system which is a drainage system in which the water drains off the sides of the roof instead of through the roof itself using drains an internal drainage system.

There are roof coating products available if there isn t enough slant or slope to accomplish this. This is a small flat roof with a wide mouth scupper. Hold your cursor over the file name to view when a drawing was last updated. The best draining system for a flat roof.

On the roof side overflow scuppers can be detailed similar to detail 10 5d. In short a scupper is a detail that provides drainage to a roof system by allowing the water runoff from the roof to exit the roof through a metal edge parapet wall or through the deck into a downspout or leader not run through the interior of the building. Scuppers are roof drains on the edge of the roof. Drain with inter ply parapro flashing.

The detail drawings are grouped by details and can be downloaded below in dwg or pdf format. Notice that the new drain extends through the shortest possible route to the building exterior where it is conducted to ground or to a storm drain. Unlike most industry standard roof canales made of wood and sheet metal which deteriorate rapidly in a few short years our fiberspan concrete canales roof scuppers endure the most extreme of weather conditions for many years. There are three types of drain systems commonly used on flat roofs.

Firestone has developed cad drawings of its tpo installation details to assist roofing professionals with the specification of firestone tpo roofing systems. Field fabricated wall expansion joint flat type detail. Of course the best designed flat roof has the correct amount of pitch to drain the water off naturally. Each of these systems has its own pros and cons.