How To Transition From Shingle To Flat Roof

People don t like the look of the exposed membrane so there is always a temptation to shingle over the lower roof membrane.

How to transition from shingle to flat roof.

Install bottom roofing panels first. But in cases where it is visible and either the homeowner or an architect doesn t want to see a big exposure the. Hold the end of a chalk line at one of the outermost top corners of the carport roof frame. 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.

We see this quite frequently in log home roofs with porches for example. Mineral spirit but it has a different composition. The starter strip must be securely glued on the armourvalley membrane. 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.

String the line along the top of the frame until it meets the shingle roof. I have heard the same thing about shigles eating epdm. We re going to do a pitch transition or change. See the illustration below.

This is a fairly common roof detail. Measure 1 1 2 from bottom edge of transition flashing. We need to do something where that change happens so the panels can go down and water can come off hit the lower slope and come off the roof. Keep in mind that another method for roofing a low pitch or flat roof is called torch down roofing.

Mark this point of the. This method looks the same as the 90 lb. The roof plane goes from one pitch to a lower pitch. Repeat step 3 on the opposite end of the roof transition.

It requires a 2000 degree torch to heat it as it is being laid down. A roof pitch transition is a line in the roof plane that changes pitch. On two epdm roofs i have done that marry with a shigle roof i always place the epdm and then a roll of alu coil stock between the epdm and the shingles shigles rest on the coil stock roofs have held up for 20 yrs all the best dudley. 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.