Shingle To Flat Roof Transition

Install bottom roofing panels first.

Shingle to flat roof transition.

Pitch transitions are a common roof detail. See the illustration below. This is a fairly common roof detail. 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.

Repeat step 3 on the opposite end of the roof transition. 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. People don t like the look of the exposed membrane so there is always a temptation to shingle over the lower roof membrane. The roof plane goes from one pitch to a lower pitch.

Know that there are a number of cities that will allow for composition asphalt roof shingles at a two to 12. We see this quite frequently in log home roofs with porches for example. How to shingle a flat roof step 1. We re going to do a pitch transition or change.

Keep in mind that. 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. Set your store to see local. In many instances the lower roof is deep enough that the exposed roofing isn t visible from the ground.

Hold the end of a chalk line at one of the outermost top corners of the carport roof frame. A roof pitch transition is a line in the roof plane that changes pitch. The starter strip must be securely glued on the armourvalley membrane. Measure 1 1 2 from bottom edge of transition flashing.

This video shows the transition of a shingle roof to a metal roof. Understand that most contractors prefer using a roll out roofing as opposed to shingles when roofing low pitch. But in cases where it is visible and either the homeowner or an architect doesn t want to see a big exposure the. 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.

String the line along the top of the frame until it meets the shingle roof.