Roof Upstand Detail

The continuous locking strip is soldered to the valley flashing.

Roof upstand detail.

Roof lantern cill plate. The job of an upstand sometimes referred to as a kerb is to lift the glass element of your rooflight off of the roof s surface and is required by building regulations for safety and weathering reasons. Components to be supplied by just roof lanterns. Upstands acknowledge the fact that rainwater can build up on a roof during heavy storm events.

Roof lantern upstand details for our traditional roof lanterns. Find out how to accurately measure your timer to timber upstand and how to order the correct size traditional roof lantern. If you were interfacing with rainscreen cladding without an upstand and overlap water will just run into the building. This detail shows a method of detailing a valley condition on a standing seam roof.

This kerb is called an upstand the outside face of which allows the flat roofs external surfacing to lap up and form a weather tight junction. Call for a free quote. They often arise because the roof is considered too late in the process when decisions about the rest of the design cannot be changed or are already built. Our industry leading upstands are con.

Materials and works to be carried out by others. Timber packer requirement depends upon kerb width. The copper roofing laps the valley flashing a minimum of 6 and is folded and locked into a continuous copper locking strip. 201 polito avenue lyndhurst new jersey 07071 united states of america phone 1 201 933 8800 fax 1 201 804 1076.

Manufacturers of excellent quality roof lanterns and aluminium bi folding doors. Aluminium glass end closure. A frequently posed question when designing flat roofs is what upstand height do i need on the face of it a simple question with one may think a simple answer. Most flat roof upstand problems arise from restrictions in height such as planning restrictions which cannot be avoided.

If you just took your waterproofing up to the edge of the roof and didn t have an upstand the local construction would get saturated. All our roof lanterns shown on this website are designed to be fixed onto a kerb like detail which rises proud of the supporting flat roof assembly precisely at the open edge of the lantern aperture. Should i make my own upstand.