How To Transition From Shingle To Flat Roof

We see this quite frequently in log home roofs with porches for example.

How to transition from shingle to flat roof.

The roof plane goes from one pitch to a lower pitch. Keep in mind that another method for roofing a low pitch or flat roof is called torch down roofing. The starter strip must be securely glued on the armourvalley membrane. 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.

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. I have heard the same thing about shigles eating epdm. A roof pitch transition is a line in the roof plane that changes pitch. 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.

This method looks the same as the 90 lb. This is a fairly common roof detail. Mineral spirit but it has a different composition. It requires a 2000 degree torch to heat it as it is being laid down.

Pitch transitions are a common roof detail. Hold the end of a chalk line at one of the outermost top corners of the carport roof frame. People don t like the look of the exposed membrane so there is always a temptation to shingle over the lower roof membrane. We re going to do a pitch transition or change.

Measure 1 1 2 from bottom edge of transition flashing. Mark this point of the. In many instances the lower roof is deep enough that the exposed roofing isn t visible from the ground. 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.

Repeat step 3 on the opposite end of the roof transition. Install bottom roofing panels first. String the line along the top of the frame until it meets the shingle roof. See the illustration below.