Some homes have roof sections often over a porch small addition entryway or garage that are just too flat for shingles.
Low slope roof residentail addition.
Flintlastic sa products feature easy and clean application and also have granulated surfaces with colors that coordinate with certainteed shingles providing the homeowner with a complete and coordinated solution for roof designs that transition from steep to low slope.
In combination with iko roof fast cap sheets it provides waterproofing properties and durability for low slope roofs.
They re far more common in commercial buildings than residential.
It s easy for the contractor to build and easy on the homeowner s budget says schultz but it makes the new space look like an obvious add on.
Deckseal roofing membranes deliver premium durable system performance for many challenging low slope applications such as additions garages and porches.
For a low slope residential roof there are two main options.
Typically a low slope roof is made up of continuous roofing materials such as built up and single ply roofing.
Iko roof fast base ma is a fiberglass reinforced nailable base with a special film surface designed to be used as one of iko s roof fast low slope roofing components.
For residential low slope owens corning has applied its 75 years of building science technology to introduce the deckseal self adhered sa roofing system for residential low slope.
The solution according to trevor atwell owner of atwell exterior services llc in greenville north carolina is to install a self adhered modified bitumen.
With so little slope a shingled roof won t shed water sufficiently resulting in leaks and damaged wood.
1 cover the entire surface with a self adhesive flashing membrane such as grace ice water shield there are many equivalent products.
Not pretty but effective low slope roofs go from flat to a slope of one in four meaning the roof rises vertically 4 inches for each 12 inches of horizontal run.
Then apply standard asphalt shingles over the membrane.
We are well versed in tying in your existing shingle roof with a low slope roof on an addition or patio.
In some cases a homeowner may choose an option such as a self adhering membrane residential roof system which offers the multi layer protection of a membrane roof with the traditional granule look of a shingled or built up roof.
These panels generally come with a painted mill finish or a clear acrylic finish.
Self adhesive flashing membrane under the shingles prevents leakage on low slope roofs.
These offer lasting protection against snow ice and elements and hold up well to foot traffic on low slope roofs.
This is the simplest solution a single slope that s attached to the original house at the high point and slants down to the outer wall of the addition.
Many homes were designed and built with flat roofs and many more have additions that utilize low slope roofing.
Low slope structural roofing generally used on roof pitches ranging from 12 to 3 12 consists of interlocking panels commonly called standing seam roofing that run vertically along the roof surface.
