Low Pitch Roof Installation

Install the membrane horizontally starting at the bottom of the slope.

Low pitch roof installation.

Drip edge or drip cap is either plastic or sheet metal. Snap together versus seamed. Roofs on victorian era houses were often sharply. 1 cover the entire surface with a self adhesive flashing membrane such as grace ice water shield there are many equivalent products.

This pitch might be as low as 1 12. Install roll roofing when the temperature is at least 50 degrees fahrenheit to keep the material from cracking. It not only protects the roof but it also protects the fascia. But the taller profiles like standing seam and pbr shown below can be installed on roofs with as low as 1 4 or 1 2 in 12 pitch.

Unroll and position the roll. It was fashionable for modern style homes built in the 1960s to have little pitch just a barely negligible slope to help drain water. These self adhesive sheets have a special release film on the back for easy installation. Their fasteners are either concealed or screwed at the top of a ridge which makes them less likely to leak.

Install peel and stick roofing in a similar manner. For a low slope residential roof there are two main options. Iko roof fast cap sheets are ideal for any new or re roofing low slope residential project. They can be used alone or in combination with roof fast base sheets.

Attain high marks for low slope roof installation potential for ponding water. To prevent damage low slope roofs must be correctly designed and installed to divert. Although some snapped seam or through fastened overlapped roof panels are used on lowslope. When the slope is rather steep 3 12 25 and above it is best to mechanically fasten the membrane by adding roofing nails to the horizontal overlaps every 12 in 30 cm before covering them with the next membrane strip note.

Learn more about common installation practices for low slope residential applications including why owen corning deckseal roofing system is a preferred choice. All roof shingles applied to a low slope deck 2 to below 4 per foot require the use of certainteed winterguard waterproofing shingle underlayment or its equivalent applied over the entire deck surface. Consult the winterguard and individual shingle application instructions for details.