Flat Roof Scupper Drain Detail

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Flat roof scupper drain detail.

Scuppers are used to provide an outlet through parapet walls or gravel stops on flat and built up roofs to allow drainage of excess water. Drain with inter ply parapro flashing. According to the international building code a scupper is an opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof. Field fabricated wall expansion joint flat type detail.

Download free high quality cad drawings blocks and details of roof drains organized by masterformat. The best draining system for a flat roof. Smith carefully designs and manufactures a full line of roof drains deck drains scupper drains promenade and parking area drains and more to satisfy both the artistic eye of the architect and the calculating mind of the engineer. A major maintenance issue shared between all types of roof drains is debris removal.

They can be used in conjunction with gutters and downspouts to divert the flow to the desired location. A scupper is almost always part of a peripheral drainage system which is a drainage system in which the water drains off the sides of the roof instead of through the roof itself using drains an internal drainage system. Cover strip end lap treatment. Each of these systems has its own pros and cons.

What is a roof scupper. Firestone has developed cad drawings of its tpo installation details to assist roofing professionals with the specification of firestone tpo roofing systems. This is a small flat roof with a wide mouth scupper. This may include dirt gravel leaves and other foreign materials.

This will never clog up with leaves. There are three types of drain systems commonly used on flat roofs. Scuppers are roof drains on the edge of the roof. Installing a scupper drain is simple and cost less than other drains.

The detail drawings are grouped by details and can be downloaded below in dwg or pdf format. Each of these systems can become clogged by debris. Field fabricated wall expansion joint curb type detail. In short a scupper is a detail that provides drainage to a roof system by allowing the water runoff from the roof to exit the roof through a metal edge parapet wall or through the deck into a downspout or leader not run through the interior of the building.

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