Glazing Slope Roof

Skylights set at an angle of less than 45 degrees 0 79 rad from the horizontal plane shall be mounted at least 4 inches 102 mm above the plane of the roof on a curb constructed as required for the frame.

Glazing slope roof.

2008 figure 11 sloped glazing in lieu of roofs. Wind loads snow loads and the weight of the glass itself. Browse kawneer s structural overhead glazing products to view offerings of prefabricated thermal sloped glazing ssg thermal performance commercial skylight systems and. Figure 10 sloped glazing built in 1980 s investigated after collapse.

Figure 12 coordination of slope with deflections. Other considerations for roof pitch and specification. Sloped glazing is a system of exterior cladding which is attached to the main force resisting system structure of a building roof or sloped façade and usually supported by an elevated curb. Sloped glazing vertical rafter detail at transition to steep roof detail 3 4 3 dwg dwf pdf the detail shows a skylight rake detail within a steep roof assembly.

Aluminium roof glazing bars. A metal counterflashing for the step flashing that forms the transition from the roof to the rafter is integrated into the pressure bar detail. Framing supporting sloped glazing and skylights shall be designed to resist the tributary roof loads in chapter 16. Deflection there is a level of flex that will occur in all glazing and it can be particularly apparent in overhead installations.

Here are a few more things to think about in relation to roof pitch and specifying skylights. Established in 1880 ppg continues to be recognised as a leading designer and supplier of patent glazing systems offering innovative design solutions to a wide variety of overhead glazing requirements.