Flat Roof Scupper Drain Detail

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Flat roof scupper drain detail.

Firestone has developed cad drawings of its tpo installation details to assist roofing professionals with the specification of firestone tpo roofing systems. Scuppers doesn t clog as easy as inner drains on 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. 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.

This is a small flat roof with a wide mouth scupper. There are three types of drain systems commonly used on flat roofs. Normally the debris and leaves get washed off the through a. This will never clog up with leaves.

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. What is a roof scupper. According to the international building code a scupper is an opening in a wall or parapet that allows water to drain from a roof. This may include dirt gravel leaves and other foreign materials.

Paraguard roof drain with paraflex 531 liquid flashing. They can be used in conjunction with gutters and downspouts to divert the flow to the desired location. Hold your cursor over the file name to view when a drawing was last updated. Each of these systems can become clogged by debris.

Scuppers are roof drains on the edge of the roof. Regular cleaning and unblocking of the drains gutters and scuppers is mandatory. Installing a scupper drain is simple and cost less than other drains. Download free high quality cad drawings blocks and details of roof drains organized by masterformat.

The best draining system for a flat roof. A major maintenance issue shared between all types of roof drains is debris removal. The detail drawings are grouped by details and can be downloaded below in dwg or pdf format. Each of these systems has its own pros and cons.

Drain with inter ply parapro flashing.