I wonder about drains for a flat roof design and am looking for some advice from pros who have built them.
Plough snow on flat roof deck.
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For areas that have heavy snow or frequent torrential downpours a flat roof can be problematic.
Step 4 determine the flat roof snow load.
Many old wood framed buildings exist here that have flat roofs.
Is this a little problem or a big problem i e is this going to ruin the roof deck make the new felt worthless or what.
Otherwise you will need to stand carefully on the roof or a nearby ladder during washing.
If your roof is truly flat no bumps or seams a pusher would work too.
Most of our downtown buildings are done that way.
Use a 20 or 24 inch pressure washer for this task.
It doesn t have a metal wear strip either if you re worried about damaging your roof with the.
For ground snow loads greater than 20 pounds per square foot the roof load is equal to 70 of the product of the exposure thermal and importance factors the ground snow load and 20 pounds.
If you happen to live in a snowy region and have a flat roof that is designed for snow loads greater than 50 psf then you could build and set up a rooftop deck.
In a climate with snow and ice on roofs good drainage is paramount.
For roofs that are flat and with ground snow loads lower than 20 pounds per square foot the roof snow load is equal to 70 of the product of the exposure thermal and importance factors and the ground snow load.
A great snow pusher.
An industrial strength washer will have a long wand that will allow you to pressure wash from the safety of the ground below.