Roofing Parapet Wall

Can use round louvered soffit vents to limit bulk water intrusion if venting holes are in exposed location.

Roofing parapet wall.

This video is about making a transition form a flat roof to a parapet wall with taracotta clay caps. Provide venting to each wall cavity. Today the primary function of a parapet wall is to protect the edge of a roof assembly from destructive wind forces called vortices plural for vortex. And with the trend in rooftop gardening and entertaining parapets serve to save people from accidental falls.

A parapet wall is a low or dwarf wall built along the edge of the roof terrace walkway balcony etc. A parapet roof is simply put when a building s outermost walls extend upwards past the roof around the edges most often by a few feet. Venting in wood framed parapets. In commercial construction parapets are ubiquitous and they are often required.

Different types of parapet walls and their uses are discussed below. If cavity is greater than 12 provide high low venting in each wall cavity. While a roof parapet wall may seem like a small detail in the grand scheme of the entire building design it can actually change the dynamic of an entire roof both in terms of cosmetic detailing and safety. The cure for parapetitus is continuity of the control layers and letting things move when they have to move.