Our walk on rooflights come with 25 5mm or 33mm thickness glass depending on the size chosen.
Roof light upstand detail.
Should i make my own upstand.
To comply with building and safety regulations your walk on rooflight must be fitted with a structural upstand.
Rainwater can build up on a roof during heavy storm events and it may be stating the obvious but unless checked this water could spill into building and saturate construction elements electrical installations as well as internal finishes and effects.
Edge trim detail uninsulated details.
The upstand must be at least 150mm in height and should a minimum pitch of at least 3 degrees.
Obviously written communication with drawings plan and section is absolutely essential in order to ensure good detailing between our roof lanterns and the builder s supporting kerb upstand.
If you just took your waterproofing up to the edge of the roof and didn t have an upstand the local construction would get saturated.
Roof light kerb flashing detail with.
150mm upstand to brickwork with chased joint single ply detail.
Upstand termination with wall counter flashing detail.
Our roof lanterns have a distinct and unique design that utilises the latest state of the art technology in structural silicone glazing.
The job of an upstand sometimes referred to as a kerb is to lift the glass element of your rooflight off of the roof s surface and is required by building regulations for safety and weathering reasons.
When ordering your vision agi rooflight s you will be offered the option of being supplied with our upstand.
This kerb is called an upstand the outside face of which allows the flat roofs external surfacing to lap up and form a weather tight junction.
Our architect approved external pane provides ultimate strength and durability.
Iko sig design technology upstands acknowledge the fact that rainwater can build up on a roof during heavy storm events.
Upstand termination with compression counter flashing detail.
The glass is angled to a pitch creating two triangular end pieces and two trapezoidal long sides which create the distinctive roof lantern shape.
Current building regulations state that the upstand must protrude at least 150mm above the finished roof surface and are typically made of timber.
On exposed membrane roofs the upstand height is measured directly from the membrane surface.
All our roof lanterns shown on this website are designed to be fixed onto a kerb like detail which rises proud of the supporting flat roof assembly precisely at the open edge of the lantern aperture.
Insulated upstand built in.
Upstand termination bar detail wall chase.
Std 008 dual ali lid roof hatch std 009 access hatch alum lid std 013 smoke hatch builders upstand std 014 access hatch with slam lock std 015 upstand details control vent rooflight std 016 upstand details non vented rooflight std 017a upstand details hinged vent rooflight std 018 solus security base.
