How To Flat Roof A Garage

How to build a garage with a flat roof.

How to flat roof a garage.

On the blueprints of a two story house you ll encounter a staircase revealed by a bunch of parallel strains. Visualize the 2 dimensional blueprints in a 3 dimensional form. Build the lower ledger wall the horizontal piece of timber at the back end of. Open the epdm square vertically along the length of the roof.

To do this you use pieces 2 x 4 cut into sections and increasing by 1 8th inch every section up the beam. It does have a slight raise to it to prevent it from pooling water. Right here you can see one of our flat roof garage design gallery there are many picture that you can surf don t forget to see them too. Step 5 finishing the job.

Install ridges and verges. If needed add roofing cement to seal the edges of the flashing. Install a concrete slab for your garage. Align the bottom so its parallel to the bottom length of the roof.

Start at the opposite end to the prevailing winds again and allow overlaps of 125mm. At the peak of the roof change the direction of shingles. After cured start framing the walls. Continue around the roof one row at a time from bottom to top.

This is achieved by raising the roof in 1 8th increments every foot. Flip the topmost piece of the epdm material downward across the length of the roof. One thing to remember is that although you call it a flat garage roof it s not entirely flat. Measure slab and cut.

Place the rafters every 24 on center if you want to get a professional result. Once the sheets are fixed into place you can install the ridges. Lay down the square folded epdm material in the center of your flat roof. Use metal flashing around vents or chimneys that might protrude through the garage roof.