Warm Roof Fascia Detail

Stacking trim fascia can affect the relationship between the drip line of the roof drip edge and the gutter.

Warm roof fascia detail.

Structural roof warm construction. This is why some architects hate gutters. A warm flat roof is formed by placing a layer of insulation over the top of the roof structure. Say 150 joists and 152 beam which gives a fascia about 450 deep rather ungainly.

Cold roof insulation between rafters wnapor barrier on warm side below orw sheatiiing roofing roofing 2 x 8 sleepers notched for vent aligned wi rafters flashing over rooang fascia sheatiiing 2 x 4 sleepers aligned w rafters provide. Other roof protrustions sothat notiiing obstructs tiieflow ofair from eave to ridge. Compact roof warm construction. Much of this aesthetic is made moot by a gutter which hides much of the fascia detail including that wide 1 by 8.

Insulated metal panel warm construction. Due to the insulation being over the top of the roof the timber structure beneath is warm which is why the term warm roof is formed. The builder didn t seem too keen on installing the warm deck because the height of fascia boards required will not look nice when the roof was replaced 18 years ago the roofer at the time put another layer of decking boards on making it 2 in total and taking those off would be problem. Your sketches seem to show the insulation proportionately thinner than it needs to be.

Doing it the builder s way you are looking at 125 kingspan. At the right of the roof along the gable end we see more drip edge being used to flash the roof gable end fascia trim and roof edge. Metdeck warm construction. I prefer to install the gable drip edge under the felt though that detail is less critical than at the lower roof edge or eaves.

Those details show the chief drawback of the warm roof the deep fascia. They block all the cool looking trim at the roof eaves. In this video our principal surveyor steven dickinson explains problems with insulating a roof using the warm and cold roof construction methods. Steve from london flat roofingexplains how warm flat roof construction works in this excellent short video.

In this video our principal surveyor steven dickinson explains problems with insulating a. Plywood cold construction. Timber boarding cold construction.