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Flat Roof Drainage
Installing New Drains and Deleting Old Drains for Proper Drainage
General Roofing Systems Canada (GRS) installs, repairs, and maintains flat roofing through-out British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Flat Roofers Calgary, Red Deer, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Lloydminster, Saskatoon, Regina, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Canmore, Cranbrook, Kelowna, Vancouver, Whistler, and points between.
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Achieving Proper Drainage on a Flat Roof
One of the most common issues with flat roofing is drainage of water and leaky roofs. Making sure you have positive drainage is critical. Locating drains, scuppers, eavestrough, and downspouts strategically can increase the life of your flat roof considerably. Ponding water gets in at the laps, causes roofs to sag from weight, and will ultimately cause leaks. Regular flat roof maintenance is critical also.
Below is a site report from our Lethbridge, Alberta flat roofers conducting maintenance to a roof. The roofers deleted one roof drain on a tar and gravel residential roof and installed a new drain for positive drainage. We thought reporting the process of installing and deleting drains would be helpful to our do-it-yourself customers and facility managers that want a tutorial with photos.
Site Report -Lethbridge - Oct 27/12
will.dowson@grscanadainc.com
5:37 PM (30 minutes ago)
Arrived on site
Primed drop drain and area for it to sit in
Applied plastic cement to roof and drop drain for adhesion
More plastic cement over the drain with a layer of jute and cement on top of that
Mechanically fastened drain to roof for extra support
Filled hole where old drain was originally
Covered it with plastic cement and 2 ply's of jute
Mechanically fastened drain to downspout
Cleaned area and left site
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Article Topics: flat roofing, roof maintenance, roof drains, roof drainage, drain installation, flat roof
