Roof Overflow Scupper

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Roof overflow scupper.

On the roof side overflow scuppers can be detailed similar to detail 10 5d. 25000 parapet scupper sleeve. The top of the roof side flange is extended into a masonry joint. Scupper retrodrains detail drawing dwg 651 58 kb scupper retrodrains detail drawing dxf 686 85 kb.

Scuppers will play one of two roles in a roof system. In its place are performance requirements to size and position the scupper to prevent the depth of ponding. Overflow drains and scuppers roof drainage. Green roof drain overflow drain large sump flange.

The familiar prescriptive option from prior model uniform building code to simply make overflow scuppers three times the area of the roof drains and position them two inches above the low point of the adjacent roof is gone. Scuppers shall not have an opening dimension of less than 4 inches. 21500 rdg1 roof drain. The sides of the flange are sealed against the masonry.

The scupper is locked and soldered to the closure flange on all sides. Roof drains from zurn include combination primary overflow control flow dual outlet siphonic retrofit and more which cater from educational to commercial needs. 25010 downspout nozzle. Where you have roof drains you are also required to have overflow drains.

Cast iron w flashing clamp flange. Home articles overflow drains and scuppers roof drainage. Green roof type with perforated standpipe. Rough bronze w wall flange.

Permaspan roof to roof expansion joint. In short a scupper is a detail that provides drainage to a roof system by allowing the water runoff from the roof to exit the roof through a metal edge parapet wall or through the deck into a downspout or leader not run through the interior of the building. The detail shows an alternate method of constructing either type of scupper. Flat roofs that do not drain over the roof edge and roofs that have parapet walls must utilize roof drains to get the water off the roof.

When scuppers are used for secondary emergency overflow roof drainage the quantity size location and inlet elevation of the scuppers shall be sized to prevent the depth of ponding water from exceeding that for which the roof was designed as determined by section 1611 1.