Flat Roof Scupper Installation

Because there are so many drainage choices for flat roofs making an intelligent choice about installation requires some.

Flat roof scupper installation.

Scuppers installed properly this is a scupper on a small residential flat roof. A scupper can be placed through a side wall or a parapet wall or could be on a low area on the edge of a roof. Most of the time a scupper will lead water into a leader header. Breaking down the pros and cons of flat roof drains.

Scupper drains are the best way to remove water off a flat roof. Scuppers can let the water drop off the roof to the ground or can lead into a gutter system. This video is about a scupper and flat roof repair. The best is to have a wide scupper 12 or wider so leaves and debris will wash through the scupper instead of clogging it.

Scuppers are a very effective way to channel water off a roof. Furthermore flat roofs with internal drainage are built to direct water to the central points of the structure with a concave shape the opposite of a pitched roof. Although it is narrow there is not much debris so it will function well. The best draining system is to have a wide scupper and water free fall to the ground.

This video is about a scupper and flat roof repair. Scuppers that are part of the primary drainage system are installed so that the bottom edge of the scupper holes are even with the surface of the roof at the lowest points of the roof. Installing a scupper from a flat roof to the gutter the outlet can be just a deep channel with a spout like an outlet or can go through a wall section. Scuppers doesn t clog as easy as inner drains on a flat roof.

Scuppers that are part of the overflow drainage system are also installed at the lowest points of the roof but slightly higher than the level of the roof surface. A canale roof scupper is a spout drain installed in the parapet of a flat roof building to drain rainwater.