Low Pitch Roofing Products

Typically low slope metal roof systems vary in weight from 40 to 135 pounds per 100 square feet making them among the lightest roofing products and the easiest to install.

Low pitch roofing products.

Built up roofing is the most popular roofing material used on low sloped roofs. Made of several layers of bitumen surfaces built up roofing is finished by applying an aggregate layer or coating as the top layer. For the smaller residential low slope roofing applications such as garage and porch transitions certainteed offers an excellent solution in our flintlastic sa self adhering sbs modified bitumen roofing system. It s constructed of a durable reinforcing mat of non woven glass fibers that have been coated and permeated to a thickness of approximately 2 0 mm.

While membranes such as vinyl or epdm are unaffected by standing water it will shorten the life of asphalt based materials such as bur and modified bitumen. For the larger residential low slope roofing applications certainteed has a host of products and systems available including bur built up roofing systems app modified bitumen systems and sbs modified bitumen systems including cool roofing and energy star compliant products that may qualify for federal tax rebates when installed as a residential low slope roofing product. The membrane will outlast the shingles and seal around all nail penetrations. From the makers of the original ice water shield underlayment.

Concrete clay roof tiles. Shop our selection of low slope roofing products and save big on your roofing project. Most manufacturers of low slope roofing products specify a minimum slope of between 1 4 and 1 2 inch per foot in their warranties. Self adhesive flashing membrane under the shingles prevents leakage on low slope roofs.

A lightweight roofing system also places fewer demands on a building s structural support system an important consideration in earthquake prone areas. This top layer normally is tar over which the gravel is laid. A full portfolio of solutions under one roof. For a low slope residential roof there are two main options.

1 cover the entire surface with a self adhesive flashing membrane such as grace ice water shield there are many equivalent products. Then apply standard asphalt shingles over the membrane.