Wood Floating Deck Over Tpo Roofing
Rubber roof deck flooring and roofing membranes places where rubber roofing membrane is used such as on flat roofs or roof top patios are often turned into awesome patio areas.
Wood floating deck over tpo roofing. Interlocking ipe wood deck tiles. Railing posts can be attached to the eaves as shown. In the picture above the material is actually pvc but tpo can be installed the same way. First you must make sure the roof is strong enough to support 55 lbs per square foot.
Roof from the deck loads. Replacement of low slope roof with thermalplastic olefin and installation of fire retardant rooftop deck and roof access structure. Typically laid directly over roof membranes on smaller areas as a do it yourself option these 12 x 12 or 12 x 24 modular tiles offer a quick and easy rooftop deck flooring solution by simply snapping together each tile automatically aligned and precisely spaced thanks to the connecting tabs on the integral plastic base. By paul wa i have an interesting problem.
The rubber roofing i ve been using for 15 years a glue down 60 mil epdm membrane from international diamond systems offers several advantages. These decks are often referred to as floating as they are not secured in place as a stand alone structure. What you can do is put floating wood deck over tpo. It s reliable it s fairly easy to work with and it requires no special tools.
Building a floating deck on an epdm rubber roof surface. I ll be reviewing the bison products pedestal and deck tile system on this episode of the build show. Building a deck over a flat roof is very similar to building a deck over a concrete patio. I tore everything up replaced the wood that needed it and built up the base and covered everything in epdm.
I am taking a 25x25 roof over a garage that was done in decking then tile and leaked. However you need to go well beyond code to build a reliable leak proof deck over a living space. To prevent avoid penetrating the roofing membrane. The only issue you will probably have.
You can build the structural deck out of concrete as it sounds like you are doing or wood frame construction. This should not void warranty so long as you use slip sheets between deck rafters and tpo just use 3 wide strips of tpo between deck and roof. Elevated patio spaces can provide a luxurious outdoor sanctuary that rests above the chaos of the city and or the street.