Skylight In Sloping Roof Details

If you are unsure the skylight manufacturer should provide drawings to indicate minimum curb heights which will allow your builder to calculate how high the top of the slope needs to be to achieve the desired pitch.

Skylight in sloping roof details.

Typically the top side of the skylight well runs at 90 degrees to the roof slope and the bottom side if splayed is framed plumb see figure 3 20. When using manufacturer produced curbs that aren t tall enough the roofing professional will have to extend the curb. The detail shows a skylight rake detail within a steep roof assembly. See roofing systems for more discussion on steep slope roofing systems.

On very steep roofs where the top of the skylight is near eye level a horizontal angle works well for the top side of the well. If the skylight is installed on a low slope roof the curb should be even taller to allow for 8 inches of flashing. The pitchglaze is a ce marked roof window designed to be installed in pitched tiled roof applications flush in plane with the tiling line. A metal counterflashing for the step flashing that forms the transition from the roof to the rafter is integrated into the pressure bar detail.

Glazing vision have adopted their pioneering frameless design ethos with this product so that when installed the building occupants can enjoy sky only views from the roof window something not usually found with traditional roof window products.