Any type of roof from tpo to epdm can be either hot or cold.
Flat roof needs taper.
Tapered eps insulation provides the required positive slope to drain while retaining the structural and economic advantages of a flat roof deck.
How much ventilation does a flat roof need.
Flat commercial roofs usually have a tapered roof because it is usually required for commercial building with flat roofs to have a tapered roofing system.
Insulfoam taper offers a long term stable r value and has excellent dimensional stability compressive strength and water resistance properties.
New flat roof with tapered insulation.
Cold roofs have insulation beneath the.
This is an epdm rubber roof.
After the decision has been made to use a tapered roof insulation system designers architects and specifiers must determine which tapered roof insulation system is best.
It was installed over an existing built up tar and gravel roof.
The answer depends on the type of roof you have.
Hot roofs have the roof deck then insulation then the roofing material.
Eps effectively controls the transfer of heat within all roofing systems.
A cold roof or hot roof.
Insulfoam taper is an engineered insulation consisting of a superior closed cell lightweight expanded polystyrene eps.
It depends on where the insulation is installed.
The goal of tapered roof insulation systems is to reduce or eliminate the amount of ponding standing water on the membrane when the roof deck does not provide adequate slope.
It maintains long term thermal performance dimensional stability and consistent moisture resistance.