Flue Installation Through Tiled Roof

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Flue installation through tiled roof.

However depending on your type of roof a flat roof for example your engineer may also get a roofing contractor to check everything is properly sealed. Google roof pipe flashings for products and install info. It is the responsibility of the installer to ensure that the flue installation through the roof is weatherproof i e no rain must ingress into dwelling roof space. Use reducer adaptors for varing pipe diameters.

Hi welcome back to cover that roof. Position the vent pipe up to the bottom of the roof. The penetration will be oval to have a round pipe exit vertically through a pitched roof you need an oval hole in the roof. Most installers or roofing contractors will use a slate piece or a metal or lead piece that fits onto a flat or pitched roof with a gromit where the flue pipe goes through.

With the pipe in a vertical position trace around the pipe using a pencil. You may need an experienced roofing contractor. The flue must rise high enough to create a 2 3m horizontal clearance between the top of the last length of pipe and the surface of the roof. Use a flexi metal connector to take up any misalignment.

For an internal twin wall system rising up through the roof surface you must consider all four of the following building regulation requirements. This is the conclusion of the 2nd of a 2 part video series showing the installation of a kitchen vent flashing. Check the joint between the roof terminal and flashing is watertight and secure the roof wall clamp. Go into your attic.

This flashing is used to provide a weatherproof seal where the flue passes through a tiled or slate roof. This is normal but the most important thing to remember here is that it won t seal if you do this while it s raining especially on a flat roof.