Installing A Railing On A Flat Roof

The accufit 360 flat roof railing is a completely non penetrating rooftop guardrail system that has been independently certified and tested to meet all osha fall protection regulations and standards for guardrail sections 1910 23 1926 500 1926 503.

Installing a railing on a flat roof.

Question answer q how can i mount newel posts to a deck on a flat roof without cutting into the roof. Hopefully you have several points of contact to the home itself. My house has an attached flat roof garage whose roll roofing had deteriorated and recently had a new firestone sbs roof installed. How to attach a roof deck railing.

Paul nichter a contractor in islesboro maine responds. Now all your strenth must come from surface mounted rail system. There is no deck on the roof i will be using the existing 4x4 posts and placing pvc sleeves over them installing pvc railing sections between the posts. I am replacing an old wooden railing on a flat roof.

Railings for roof decks provide safety and complement the design of a deck. I need some help with an issue i ve come across while trying to find contractors to replace the flat roof walkout over our sunroom and install a rail along the perimeter. I ve been building wood decks with safe railings over flat epdm roofs on the rainy coast of maine for over 15 years without compromising the waterproofing. The railing is purely decorative not functional as the roof is not normally accessible.

Features of the accufit 360 flat roof railing system. It is a edpm rubber roof. Assuming this roof was never meant to be a deck with railings you do not have posts going through the roof. The more solid you get the perimeter sleeper system the better off you will.

When we asked the first roofing contractor about putting in a railing he said we would need to do this at the same time as the roof so that the flashing could be installed properly around the support posts. Those who have the expertise tools and equipment can notch and bolt wooden posts to the fascia board. That is how you would have been getting your strenth and support for the rails. Prior to the new roof going in i had ripped off the rotted wood railing which went around the roof s perimeter.