How To Roof Different Roof Transition

This video shows how to install slope transition trim with standing seam panels.

How to roof different roof transition.

Position the flashing between the two roof pitches. The roof plane goes from one pitch to a lower pitch. The piece that allows us to join the two different slopes is the pitch transition trim. We see this quite frequently in log home roofs with porches for example.

This allows water to flow off the upper panels out over the trim onto the lower panels and exits the roof at the eaves. This is a fairly common roof detail. A roof pitch transition is a line in the roof plane that changes pitch. See the illustration below.

The video features union s advantage lok ii standing seam roofing panel whic. After a taking some measurements and doing a bit of ciphering we established that the steepest pitch we could use on the porch roof was 4 in 12. We wanted to make the porch roof as steep as possible while keeping the peak of the roof below the wall to roof intersection at the top of the shed roof. Run the sail material to the roofing with several inches to spare use some 6 rolled metal flashing so this is 1 price.

Pitch transitions are a common roof detail. We re going to install it over top of the panels that have already been installed on the lower slope.