Roof plumbing can be used to water gardens or divert much-needed rainwater into a water storage tank.
Roof plumbing deals with the installation and inspection of the piping by a roof plumber to efficiently carry stormwater and rainwater away from a property. These pipes are occasionally found on flat roofs or in upper story apartment complexes. It is important to remember that not every roof has a plumbing system, especially in older buildings. Roof plumbing can be used to water gardens or set up an automatic sprinkler system. It can also be used to deliver waste from one area of your house to another, such as washing machine discharge lines. This roofing setup allows you greater flexibility with many kinds of projects around your home while at the same time reducing your bills by using a consistent source for water delivery. Some systems use gravity feed, eliminating the need for electric-powered pumps entirely.
Roof plumbing requires the use of many different kinds of materials. Plumbing pipes, fittings and joints are not at all like regular ones you would find installed in houses - they require special tools and care to install properly. The same goes for specialised joints, which must be sealed with particular kinds of adhesive.
Roof plumbers design technical drawings after studying how the water behaves. They will study the roof leaks to determine how to set up proper roof drainage. For roof coverings, they will join sheet metal and lay down pipes.
The plumbers can lay down roofing at the correct pitch made of waterproof membranes to avoid water collection on roofs.
Roof plumbing starts by assessing where water can be collected on your roofs, such as roof valleys between sections of shingle or other waterproof materials. There may be a pipe or vent already installed at one end - if so, use these pipes to carry water away from the property. If not, plan out how you intend to move stormwater runoff away from your home by adding additional downspouts on each side of the house.
The time required to set up a roof plumbing system by roof plumbers depends on the complexity and size of your project. If you are laying down one or two drains, it may take only half a day. However, if you want to have multiple drains or an intricate system, the work can take several days. You will also need to plan in time for creating splice joints (where pipes connect together) since they take longer than a simple butt joint. Roof drains that use gravity feed can be installed much more quickly - those require no more than cutting down an existing gutter or adding on a new one and connecting it with some appropriate roof plumbing fittings such as roof sheeting to pipe to finally reach the rainwater tanks. These rainwater tanks can collect rainwater for future use in gardening.