Section 077100 - Roof Specialties

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SECTION 077100 - ROOF SPECIALTIES

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PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 RELATED DOCUMENTS

Retain or delete this article in all Sections of Project Manual.

A. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2 SUMMARY

A. Section Includes:

1. Copings.

2. Roof-edge specialties.

3. Roof-edge drainage systems.

4. Reglets and counterflashings.

B. Related Requirements:

Retain subparagraphs below to cross-reference requirements Contractor might expect to find in this Section but are specified in other Sections.

1. Section055000 "Metal Fabrications" for downspout guards and downspout boots.

2. [Section061000 "Rough Carpentry"] [Section061053 "Miscellaneous Rough Carpentry"] for wood nailers, curbs, and blocking.

3. Section074113.13 "Formed Metal Roof Panels" for roof-edge drainage-system components provided by metal-roof-panel manufacturer.

4. Section074113.16 "Standing-Seam Metal Roof Panels" for roof-edge drainage-system components provided by metal-roof-panel manufacturer.

5. Section074113.19 "Batten-Seam Metal Roof Panels" for roof-edge drainage-system components provided by metal-roof-panel manufacturer.

6. Section074116 "Insulated Metal Roof Panels" for roof-edge drainage-system components provided by metal-roof-panel manufacturer.

7. Section076200 "Sheet Metal Flashing and Trim" for custom- and site-fabricated sheet metal flashing and trim.

8. Section077129 "Manufactured Roof Expansion Joints" for manufactured roof expansion-joint cover assemblies.

9. Section077200 "Roof Accessories" for set-on-type curbs, equipment supports, roof hatches, vents, and other manufactured roof accessory units.

10. Section077253 "Snow Guards" for manufactured snow guard devices.

11. Section079200 "Joint Sealants" for field-applied sealants between roof specialties and adjacent materials.

Retain "Preinstallation Conference" Paragraph below if Work of this Section is extensive or complex enough to justify a conference.

C. Preinstallation Conference: Conduct conference at [Project site] <Insert location>.

Retain subparagraphs below if additional requirements are necessary; include information about conference.

1. Meet with Owner, Architect, Owner's insurer if applicable, roofing-system testing and inspecting agency representative, roofing Installer, roofing-system manufacturer's representative, Installer, structural-support Installer, and installers whose work interfaces with or affects roof specialties, including installers of roofing materials and accessories.

2. Examine substrate conditions for compliance with requirements, including flatness and attachment to structural members.

3. Review special roof details, roof drainage, and condition of other construction that will affect roof specialties.

1.3 ACTION SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each type of product.

1. Include construction details, material descriptions, dimensions of individual components and profiles, and finishes.

B. Sustainable Design Submittals:

Retain "Product Data" Subparagraph below to require minimum recycled content for LEED 2009 MR Credit 2 - "Recycled Content."

1. Product Data: For recycled content, indicating postconsumer and preconsumer recycled content and cost.

Retain "Shop Drawings" Paragraph below for Work that involves custom fabrication or if manufacturer's product data are inadequate.

C. Shop Drawings: For roof specialties.

1. Include plans, elevations, expansion-joint locations, keyed details, and attachments to other work. Distinguish between plant- and field-assembled work.

2. Include details for expansion and contraction; locations of expansion joints, including direction of expansion and contraction.

3. Indicate profile and pattern of seams and layout of fasteners, cleats, clips, and other attachments.

4. Detail termination points and assemblies, including fixed points.

5. Include details of special conditions.

Retain "Samples" Paragraph below for single-stage Samples, with a subordinate list if applicable. Retain "Samples for Initial Selection" and "Samples for Verification" paragraphs for two-stage Samples.

D. Samples: For each type of roof specialty and for each color and texture specified.

E. Samples for Initial Selection: For each type of roof specialty indicated with factory-applied color finishes.

F. Samples for Verification:

1. Include Samples of each type of roof specialty to verify finish and color selection, in manufacturer's standard sizes.

Retain subparagraph below when necessary to verify fabrication techniques in absence of a mock-up requirement.

2. Include [copings] [roof-edge specialties] [roof-edge drainage systems] [reglets and counterflashings] made from 12-inch (300-mm) lengths of full-size components in specified material, and including fasteners, cover joints, accessories, and attachments.

1.4 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

A. Qualification Data: For manufacturer.

Retain "Product Certificates" Paragraph below to require submittal of product certificates from manufacturers.

Retain "Product Certificates" and "Product Test Reports" paragraphs below for each type of roof specialty if applicable.

B. Product Certificates: For each type of roof specialty.

C. Product Test Reports: For [copings] [and] [roof-edge flashings], for tests performed by a qualified testing agency.

D. Sample Warranty: For manufacturer's special warranty.

1.5 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

A. Maintenance Data: For roofing specialties to include in maintenance manuals.

1.6 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Manufacturer Qualifications: A qualified manufacturer offering products meeting requirements that are [FM Approvals listed for specified class] [and] [SPRI ES-1 tested to specified design pressure].

Retain "Source Limitations" Paragraph below if required for Project. Coordinate with "Warranty" Article of this Section and requirements of Project roofing-membrane Section.

B. Source Limitations: Obtain roof specialties approved by manufacturer providing roofing-system warranty specified in Section <Insert Section number and title>.

C. Mockups: Build mockups to verify selections made under Sample submittals, to demonstrate aesthetic effects, and set quality standards for fabrication and installation.

Retain one of first three subparagraphs below for large-scale mockup; insert other mockup requirements or revise if required. Indicate portion of building represented by mockup on Drawings, or draw mockup as separate element. Coordinate with mockup requirements of other Sections if applicable.

1. Build mockup of typical roof edge as shown on Drawings.

2. Build mockup of typical roof edge as part of Integrated Exterior Mockup specified in Section014000 "Quality Requirements"

3. Build mockup of typical roof edge, including [fascia] [gutter] [and] [downspout] <Insert item>, approximately [10 feet (3.0m)] <Insert dimension> long, including supporting construction, seams, attachments,[underlayment,] and accessories.

Retain first subparagraph below if mockups are not only for establishing appearance factors.

4. Approval of mockups does not constitute approval of deviations from the Contract Documents contained in mockups unless Architect specifically approves such deviations in writing.

Retain subparagraph below if the intention is to make an exception to the default requirement in Section014000 "Quality Requirements" for demolishing and removing mockups.

5. Subject to compliance with requirements, approved mockups may become part of the completed Work if undisturbed at time of Substantial Completion.

1.7 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

A. Do not store roof specialties in contact with other materials that might cause staining, denting, or other surface damage. Store roof specialties away from uncured concrete and masonry.

B. Protect strippable protective covering on roof specialties from exposure to sunlight and high humidity, except to extent necessary for the period of roof-specialty installation.

1.8 FIELD CONDITIONS

A. Field Measurements: Verify profiles and tolerances of roof-specialty substrates by field measurements before fabrication, and indicate measurements on Shop Drawings.

B. Coordination: Coordinate roof specialties with flashing, trim, and construction of parapets, roof deck, roof and wall panels, and other adjoining work to provide a leakproof, secure, and noncorrosive installation.

1.9 WARRANTY

When warranties are required, verify with Owner's counsel that special warranties stated in this article are not less than remedies available to Owner under prevailing local laws.

Retain "Roofing-System Warranty" Paragraph below when roof specialties are required to be included in a roofing-membrane manufacturer's system warranty; coordinate with Project roofing-membrane Section.

A. Roofing-System Warranty: Roof specialties are included in warranty provisions in Section <Insert Section number> "<Insert roof Section title>."

Retain "Special Warranty on Painted Finishes" Paragraph below for factory-coated metal. Delete if metal is left uncoated or field finished. Coordinate with finishes retained in Part2.

B. Special Warranty on Painted Finishes: Manufacturer agrees to repair finish or replace roof specialties that show evidence of deterioration of factory-applied finishes within specified warranty period.

1. Fluoropolymer Finish: Deterioration includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Color fading more than 5Hunter units when tested according to ASTMD2244.
Chalking in excess of a No.8 rating when tested according to ASTMD4214.
Cracking, checking, peeling, or failure of paint to adhere to bare metal.

Verify available warranties and warranty periods for finishes with manufacturers listed in Part2 articles. Twenty-year or longer periods are for fluoropolymer finishes and are included with manufacturers' published data; longer periods for premium finishes may be available.

2. Finish Warranty Period: [Five] [20] years from date of Substantial Completion.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

See Editing Instruction No.1 in the Evaluations for cautions about naming manufacturers and products. For an explanation of options and Contractor's product selection procedures, see Section016000 "Product Requirements."

2.1 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

A. General Performance: Roof specialties shall withstand exposure to weather and resist thermally induced movement without failure, rattling, leaking, or fastener disengagement due to defective manufacture, fabrication, installation, or other defects in construction.

Retain "Recycled Content" Paragraph below to specify recycled content if required. An alternative method of requiring recycled content is to retain requirement in Project's Division01 sustainable design requirements Section that gives Contractor the option and responsibility to determine how recycled content requirements will be met.

B. Recycled Content: Postconsumer recycled content plus one-half of preconsumer recycled content not less than <Insert value> percent.

Retain "FM Approvals' Listing" Paragraph below if Project is FM Global insured or if FM Approvals' requirements set a minimum quality standard. Coordinate requirements of FM Approvals' classification with other requirements in this Section. Verify availability of copings or roof-edge specialties with these classifications.

C. FM Approvals' Listing: Manufacture and install [copings] [roof-edge specialties] that are listed in FM Approvals' "RoofNav" and approved for windstorm classification, [Class1-60] [Class1-75] [Class1-90] [Class1-105] [Class1-120] <Insert class>. Identify materials with FM Approvals' markings.

Retain "SPRI Wind Design Standard" Paragraph below if Project is governed by the International Building Code (IBC) or if SPRIES-1 sets a minimum quality standard. Coordinate requirements in SPRIES-1 with other requirements in this Section. Verify availability of copings or roof-edge specialties that meet these requirements. See Evaluations for additional information on SPRI ES-1 testing programs.

D. SPRI Wind Design Standard: Manufacture and install [copings] [roof-edge specialties] tested according to SPRIES-1 and capable of resisting the following design pressures:

Indicate wind design pressure on Drawings or in "Design Pressure" Subparagraph below. Design pressure is determined by formulas in the IBC or SPRIES-1, as applicable, that account for basic wind speed, exposure factor, building height, building importance factor, and pressure coefficient that incorporates a gust factor.

1. Design Pressure: [As indicated on Drawings] <Insert design pressure>.

E. Thermal Movements: Allow for thermal movements from ambient and surface temperature changes to prevent buckling, opening of joints, hole elongation, overstressing of components, failure of joint sealants, failure of connections, and other detrimental effects. Provide clips that resist rotation and avoid shear stress as a result of thermal movements. Base calculations on surface temperatures of materials due to both solar heat gain and nighttime-sky heat loss.

Differential values in "Temperature Change (Range)" Subparagraph below (for aluminum in particular) are suitable for most of the United States.

1. Temperature Change (Range): [120 degF (67 degC), ambient; 180 degF (100 degC)] <Insert temperature range>, material surfaces.

2.2 COPINGS

Retain this article for metal cap copings.

A. Metal Copings: Manufactured coping system consisting of metal coping cap in section lengths not exceeding [12 feet (3.6m)] <Insert dimension>, concealed anchorage; with corner units, end cap units, and concealed splice plates with finish matching coping caps.

1. Basis-of-Design Product: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide SAF, Southern Aluminum Finishing Co.; Custom Metal Fabrication or comparable product by one of the following:

Architectural Products Company.
ATAS International, Inc.
Berridge Manufacturing Company.
Castle Metal Products.
Cheney Flashing Company.
Drexel Metals.
Hickman Company, W. P.
Merchant & Evans Inc.
Metal-Era, Inc.
Perimeter Systems; a division of SAF.
Petersen Aluminum Corporation.
Insert manufacturer's name>.

Retain one of five coping caps subparagraphs below. Retain thickness of coping cap that meets performance requirements and has the rigidity to suit Project.