Parapets are applicable to the outer retaining walls of flat roofs, terraces and sloping roof gutters of steel structure buildings.
The main functions of parapet
1)Safety protection function
The upper roof, multi-story building roof daughter wall plays a role in the safety protection of personnel.
2)Organized drainage
Multi-story building roof design daughter wall, daughter wall pressure top to roof slope, so that rain, snow water in the daughter wall inside the roof organized discharge, to avoid roof rain, snow water diffuse flow.
3)Shading role
Some roofs installed cooling towers, air conditioning outdoor machines and pipelines, etc., from the ground upward looks unsightly, in order to make the appearance of the roof building neat and tidy, the use of high parapet to set the exposed equipment on the roof to shield.
4)Decorative role
Parapet of the roof and the external wall of the building into one, play a decorative role, increasing the visual effect.
(5)Roof, exterior wall waterproofing layer at the intersection of the head
Roofing in the parapet flooding parts and waterproofing above the part, waterproofing layer header in the parapet fixed seal, exterior waterproofing layer header in the parapet on the pressure top fixed seal, waterproofing layer header intersection in the parapet, so that the roof waterproofing layer and exterior waterproofing layer connected to form a complete waterproofing system.