Roof Drainage System

Have A Flat Roof Drainage Option

City officials across the nation are advising business owners to inspect their flat roofs following rain to see if they might be at risk of a roof collapse because of drainage issues. Every year in the United States commercial building are extensively damaged or destroyed by the affects of rooftop ponding water when the overflow roof drain system fails. One large ponding area on a roof can easily weigh more than an F-250 pickup.

REMEMBER! Ponding water weighs approximately 5 lbs. per inch, per each square foot of roof surface. A ponding area 20'x20' at 1" deep would equal 400 total square feet at 5 lbs per foot or a roof live weight of 2,000 pounds!

That can be an additional ONE TON of live roof load of stress on your building's roof!

Roof Drainage Failures Can Destroy Roofs

Both of these roof collapses happened in the same city in a 3 month period. Similar stories happen all across the country every year.

LUBBOCK, TX: Lubbock firefighters inspect the roof of a building on the corner of 13th St. and University Ave. Heavy rains caused a portion of the roof to collapse and walls to become unstable. - J. Bowersmith (Avalanche-Journal)

LUBBOCK, TX - Roof collapsed at the Starbucks 82nd & Quaker location because of the recent rainfall. (KCBD TV)

Choose A Solar Roof Pump For Flat Roof Drainage

A backup roof drainage system, like the solar roof pump, can take over when the flat roof drainage systems get clogged or fail.