posted 4 years ago
Whether you're in a home where you are going totally safe, or a shop where you might just be getting a pipe through the roof quick and dirty, you should be using something to transition (rather than just a round hole in the ceiling.)
They make fancy transitions called thimbles for homes that interface with your double or triple wall pipes. This is the safest way to go.
If you're just getting by, get a flashing boot. Here's a picture of mine that I installed just this weekend. You set it on the roof and trace the square, then draw a square about 2 inches smaller inside. The smaller square is what you cut out. These boots come in a size range. For my 8 inch pipe, I ordered a boot that accommodates pipes 6" to 11". And going larger on the size range like that helped with the steeper angle of my roof. Then I just cut the silicone boot a bit smaller than my pipe diameter and stuck it through from below.
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