Tapered insulation & tapered design

Full-service tapered design and takeoff solutions

Rely on your dedicated GAF tapered insulation design specialist for detailed, high-quality solutions that can help you deliver on every project. Get your questions answered by emailing us at tdg@gaf.com.

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GAF's Tapered Design Group offers a multitude of services to contractors, distributors, architects and building owners. We will work with you to select the right strategy for your project utilizing design, material selection, inventory management, budget and r value to best meet your needs.

What we offer

Optimize system performance

Get tapered design strategies that help optimize drainage, achieve thermal resistance, and address project-specific needs.

Collaborate on existing designs

Work with our tapered design professionals to evaluate and optimize your own tapered design, including development of free alternative proposals.

Rely on regional insight

Our regionalized tapered insulation design professionals understand local conditions, and work with contractors, distributors, architects, and consultants nationwide.

Educational assistance

Learn from videos, on-site presentations, and other materials to help you better understand tapered design and our Tapered Design Group solutions.

Promote positive drainage with tapered design

See how common tapered layout designs help drive rain water to the roof drains to promote positive drainage.

View tapered polyiso insulation products

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Tapered insulation resources

Whether you need tapered designs, layout strategies, or suggestions on how to handle unique job site conditions, the GAF Tapered Design Group offers trained specialists and a comprehensive offering of products and other resources.

Diagram of standard vs. extended taper insulation panel systems

Standard VS. Extended Panel Systems

Extended panel systems use larger-than-standard insulation boards as fill and base layers in order to increase installation efficiency. As shown in the diagram, this results in fewer layers, which in turn can help reduce the amount of panels and adhesive needed to install the tapered system.

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Tapered Design Manager Andy Seymour discusses taper fundamentals

Tapered design fundamentals

Join Tapered Design Manager Andy Seymour for a discussion of some Tapered Design fundamentals, including key terminology, as well as guidelines for choosing the most effective cricket width and slope for your unique challenge.

Human finger pointing to specific area in a GAF tapered design plan

Understanding Your Tapered Roof Design Plan from GAF

Working with the GAF Tapered Design Group, GAF Senior Commercial Training Specialists Dave Scott and Wally Brown (Dave & Wally) evaluate a plan for optimizing roof drainage using tapered ISO insulation. See how it all comes together in Part 4 of the Roofing it Right miniseries on installing a commercial roof, from start to finish.

Labeled Tapered systems including roof area labeling and mixed bundle labeling

Tapered systems labeled by area boost on-site efficiency

To help increase efficiency unloading, sorting, and staging, GAF can ship your complete tapered system pre-sorted and pre-labeled by roof area. For more information, please contact the GAF Tapered Design Group.

Save time, labor and waste with Tapered Pre-cut roofing products

Pre-cut Hips & Valleys: These products ship ready-to-install (no product waste) as part of your tapered design. Available in a limited number of panel designations in the following products EnergyGuard™ Tapered, EnergyGuard™ Ultra Tapered, EnergyGuard™ NH Tapered, EnergyGuard™ NH Ultra Tapered. Limited availability.
Pre-cut Sumps: Drives water inward to lowest point of slope and includes circle marks to guide cutting the center to access the drain. Available in EnergyGuard™ Ultra Tapered 25 psi only. Limited availability.

For more information, please, email the GAF Tapered Design Group at tdg@gaf.com.

Standard tapered layout designs

All tapered layouts

Profiles

All tapered profiles

Tapered installation training

GAF trainers and roofing veterans Dave & Wally of the Roofing it Right video series provide an overview of a roof project from start to finish — including tips on installing tapered ISO insulation.

How to Correctly Install Tapered Roof Insulation | Roofing it Right with Dave & Wally by GAF

Dave & Wally talk through the tapered plan created by GAF's Tapered Design Group, and show the considerations and steps for how the tapered plan gets installed across the roof deck of our project building.

How to Intersect Tapered Roof Panels For Proper Slope | Roofing it Right with Dave & Wally by GAF

Dave & Wally show us how to plan and install the right tapered panels to ensure an even transition and proper slope toward one of our project building's two roof drains.