Rooftop Supports

Modular steel solutions for plant equipment, walkways and services

Bespoke non-penetrative supports by Sikla

Sikla understands the challenges you experience ahead of installing services and equipment to the roof of your project such as structural issues, preventing damage to the roof membrane, access for maintenance and distributing weight over a large surface.

With an increasing amount of equipment required to be placed on the roof for safety, it’s integral to have secure and stable supports, which are non-penetrative, for:

Plant equipment (AHU, chillers, generators, air conditioning)
Mechanical, electrical and plumping services (pipework, ducting)
Access platforms and walkways
Solar panels
Louvre Screens

This is where Sikla’s bespoke design and prefabrication packages ensure your project is not only safe but saves you time and money.

Benefits of using Sikla products

Quick and safe assembly due to no hot works required to assemble

Compliant with ISO 14001 to ensure environmentally responsible practices

Hot-dip galvanised to C4

per EN ISO 1461

Minimal components required and available

off-the-shelf

With Sikla’s modular steelwork solutions, the possibilities of creating the right support solution are endless. We can support you with:

Design integration
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Bespoke structural analysis plus seismic, wind and snow calculations
Assembling framework in-house to be delivered to site ready to install

Service supports

Pipework and ducting supports for MEP services.

HVAC

Non-penetrative supports for plant equipment to distribute weight across across the roof.

Access walkways

Allowing for safe access to equipment for maintenance.

Solar

Supports for renewable energy systems using non-penetrative supports.

In application

Sikla Rooftop Supports

Sikla siFramo rooftop modular steel solutions supporting large HVAC red piping

Prefabricated Sikla HVAC rooftop support installed on site with siFramo beams and non penetrative supports

Case Studies

by Jen Bradley on 26/03/2025

Benefits of using Sikla and siFramo for rooftop supports in Ireland

For many years, Sikla has been supplying to top tier contractors within the Irish Pharmaceutical, Data Centres and Building services industries. Common applications, featured within each of these industries, are rooftop supports specifically HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) units to evenly distribute the weight across flat or pitched roofs. Having the weight distributed ensures that the unit functions to its full capacity and the maintenance of the system can be easily maintained.

by Jen Bradley on 12/10/2020

siFramo in Building Services – Where and When?

When siFramo was introduced over 18 years ago, Building Services was not exactly what Sikla had in mind as a market. Nevertheless, the product system has succeeded in such projects. This article is to explain why. Since the Building Services industry is the only industry that finds siFramo occasionally expensive, this is also a reminder of where and when the product should be used or, to address the cost argument, where it should rather not be used. I have put the applications where siFramo offers a benefit in HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical installation projects in two categories: 1) Where – areas within the project and 2) When – circumstances around the project. So let us get started:

by Jen Bradley on 28/10/2020

Why to build a prefabricated walkway system with Sikla?

Rooftop walkways are required on the majority of Building Services projects for a safe way of passage around AHU’s, Chillers etc. and for maintenance access. Sikla have been working on the development & design of modular steel prefabricated walkway systems for many years (within Europe and most recently also into UK projects). So why has it been a success? Why should you build a prefabricated walkway system with siFramo? Because it makes your planning easier and it brings flexibility onsite! I will show you how, keep reading.