Roof Topping

Roof Topping is the exploration of building roofs. There is usually quite a lot of plant and equipment up there. Air conditioning, sometimes water towers and the occasional roof top garden.

I'm quite scared of heights, but strangely enough, roof topping has never really bothered me.

Target for today - way up there

Access ladder on to a roof top area

Water cooling pipes and water cooler vanes on the right with a ventilation fan middle left

Tight squeese around a water cooling area

View over a small false roof that should Never be stepped on

Maze of pipes and metal

Upon entering the roof top plant room I encounter a maze of machinery including boilers

Chilled water and what looked like massive storage batteries for the emergency power unit. They were not, and some guy told me what they are, but I forget what he saidf they were.

Some sort of emergency power thing I think.

Power regulating panels and water boilers / coolers

Control panels and exit door leading way up to the very top of the building

Looking out over the glass ceiling as seen above

Ventilation fans above the glass ceiling

Giant air intake duct, taller than most people. This is the fire emergency ventillation intake. During a fire this thing sucks in air and blows it down stair wells to keep them clear of smoke.

Other side of that air intake

The forest of pipes

Looking straight down the front of the building to the street below

More street scape

Roof top of building across the street

More city scape

Leaning over the side for a better look down

The smaller ventilation system on the building next door

An ancient air cooler on building next door