How To Put On Metal Roof Cap

Put the first piece of ridge cap metal in place.

How to put on metal roof cap.

Step by step instruction on how to install a standing seam metal roof. See the illustration below. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing. Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart down the entire piece of metal.

First we re going to put the hip cap in place and mark it so that we can prepare the end here at the eave and the top at the ridge. We re going to get the hip cap in place and let it overhang at the eave so that i can make marks and bend it down. This closes it off for a nice finished look where the two joints at the eave are. Take care the first piece is aligned precisely perpendicular square to the edge.

Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap. Fasten through the high seam of the metal roofing panel. From underlayment venting layout. To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines.

If there are gutters installed on the eaves the eave flashing should be installed to overhang the lip of the gutter by about 1 2 inch. In this part i cover installing vented foam closures and the rid. We cover all the basics of metal roof installation. This is part 6 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house.

Place corner pieces where panels will meet bends at the edge of the roofing. Use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging. Metal roofing learning channel. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak.