How To Put On Metal Roof Cap

Begin metal roof ridge cap installation by drawing lines the closure material goes on before the actual ridge cap.

How to put on metal roof cap.

Put the first piece of ridge cap metal in place. Place corner pieces where panels will meet bends at the edge of the roofing. This closes it off for a nice finished look where the two joints at the eave are. Use your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing.

Take care the first piece is aligned precisely perpendicular square to the edge. See the illustration below. Fasten the ridge cap with metal to metal fasteners at twelve inch on center. Space the screws about 12 in 30 cm apart down the entire piece of metal.

Fasten through the high seam of the metal roofing panel. In this part i cover installing vented foam closures and the rid. Metal roofing ridge cap installation steps center a piece of ridge cap on the building peak. To make sure you put it in the right place you need to make reference lines.

From underlayment venting layout. 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. Metal roofing learning channel. We cover all the basics of metal roof installation.

Make a mark at the cap s lower edges both sides at one end of the ridge. Take your first sheet of metal and place it on the roof so that it overhangs the edge at least 3 4 in 1 9 cm. Use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging. 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.