How To Install Metal Roofing On A Gable Roof

Butyl sealant tape should be placed parallel to the gable on the high seam of the roofing panel.

How to install metal roofing on a gable roof.

Let it stick out again just a little bit past and make a mark. Install edging use 1 1 4 inch nails to cover the outline of the roof with strips of metal eave flashing also called edging. Take care the first piece is aligned precisely perpendicular square to the edge. Install an end strip of rubber butyl at the top edge of this row fitting it snugly into the profile of the metal.

Apply a row of 8 inch wide metal flashing over the break in the gambrel 4 inches above and 4 inches below. Install corrugated panels with galvanized steel or aluminum screws depending on the metal roofing with plastic washer heads. To cut it i just snip through and it bends. Place corner pieces where panels will meet bends at the edge of the roofing.

Lap screws should be placed 12 on center hitting the high seam of roofing corrugation. This is part 1 of a 6 part video series explaining how i installed a metal roof on my house. The cutting of the z trim is straight forward. Nail the flashing in place with 1 1 2 inch roofing nails.

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 your neoprene washer head screws to secure the metal to the sheathing. Put it against the roof and let it stick out by about an inch. Start at one bottom edge fasten a.

Fasten gable trim with x inch metal to metal lap screws. You can see my pencil marks where i ve had it up on the roof and i ve made the measures to fit in between the panel and the gable trim. Prior to fastening gable trim remove all protective plastic from gable trim. Run corrugations down the roof.

Install the cut row of panels overlapping the flashing. Make a mark at the crease line and do the same thing towards the peak of the roof. In this video i cover measuring the roof figuring the metal th. I m going to mark the z trim cut it and install it so that we can install the end wall trim using stitch screws.